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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aranyaka<br> अरण्यक<br />
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| director = [[Apurba Kishore Bir]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br />[[Doordarshan]]<br />
| writer = Apurba Kishore Bir<br />
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| based_on = {{based on|''Aranyaka''|Manoj Das}}<br />
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| starring = [[Sarat Pujari]]<br />[[Navni Parihar]]<br />[[Sanjana Kapoor]]<br />[[Mohan Gokhale]]<br />
| music = Bhavdeep Jaipurwalle<br />
| cinematography = Apurba Kishore Bir<br />
| editing = Dilip Panda<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1994}}<br />
| runtime = 84 min.<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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'''Aranyaka''' (A Trip into the Jungle) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1994|1994]] Indian [[Hindi]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Apurba Kishore Bir]].<ref name="GulzarNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT665|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=665}}</ref> The film stars [[Sarat Pujari]], [[Navni Parihar]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]] and [[Mohan Gokhale]] in lead roles. Based on a short story ''Aranyaka'' by eminent writer Padma Bhushan Manoj Das, the film is set in rural [[Odisha]], where a formal local ruler organizes a hunt for his invited guests, which goes wrong. The film highlights the clash between ruling class and indigenous people of the region.<ref>{{cite web| title = Meet the frownies |publisher= Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NhmgNVJ8qGK6HUBiRfp7fI/Movies--Meet-the-frownies.html|date= 28 September 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-04}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sarat Pujari]] as Raja Saheb<br />
* [[Mohan Gokhale]] as Mr. Mitty<br />
* Lalatendu Rath as Major<br />
* [[Sanjana Kapoor]] as Elina<br />
* [[Navni Parihar]] as Mrs. Mitty<br />
* Sunil Sing as Shyamal<br />
* Subrata Mahapatra as Chowkidar<br />
* Jangyaseni Jena as Tribal girl<br />
* Ajay Nath as Tribal boy<br />
* Pritikrushna Mahanty as Tribal boy<br />
* Ashim Basu as Mad beggar<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0305241|Aranyaka}}<br />
*{{cite web|title=''Aranyaka'' |url=http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1055_Aranyak |publisher=[[National Film Development Corporation of India#Cinemas of India|Cinemas of India (NFDC)]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921115738/http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1055_Aranyak |archivedate=21 September 2013 }}<br />
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