Pariah (2024 film)

Pariah Volume 1: Every Street Dog Has a Name or simply Pariah (transl. Pye-dog)^[1][2] is a 2024 Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Tathagata Mukherjee. It stars Vikram Chatterjee in the lead role and the movie is about raising a voice against the injustice done to stray animals.^[3] This film was released on OTT platform Hoichoi on 12 July 2024.

Pariah
Directed by	Tathagata Mukherjee
Screenplay by	Antara Banerjee Tathagata Mukherjee
Story by	Tathagata Mukherjee
Dialogues by	Tathagata Mukherjee
Produced by	Prateek Chakravorty Avinaba Ghosh
Starring	Vikram Chatterjee Angana Roy Sreelekha Mitra Ambarish Bhattacharya
Cinematography	Uttaran De
Edited by	Amir Mondal
Music by	Ranajoy Bhattacharjee
Production companies	Pramod Films Dreams On Sale
Release date	9 February 2024 (2024-02-09)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Pariah is a name collectively given to the Pye-dog. This film was released on 9 February 2024.^[4][5] A sequel named "Pariah Volume 2: Rise of Kalbhairav" has been announced, which is set to release in 2025.^[6]

Synopsis

The plot revolves around the injustice done to stray animals and a reclusive but short - tempered man with no name. A powerful mafia racket supplies 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 as Nanda
• Tapati Munsi
• Debashish Roy
• Loknath Dey
• Debaprasad Halder
• Bimal Giri

Production

Announcement

The film was officially announced on 5 November 2022 with a motion poster.^[7] It garnered attention for its unique topic.^[8][9]

Filming

Most of the filming has been done in parts of Kolkata.^[10] It was reported that while rehearsing for an action scene, Vikram broke his small toe of left foot.^[11] After recovery, he continued the shooting. For fitting in the role, he also went through rigorous mixed martial-arts training for 3 months.^[12][13] He also went through a tight gym schedule of 6 months to shed off excess fat and develop a chiselled body.^[14]

Marketing

The teaser was released on 3 January 2024 on Pluto Music.^[15] 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.^[16][17]

Music

Pariah
Soundtrack album by Ranajoy Bhattacharjee
Released	16 January 2024
Recorded	2023
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	18:11
Language	Bengali
Label	Zee Music Bangla
Official audio
Pariah - Full Album on YouTube

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pariah Anthem"	Ritam Sen	Sonu Nigam	4:00
2.	"Atotayi"	Ritam Sen	Ranajoy Bhattacharjee	5:01
3.	"Bhalobasar Naam (Female)"	Tathagata Mukherjee	Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury	4:29
4.	"Bhalobasar Naam (Male)"	Tathagata Mukherjee	Ranajoy Bhattacharjee	4:41
Total length:				18:11

Release

The film was theatrically released on 9 February 2024.^[18][19]

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.^[20]

Kusumika Das of Times Now rated 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.^[21]