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Hunterrr is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language adult comedy film written and directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The film stars Gulshan Devaiah, Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar. The film revolves around an unassuming sex addict and his journey in life.
The film was released on 20 March 2015. The film was remade in Telugu language as Babu Baga Busy (2017).
Meanwhile, Kshitij has become a dapper military officer, and seems to change girlfriends every week. Despite having his own place, he brings his conquests home to Mandar's apartment. He learns of a woman named Anju, who is a victim of sexual abuse from her father, from one of his girlfriends who is Anju's friend. Kshitij rescues and brings Anju home, leading Mandar and Yusuf to throw in a racist joke to themselves. Eventually, the two marry and have a son. Sometime later, Kshitij leaves for military duty.
Over the next decade, Mandar perfects the art of picking up women. He stumbles occasionally, and confesses to Yusuf one day, that he wishes to settle down. Through matrimonial websites, Mandar meets potential matches for an arranged marriage. His first few meetings end in disaster as his honesty about his past sexual conquests doesn't sit well with the matches he initially meets, all of whom come from a conservative family background. Adopting Yusuf's advice for his next meeting as he realizes his folly, he decides to go ahead by presenting himself as demure and conservative to the next match, Tripti. This backfires, however, as she turns out to be a liberal woman, and rejects Mandar for being incompatible. Mandar continues to persist and Tripti seems to be having a change of heart.
Meanwhile, Kshitij is killed during an encounter with insurgents in Kashmir. Mandar is devastated, and it is during this time that he finds Tripti growing close to her as she comes round to his proposal and comforts him. The two get engaged, and Mandar meets Tripti's last boyfriend, Chax, at a pre-wedding party; feeling insecure over Chax, he learns from Tripti that she has no love lost for Chax since he impregnated her and disappeared in the moments of crisis. Despite the engagement, Mandar and Tripti have not initiated sex. Mandar satisfies his urges responding to a booty call from a former flame for a final time. He hits up a woman at the airport, bringing her to a hotel with intentions to sleep with her. The woman rejects him, however, and turns out to be a distant relative, causing Mandar much embarrassment. He visits Tripti the next morning to tell her the truth.
At her house, Chax is sleeping on the couch. Tripti clarifies he is only visiting her. Mandar confesses to lying about his past in order to attract a partner for marriage. He expects Tripti to call off the wedding, but she feels comforted by his honesty and reveals that Chax was a thing of the past and she intends to build a present and future with Mandar. The two kiss, and Mandar feels that he has finally laid his demons to rest, after an active life pursuing women. He later leaves and meets up with Yusuf in an auto rickshaw, telling him two versions of the story culminating in his confrontation with Chax, before confirming that the second one is true.
Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and said that, "Hunterrr is a deeply problematic film, and fails rather miserably". Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu found the writing of the film to be weak and said that, "In its current form, this Hunterrr is more horny than trigger-happy. He just walks around with a gun and rarely fires – except once in the whole film." Saibal Chatterjee of Financial Express said that, "The film tends to ramble aimlessly after it has made its pivotal point: the path of juvenile carnality has more thorns than roses. It goes round in concentric circles as the hero creates a web of problems for himself". Shubha Sherry Saha of Mid-Day gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and said that, "There is a subtle difference between a pure, unbridled take on the 'taboo' topic of sex and a tacky one that tries too hard. Unfortunately, though Harshavardhan Kulkarni's 'Hunterrr' shows a lot of promise, it veers more towards the latter." Sweta Kausal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and said that, "Hunterrr is not great, but director Harshvardhan Kulkarni, who has also written the script, has managed to churn out an interesting film that might become a stepping stone in this genre for Hindi cinema."
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