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Feluda - Wikipedia. Feluda (Bengali: . Mitter, is a fictional Bengaliprivate investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by Indian. Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1. Satyajit and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri. From the sixth story, Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), the duo are joined by a popular thriller writer Jatayu (Lalmohon Ganguli). Feluda has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Abir Chatterjee and Shashi Kapoor. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies. Sandip Ray made a Feluda new film series (Continuation of the original series) on Feluda's adventures which started from Baksho Rahashya (1. In this series he made ten TV films and five full- length films in Bengali on the character. Character development of Feluda. In Kailash Choudharyr Pathar he praises the way Holmes used to draw large conclusions from observations. In Londone Feluda, when Feluda goes to Baker Street, he openly considers Holmes as the . And when Ray himself started writing crime fictions, unsurprisingly, the character Sherlock Holmes inspired his writings. Feluda's character resembles Sherlock Holmes and Tapesh/Topshe's character resembles Dr. In Kailash Choudharyr Pathar he praises the way Holmes used to draw large conclusions from observations. In Londone Feluda, when Feluda goes to Baker Street, he openly considers Holmes as the . In the Feluda series that followed, he was portrayed as a man of around 2. Despite being a strongly built man adept in martial arts, Feluda relies mostly upon his superb analytical ability and observation skill (jokingly referred to as the Magajastra or brain- weapon) to solve cases instead of using physical strength or weapons. He is very choosy about taking up cases and prefers cases that require cerebral effort. He possesses a . 3. Biography Satyajit Ray Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Composer, Writer, Graphic Designer Born: May 2, 1921, Kolkata (Calcutta), India Died: April 23, 1992, Calcutta, India Satyajit Ray, standing 6'-4' tall, was a towering figure in the world of. Colt revolver, but the weapon is used very infrequently and mostly for non- violent purposes. However, contemporary (2. Feluda stories feature scenes of violence uncharacteristic of the series, where Feluda demonstrates his martial art powers. Feluda is known to be a good sleight- of- hand, and he put that skill to use for solving couple of cases. He is also good at disguises. Feluda often calls a meeting while solving the mystery. The most popular stories of Feluda are- Kailashe Kelenkari, Chinnamastar Abhishap, Darjeeling Jomjomat etc. Feluda' personal life. His father, the late Jaykrishna Mitra, used to teach Mathematics and Sanskrit at Dhaka Collegiate School. Feluda, was in other job before his detective career. He finds an avid listener in his cousin Tapesh. Also, he often uses his oratory skill at the climactic scenes to cajole the culprit in confessing his crime. He is an early riser and is often shown starting his day with yoga. Contrary to his otherwise healthy lifestyle, Feluda enjoys smoking cigarettes and chewing betel leaves. His favourite brand of cigarettes is Charminar. He is a connoisseur of delicious foods, popular music and movies, and books. He has a great appreciation for Sherlock Holmes and, according to the film Tintorettor Jishu, Bruce Lee. Like Sherlock Holmes, he has an voracious reading habit (reflecting that of Ray's own), which add up to his enormous general knowledge. This know- how often comes handy while socialising with people and unravelling mysteries. He always reads about the place he is visiting. He says it comes in handy sometimes. Other characters. Just like the former army surgeon, Topshe is the quintessential accomplice and faithfully records each of Prodosh Mitra's exploits accurately. Topshe is a smart teenager. In the first story of Feluda sereis (i. Feludar Goyendagiri), Topshe was thirteen and a half where Feluda's age was twenty seven, just the double of Topshe. Though Feluda often teases his young cousin, he is extremely fond and very protective of him. Feluda lives with Topshe's family. Topshe's father, Binay Mitra is the younger brother of Feluda's father, and therefore his uncle, and they all reside at 2. Rajani Sen Road, Kolkata- 7. Formerly, they all used to live in Tara road, Kolkata. Though not mentioned explicitly, Topshe is good- looking, fair, tall and handsome, as per different illustrations made by Satyajit Ray himself. Detail knowledge regarding Topshe's high school education is not available, but he used to go to school during the adventure of Sonar Kella (the sixth book of Feluda sereis). In the film adaptation of Sonar Kella, Topshe's mother shows her concern regarding his career and study as he spends a lots of time in case solving with Feluda. By the time of Kailashe Kelenkari (the eighth book of the series) he have had his secondary examination ('Madhyamik Pariksha'). Just like Feluda, Topshe also used to read lot of books to enhance his knowledge. Topshe often gets his lessons from Feluda himself. In many cases, Feluda tests his deductive knowledge and he usually passes the test satisfactorily. In the movie Sonar Kella Topshe's father aptly said that Topshe is a lucky boy who got Feluda as his mentor. Topshe is fond of 'Adventures of Tintin' comic series. In the book Kailashe Kelenkari, he is found reading 'Tintin in Tibet'. Topshe always takes an active part in Feluda's adventure. Though in most cases, he follows Feluda's instructions or indications only, there are times where he himself involves into some action/investigation. To mention a few, he and Jatayu (a. Lalmohan Ganguly) sneak into a warehouse in 'Patan' (in Nepal) to discover vast collection of smuggled narcotics (book Jato Kando Kathmandute); find out the stabbed body of a missing man in a wood (book Darjeeling Jomjomat); replace the pink pearl with a fake for safe- keeping (book Golapi Mukta Rahasya). The last incident even impressed the Feluda also. However, all these activities mainly come in the later part of the series. He also interrogated the suspects in Apsara Theaterer Mamla when Feluda was sick and bed- ridden. Feluda solved the case from the report of that interrogation only. In films and TV serials the character of Feluda has been played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and recently Abir Chatterjee, while Topshe has been played by Siddhartha Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Saheb Bhattacharjee over the years. In Sandip Ray's 2. Badshahi Angti, actor Sourav Das had played the role. Lalmohon Ganguli or Jatayu. His crime stories and novels are usually derided as unbelievable, considering that his main character is always the superhero Prakhar Rudra, and in his words, Height: 6 ft 3 1/2 inches, waist: 3. Though all his novels seem to have become best- sellers, he often tends to make extremely silly mistakes such as spelling igloos as 'ilgoos'. In Baksho Rahasya or Mystery of a Box, he confuses hippos with walruses . He sometimes serves as a perfect foil to the group and in Ray's own words provides 'dollops of humour', although he sometimes does some brave acts not expected of him. He owns a 'Madrasi green' Ambassador car. Jatayu makes his first appearance in Sonar Kella joining Feluda and Topshe in the train at Kanpur, on their way to Jodhpur. In the first two films on Feluda, which were directed by Ray himself, the character was played by Santosh Dutta, and after the first one, Ray modified the literary character to some extent, making him look and behave quite like Dutta himself. In the next films directed by Ray's son, Sandip Ray, this character was played by Mohan Agashe, Rabi Ghosh, Anup Kumar n Bibhu Bhattacharya respectively. Jatayu also has a fantasy of collecting weapons. In various books he carried weapons like ' kukri ' (Nepali knife), smoke bomb etc. Jatayu lives at Garpar in Kolkata, and it may be recalled that Satyajit Ray himself passed his childhood at 1. Garpar. Sidhu Jyatha. He is an aged character who has described himself to be like Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft, living in Sardar Sankar Road, Lake Market, Kalighat, Kolkata. He is a bibliophile, and has an extensive base of general knowledge, current and historical affairs. He is a close friend of Feluda's father, being former neighbours in their ancestral village in Bangladesh. Feluda's jyatha (that is, uncle) is said to have a 'photographic memory', and is a vast source of information which comes in handy when Feluda is in need of some. His vast knowledge comes from his collection of varied kinds of newspaper clippings which he has accumulated over the years. The role was played by Harindranath Chattopadhyay in Sonar Kella and by Haradhan Banerjee in Kailashe Kelenkari and in Gorosthaney Sabdhan. Following recent Feluda films made by Sandip Ray, Satyajit Ray's son, there have been questions over Sidhu Jyatha's continued relevance in the stories considering technologies such as the internet offer a faster, wider and more effective knowledge base than a well- read person. Haripada Babu. He is a loyal, intelligent and reliable person and is of great help when needed. He played a crucial role in Gorosthaney Sabhdhan where he saved the lives of Feluda, Lalmohon, and Topshe. In Ambar Sen Ontordhan Rohossho, Haripad is seen carrying the ransom to the kidnapper. He also has a minor role in Boshpukery Khunkharapi, where he takes part in a surveillance mission with the rest of the Feluda gang in disguise. Maganlal Meghraj. He has been compared to Professor Moriarty of the Sherlock Holmes- series. Utpal Dutta immortalised this character in one Feluda movie Joi Baba Felunath, which Satyajit Ray directed. After him Mohan Agashe played this character two times in telefilms. Maganlal lives in Benaras. He has a house in Joka, Kolkata also. His son's name is Surajlal Meghraj. He is officially a money- lender but is involved in smuggling artifacts, narcotics (through Indo- Nepal border) and jewellery. Mitter) is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children’s magazine called Sandesh in 1. Satyajit Ray and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri. Feluda is always accompanied by his cousin Tapesh (ironically called Topshe by Feluda), and from the sixth story, Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), by a popular thriller writer Jatayu (Lalmohon Ganguli). Download Feluda Samagra. Sonar Kella (Click to see the movie)Mukul, a six year old boy, is obsessed with drawing pictures of a golden fortress, and claims to have lived there in a past life. Hoping to better understand the boy’s condition, parapsychologist Dr. Hajra accompanies Mukul to search for the fortress. However, a newspaper story alerts a pair of crooks to the possibility of a hidden treasure. The boy’s father fears Mukul is in danger, and hires private detective Prodosh “Feluda” Mitra and his cousin Topshe to join Hajra and Mukul in Rajasthan. But the danger may already be closer than they realize. Joy Baba Felunath (Click to see the movie)This is the second film about the detective Feluda set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj, a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild- mannered Lalmohan a knife- thrower’s target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady . The climax is a shoot- out on the Ganges, followed by the unraveling of the mystery. Baksha Rahasya (Click to see the movie)Feluda is approached by an established businessman who claims to have mistakenly swapped his suitcase (bakso) in a train with one belonging to one of his co- passengers and now wants Feluda to put it straight. This simple looking problem lands Feluda, Topshe and Lal Mohan babu in Shimla, and into a realm of deceit and mystery involving a long forgotten diamond and a priceless manuscript about A Bengalee in Lamaland. The rest three characters in this story are the ones who were with Dinanath Lahiri in his first class compartment, Mr. Pakrashi who is a manuscript collector, Mr. Dhameeja who got his suitcase exchanged with Mr. Feluda’s investigations finally put the wrong- doers behind bars. Gosaipur Sargaram (Click to see the movie)Feluda is called to Gosaipur by Jiban Mallick, the son of the local Zamindar Shyamlal Mallick to investigate a threat of his father. Everyone in the village knows that father and the son are at loggerheads. Shyamlal is also an eccentric who eschews anything modern. Then, instead of Syamlal, his son Jiban Mallick is killed and the wealth of Mallick. Oddly though, the dead body of Jiban Mallick vanishes, only to reappear again. Feluda works this out with a mixture of investigating skills and deception. Sheyal Debota Rahasya (Click to see the movie)One of the early Feluda stories which is set before Jatayu became part of the team. Feluda is still an amateur sleuth, who is called by one Nilmoni Sanyal a collector of curios. He has been getting some anonymous letters written in hieroglyphics. Sanyal has recently bought a small but valuable statue of Egyptian god Anubis (human body with the head of a jackal) from auction. The next day Sanyal is attacked in his home and the statue is stolen. Feluda gets threats too. Then some Egyptian objects were stolen from another collector, Pratul Gupta. It appears that the thief is a young boy, but no one can locate him. Until Feluda solves the mystery and the surprising identity of the real thief. Bose Pukure Khoon Kharapi (Click to see the movie)The Acharyas of Bosepukur are an old aristocratic family, but their youngest son Indranarayan is a playwright and music composer for the Jatra company, Bharat Opera. The competitor Jatra comapany Binapani Opera wants to have him in their team also, but fails. Indranarayan is attacked one day and comes to Feluda. The next evening he is murdered. Feluda investigates. Jato Kando Kathmandu Te (Click to see the movie)Feluda comes to learn from one Mr. Shome about a Kathmandu based spurious drug racket. Shome is murdered immediately after he meets Feluda. Another client, a gentleman named Mr. Batra from Nepal says Feluda, that someone is impersonating him. Feluda travels to Kathmandu with Topshe and Lalmohanbabu. There he meets with one Dr. Dibakar, about whom he already heard from Mr. Shome and his old foe Maganlal Meghraj. It is up to Feluda to uncover the truth about Meghraj and Dr. Jahangirer Swarnamudra (Click to see the movie)The trio of Feluda, Jatayu and Tapesh has been invited to Panihati to investigate the case of a missing gold coin of Jahangir. The client had a collection of 1. He invites the same group of people this year and asks Feluda to catch the culprit while hiding his true identity. Ghurghutiar Ghatona (Click to see the movie)Kalikinkar Mukherjee from Ghurghutiya, Nadia, West Bengal sends a letter to Feluda claiming him to be an admirer of Feluda and invites him to Ghurghutiya. Felua and Topshe go to the place. There in the house Kalikinkar Mukherjee shows them a talking parrot which only knows number combination to unlock a locker. Now Feluda has to find out the number combination from those unclear words uttered by the parrot. Feluda finds that out, in addition he finds out something more. Golapi Mukta Rahasya (Click to see the movie)Joychaand Baral possesses an extremely rare object – a Pink Pearl, which has sought attention of quite a few influential people, notably Maganlal Meghraj, the nemesis of Feluda. Can Feluda stop him before he plans another crime to possess the pearl? Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahasya (Click to see the movie)Ambar Sen, a Bengali businessman comes to Feluda and informs him that he has got threatening mail. Feluda investigates. Munshir Diary (Click to see the movie)1. Bombaiyer Bombete (Click to see the movie)Lalmohan Ganguly, alias Jatayu – a sidekick of Feluda and the writer of Bengali mistery thrillers – gets invited to Bombay (Mumbai) to watch the shooting of a film based on a novel written by him. Once in Bombay, he, along with Feluda and Topshe get embroiled in the underworld kingpins. He is seemed to have transported the Nana Sahib’s necklace. But fortunately because of Feluda the real thief is caught and convicted. Kailashe Kelenkari (Click to see the movie)The story revolves around the blatant smuggling and illegal trading in ancient sculptures across the country. Detective Feluda steps in to solve the crime and nab the culprits. His cousin Topshe, and Lalmohanbabu, the writer of Bengali mistery thrillers who goes by the name of Jatayu, assist him in his work. The story depicts how Feluda uses Topshe and Jatayu as baits in the fifteenth cave of Kailash Temple (Ellora Caves) and manages to catch the main villain of the piece – Mr Rakshit, alias Chattaraj in a series of scenes filled with action and high dramatics. Tintorettor Jishu (Click to see the movie)The Niyogi family have a famous painting by the Italian master Tintoretto. However, not everyone is aware of the value of the painting. One of the family members steals it, and international buyers are interested in it. Feluda chases the criminals all the way to Hong Kong. There was a surprise waiting for him there. Eventually, Feluda (with the help of a relative stranger) succeeds in solving the mystery. Gorosthane Sabdhan (Click to see the movie)By accident, more than anything else, the three find themselves beside the grave of Thomas Godwin. The grave was dug up by some miscreants for unknown reasons. The rather colorful history of Mr. Godwin makes Feluda curious to know more about the man. From the diary of Thomas’ daughter Charlotte, Feluda finds that a very precious clock went to Thomas’ grave with him. To his surprise, Feluda finds that another party knows about this clock and they are trying to get it aided by the letter with them. Thanks to the brilliance of the detective and the help of . Ganguli, a new introduction in this book, their plot is foiled. Royal Bengal Rahasya (Click to see the movie)On an invitation by Mahitosh Singha Ray, a wealthy Zamindar, Lalmohon Babu takes Feluda and Topshe at a forest in North Bengal. After few days of their arrival, Mahitosh Singha Ray’s assistance, Tarit dies. His deadbody is found in the forest, and police believes he has died due to the tiger’s snarl. But later they found a blood- stained sword near his body. Meanwhile, Mahitosh gives Feluda a puzzle to solve. Feluda’s amazing intelligence is proved in this part. While Feluda and his companion are on the way to the treasure chest, they finds Tarit’s spectacles and later on, his torch, which suggests that Tarit has solved the puzzle much earlier than the others, and was on his way to the treasure chest. Then the mystery thickens as there are many suspects. At the end the man- eating Tiger appears to give the story a new dimension. How does Feluda Solve it? Badshahi Angti (Click to see the movie)Feluda and his cousin Topshe visit Lucknow with Topshe’s father to spend the Puja vacation. They arrive at the house of Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal, a friend of Topshe’s father. Shrivastav also comes to Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal and tells him that last night, a thief tried to steal his . After the incident Dr. Shrivastav is afraid and asks Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal to keep the ring safe. Sanyal agrees and keeps the ring at his home. But the ring goes missing from there. Then Feluda starts investigating, to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Feluda meets an interesting person in the neighbourhood, Mr. Bonobihari babu has ferocious and poisonous creatures like rattlesnake, scorpion and black widow spider in his home.
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