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''Double Feluda'' is a 2016
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Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
'', created by the acclaimed and renowned ''
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. It is the 19th film in the ''Feluda'' series. Directed by his son
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, the film marks the comeback of both
Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...
and Saheb Bhattacharya, with the former returning to the eponymous role of ''
Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
'' and the latter playing his sidekick. This is a sequel of '' Royal Bengal Rahashya'' (2011). The film released on 16 December 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic creation. The film is based on two Feluda stories - Samaddarer Chabi and Golokdham Rahasya.


Cast

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Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...
as
Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
*
Saheb Bhattacharya Saheb Bhattacharya (or Bhattacharjee) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Prabhat Roy's National Film Award winner '' Lathi'' (1996). He has since appeared in films like '' Gorosthane Sabdhan ...
as
Topshe Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
*
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as Sidhu Jyatha *
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as Manimohan Samaddar *
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as Nihar Ranjan Dutta *
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as Surajit Dasgupta/Dharani Dhar Samaddar * Rajesh Sharma as Mr. Sukhwani * Gaurav Chakrabarty as Ranajit Chowdhury *
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as Abani Sen * Bhaskar Banerjee as Subir Ranjan Dutta * Nimai Bhattacharya * Sadhan Sen * Arup Kumar Ray as Forensic Expert


Production


Development

In December 2014, director
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revealed that the sequel of the reboot film '' Badshahi Angti'' (2014) will be based on ''
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'', and another sequel will be ''Nayan Rahasya'' if he finds an actor who is suitable for Jatayu's role. But in May, 2016
Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...
cancelled the reboot series because
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started a new version of film series of the ''Byomkesh'' franchise under
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and
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. The other reason was the new Feluda movie
Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...
intended to make under a Mumbai-based production house
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, but Abir has a strict contract with
Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and Hollywood films ...
and
Surinder Films Surinder Films (SF) is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay o ...
. For the cancellation of the reboot series ''Badshahi Angti'' is now considered as a stand-alone reboot film. It was declared by
Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...
instead of continuing the reboot series he will continue the previous Feluda film series after '' Royal Bengal Rahashya'' (2011) and
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabar ...
will return as
Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
and Shaheb Bhattacharya will return as Topshe. There will be two stories in the new film and the film is named ''Double Feluda''.This is a sequel of '' Royal Bengal Rahashya'' (2011) and the movie released in December, 2016. The movie will be a tribute to 50 years of
Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
.
Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...
said that there will be two stories in the film, ''Samaddarer Chabi'' and '' Golokdham Rahasya''.


Casting

After
Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...
decided to opt for the role of '' Byomkesh Bakshi'',
Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...
decided to cancel the reboot series because the director and many others were of the view that the same person doing both Feluda and Byomkesh Bakshi won't be accepted by the audience. Ray again proposed the role again to
Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...
, who earlier proposed Ray to take
Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...
for the role. Though, initially reluctant, Chakraborty decided to accept the role since he can't reject Ray's proposal. Chakraborty has reportedly decided to look young to fit himself in the role. Along with Chakraborty, Saheb Bhattacharya also made a comeback with the role of ''
Topshe Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...
''. Ray also stated that his upcoming ''Feluda'' film would not star the character of '' Jatayu'', since he couldn't find any suitable replacement for Bibhu Bhattacharya and it was a godsend that both the stories he decided to interwind to put into celluloid did not have the mention of the character. Apart from veterans
Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...
,
Dhritiman Chatterjee Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmaker ...
,
Paran Bandopadhyay Paran BandopadhyaySpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t/ref> or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is an ...
,
Bratya Basu Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969),Bratya Basu(collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004 also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician who is serving a ...
,
Rajesh Sharma (actor) Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who acts in Hindi and Bengali films. Early life He was born in Ludhiana, India and worked in Kolkata. There he started acting in a theatre group named 'Rangakarmi' in Kolkata. He is an alumnus of the National ...
and many more,
Gaurav Chakraborty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Cha ...
was announced to be the part of the cast.


Critical reception

''
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'' gave the film four stars out of five. BookMyShow rated the film 8.8 out of 10.


See also

* Literary works of Satyajit Ray *
Feluda in film Feluda is an Indian-Bengali detective media franchise created by Indian- Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray, featuring the character, Feluda. The titular character is a private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and ...


References


External links

* {{Cinema of West Bengal 2016 films Films based on Indian novels Indian children's films Indian detective films Films directed by Sandip Ray Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2016 psychological thriller films 2016 drama films