Pariah (2024 film)

Pariah  is a 2024 Bengali language action thriller film directed and written by Tathagata Mukherjee. It stars Vikram Chatterjee in the lead role and the movie is around raising a voice against the injustice done to the stray animals. This flim was OTT released 12 July 2024 on Hoichoi.

Pariah is a name collectively given to the Pye-dog. This film was released on 9 February 2024. A sequel named "Pariah Volume 2: Rise of Kalbhairav" has been announced, which is set to release in 2025.

Synopsis
The plot revolves around the injustice done to the stray animals and a reclusive but short - tempered man with no name. A powerful mafia racket supply the street dogs to North East India from Kolkata. He fights against the inhuman treatment provided to the stray dogs. In order to fight for their lives, he kills the kingpin and a butcher of the gang and ends up confronting a huge dog trafficking racket.

Cast

 * Vikram Chatterjee as Lubdhok Chatterjee
 * Angana Roy as Kamalini
 * Sreelekha Mitra as NGO owner
 * Ambarish Bhattacharya as Mr. Sharma
 * Shahir Raj
 * Soumya Mukherjee
 * Tapati Munsi
 * Debashish Roy
 * Loknath Dey
 * Debaprasad Halder
 * Bimal Giri

Announcement
The film was officially announced on 5 November 2022 with a motion poster. It garnered attention for its unique topic.

Filming
Most of the filming has been done in parts of Kolkata. It was reported that while rehearsing for an action scene, Vikram broke his small toe of left foot. After recovery, he continued the shooting. For fitting in the role, he also went through rigorous mixed martial-arts training for 3 months. He also went through a tight gym schedule of 6 months to shed off excess fat and develop a chiselled body.

Marketing
The teaser was released on 3 January 2024 on Pluto Music. The official trailer was released on 23 January on Zee Music Company YouTube channel, with Jeet as the chief guest at the trailer release event.

Music
The music is composed by Ranajoy Bhattacharjee. The lyrics are written by Ritam Sen and Tathagata Mukherjee.

Release
The film was theatrically released on 9 February 2024.

Reception
Sandipta Bhanja of the Hindustan Times rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Despite having a good vision, the film fails in its execution." She praised the acting of the whole cast, Vikram's transformation and the action sequences but criticised the director's inability to properly combine a social message and the elements of a commercial potboiler.

Kusumika Das of Times Now rate the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and reviewed the film on a positive note praising the strong message in the film, performance of the cast, action sequences and a gripping storyline but also criticised the overwhelming amount of violence.