''Gorosthaney Sabdhan'' (Bengali: গোরস্থানে সাবধান) is a 2010

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thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Indian director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education San ...

based on the novel of the same name by

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

. The film was released on 10 December 2010. It is different from most other

Feluda Feluda is a fictional detective, private investigator created by Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali childre ...

stories, in the sense that this story is based on Feluda's hometown Kolkata (Calcutta). Most of

's adventures take place as he and his company go to visit some place in India or outside. Here, however, Calcutta itself is the setting. It is the fourth film of the New Feluda franchise as well as the sequel of Tintorettor Jishu.

Plot

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

curious to know more about the man. From the diary of Thomas' daughter Charlotte,

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 'Haripodobabu', the chauffeur of Mr. Ganguli, a new introduction in this book, their plot is foiled. The Old Calcutta: for a long time, Calcutta was the capital of

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. Just as the story of the

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s plays a vital part in 'Badshahi Angti' (based on Lucknow), the story of British families who lived in the former capital of the

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, plays a prominent part in this story.

goes to a Christian

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, to see the graves of the members of the Godwin family. He goes to Ripon Lane to meet a living member of the family. Later on, he finds that there is an

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branch of the family as well.

Cast

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ( is an Indian actor known for his work in theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty ...

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 The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given ...

Topshe Feluda is a fictional detective, private investigator created by Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's m ...

Bibhu Bhattacharya Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 23 September 2011) was an Indian actor who primarily appeared in Bengali TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a househ ...

Jatayu Jatayu (, ) is a demigod in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'', who has the form of a vulture. He was the younger son of Aruṇa and his wife Shyeni, the brother of Sampati, as well as the nephew of Garuda. He was also an old friend of King Dashara ...

Dwijen Bandopadhyay Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from West Bengal, India. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at R ...

as Priyabrata Sikdar *

Dhritiman Chatterjee Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as Satyaj ...

as Mahadeb Chowdhury *

Subhashish Mukherjee Subhasish Mukherjee is an Indian actor who works in Bengali films. He generally appears in comedic and supporting roles, but has proven his versatility as an actor in films like '' Herbert'' and ''Mahalaya''. Some of his well-known films incl ...

as William Girindranath Biswas *

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent dir ...

As Sidhu Jetha *

Tinnu Anand Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films. Personal life He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Anand and unc ...

as Marcus Godwin *

Pradip Mukherjee Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay (11 August 1946 – 29 August 2022), was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip ...

as Michael Narendranath Biswas * Tamal Ray Chowdhury as Mr. Arakis

References

External links

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Gorosthane Shabdhan – a walk through Victorian Calcutta
Indian children's films 2010 films 2010s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Feluda (series) Films based on Indian novels Indian detective films Films directed by Sandip Ray Films set in Kolkata Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray 2010 thriller films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub