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Feluda is an Indian-
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media franchise created by
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- Bengali film director and writer
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, featuring the character, Feluda. The titular character is a
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starring in a series of
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and short stories. The detective resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge,
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. Feluda first made his appearance in a
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children's magazine called '' Sandesh'' (সন্দেশ) in 1965, under the editorialship of
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and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was ''
Feludar Goendagiri Feludar Goendagiri (English title : Danger in Darjeeling) is a short story written by Satyajit Ray featuring private detective Feluda. It was the very first among the total 35 complete stories/novels of Feluda series. The story first appeared i ...
'' (ফেলুদার গোয়েন্দাগিরি). Feluda is often accompanied by his cousin who unofficially is also his assistant Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (affectionately called Topshe by Feluda), who serves as the narrator of the stories. From the sixth story, '' Sonar Kella'' (The Golden Fortress), the duo is joined by a popular thriller writer
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(Lalmohon Ganguli). Feluda has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by
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, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty,
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, Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee,
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and Tota Roy Chowdhury. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies — '' Sonar Kella'' (সোনার কেল্লা) (1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ) (1978). Sandip Ray made a new Feluda film series (continuation of the original series) on Feluda's adventures which started from '' Baksho Rahashya'' (1996). In this series, he made ten TV films and six theatrical films in
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on the character. Sandip Ray also made a stand-alone Feluda film '' Badshahi Angti'' (2014) which was intended to be the first film of a reboot series, but the series was canceled and Sandip Ray came back to the previous film series.


Stories

In the Feluda series there are 35 published and four unpublished stories. The list is chronologically arranged. Color key * indicates "story". * indicates "novel". * indicates unfinished writings.


Films


Film Series Timeline

The first two film of the series was directed by
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in the 70's and later films by his son Sandip Ray from the 90's till now. In the first two films '' Sonar Kella'' (1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (1978), '' Feluda'' was played by
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. Sabyasachi Chakrabarty was playing the character from '' Baksho Rahashya'' (1996) to '' Double Feluda'' (2016).


Hindi movie based on Feluda

In September 2016, Sandip Ray sold the rights to '' Sonar Kella'' to Pradeep Sarkar.
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is to remake Sonar Kella, directed by
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, in Hindi. Nothing has been announced about the casting. Scripting of the Hindi adaptation of this cult detective story is currently in progress. Over the years, many in Bollywood have expressed their desire to make Feluda in general and ''Sonar Kella'' in particular. Director Shoojit Sircar was in the news for hoping to adapt ''Sonar Kella'' in Hindi. However, Sarkar finally walked away with the prized rights. "Yes, it's true that I have bought the rights of 'Sonar Kella'. It will be inspired from 'Sonar Kella'. I have the Hindi rights to only this film and not the Feluda series. I am trying to make something very different. Once this script is ready, I will discuss it with Sandip Ray," Sarkar said. Incidentally, no other director apart from the maestro himself and his son have ever directed a Feluda film in Bengali. Only Bibhas Chakraborty has made two Feluda telefilms. However, Sandip has been open to the idea of a good director adapting Feluda in Hindi. "I have given the rights of Baba's short story to Dibakar Banerjee. I have always maintained that if the director is competent, I am open to giving the Feluda rights in Hindi," he said. According to Ray, the original names of the characters, including Feluda, Topshe, Jatayu, Mukul and Mandar Bose, will be changed in the Sarkar film. "I wanted to give the Hindi remake rights to a Bengali director. The advantage is that a Bengali director will have read the original book and watched the film. Things became very easy-going when Pradeep Sarkar met me to discuss this adaptation. It was a very warm and friendly meeting," Ray said, keeping the charges for remake rights a secret. By 2017, Ray expected Sarkar to show him the screenplay. "As of now, we have had no discussions regarding the casting," Ray said. Will he want to collaborate with Sarkar once the Hindi film goes on the floor? "No, it will be his baby," Ray said. ;Rumour of Hindi ''Feluda'' movie by Shoojit Sircar In September 2013, director Shoojit Sircar told the Indian media that if he got any chance to remake
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's '' Sonar Kella'' for a worldwide audience, he would cast actor Aamir Khan as Feluda. However, in later years Sandip Ray confirmed that this would never happen, and Shoojit Sircar also stated he had told it as a joke, he was never serious about it and he had never thought of making a Feluda film. As of September 2016, according to media reports, director Shoojit Sircar was trying to acquire the rights to ''Sonar Kella''.


Television


90s TV Films

This films are the continuation of the ''Feluda original film series''.


TV films and TV series of 1980s, early 1990s and 2010s

These TV series and Telefilms are not part of the original Feluda film series which was directed by
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and his son Sandip Ray.


Streaming Television Series

* Feluda (Directed by Parambrata Chatterjee) A
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streaming TV series "Feluda" from
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streaming platform was directed by Parambrata Chatterjee who also played the title character along with
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playing Topshe was released in 2017–2018 in three seasons. This streaming TV series is not a part of the Feluda film canon directed by Satyajit Ray and Sandip Ray. Stories adapted were Sheyal Debota Rahasyo, Ghurghutiyar Ghotona, and Golokdham Rahasya and aired on
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from September 2017. The series became available in India on digital platform
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. *
Feluda Pherot 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 a ...
(Directed by
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) In 2020 a streaming television series was made, named ‘Feluda Pherot’ based on the iconic
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detective and there will be two popular stories, ‘ Chhinnamastar Abhishap’ and 'Joto Kando Kathmandute'. Bengali actors Tota Roy Chowdhury is playing the main character ' Feluda' and Kalpan Mitra as 'Topesh' seemed to be his young assistant and the iconic character Lalmohan Ganguly, alias 'Jatayu' is playing by
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who played the main character in Detective Series
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before. It is available to stream on the web platfor
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The song which has been sung by Rupankar Bagchi,
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and
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was out on 2 May 2020 on Srijit Mukherji's Facebook account and Anupam Roy's YouTube channel. The trailer of the Feluda Pherot Season 1 Chhinnamastar Abhishap is released on 21 November 2020 and the trailer of the Feluda Pherot Season 2 Joto Kando Kathmandute is released on 22 November 2020.The Season 1 released on 26 December 2020. The second series named '' Feludar Goyendagiri'' is also under production from Hoichoi streaming service with the same cast and crew of Feluda Pherot. Darjeeling Jawmjawmat, the first season is slated to release on 17 June 2022.


Animated

* In 2010 an animated TV film produced by DQE Productions titled '' Feluda: The Kathmandu Caper'' was produced and the rights were acquired by Disney Channel (India). The movie premiered on 1 January 2011. DQE Productions also made a 13-episode animation series named ''Mysteries and Feluda'' after the animated TV film for
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. The series including the TV film was set into a new universe, where Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu have many gadgets. The series is available on Amazon Prime Video India.


Documentary

A Bengali documentary film Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective was directed by Sagnik Chatterjee. This is the first biopic of India based on a fictional character. This film was released on 7 June 2019. Sandip Ray and many cast members were featured in the film.


Cast and characters


Awards


National Awards


Other awards


See also

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Tarini Khuro Tarini Khuro is a fictional character created by Satyajit Ray. Literally it means ''respected uncle Tarini''. ''Khuro'' in old colloquial Bengali means paternal uncle. The full name of Tarini Khuro is Tarini Charan Bandopadhyay. Tarini khuro' ...
* Tarini Khuro in other media *
Byomkesh Bakshi in other media Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali detective character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring himself as "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and forens ...
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Kakababu Kakababu (alias Raja Roy Chowdhury) is a fictional character created by Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay. The series, falling under the adventure genre of literature, targeted at children and teenagers, started in the autumn of 1979 with the ...
* Kakababu in other media


References

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