''Royal Bengal Rahashya'' (Bengali: রয়েল বেঙ্গল রহস্য), The Royal Bengal Mystery, is a 2011 Indian Bengali
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 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 ...
based on the
novel of the same name by
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...
. The film was released on 23 December 2011. It was the fifth big screen
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 ...
adaptation of
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 ...
in the
Feluda new film series (Continuity of the original Feluda films of 70's) and was the sequel to ''
Gorosthaney Sabdhan''. After the demise of Bibhu Bhattacharya (Jatayu), Sabyasachi Chakrabarty declared that he would not be playing Feluda anymore. Thus, director Sandip Ray decided to reboot the series, ''
Badshahi Angti'', the first installment of which starring
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 ...
as Feluda and Sourav Das as Topshe was released on 19 December 2014. But the reboot series was cancelled 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 ...
in March, 2016. He revealed instead of continuing the reboot series he will continue the
previous Feluda film series and he will make a sequel of this movie named ''
Double Feluda
''Double Feluda'' is a 2016 Bengali language crime thriller detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth ''Feluda'', created by the acclaimed and renowned ''Oscar''- winning director Satyajit Ray. It is the 19th film in the ''Feluda'' series. ...
'' which is heading to a Christmas release 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 ...
. For the new film
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the ...
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 Saheb Bhattacharya 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 a ...
after five years.
Plot
On an invitation by Mahitosh Singha Ray, Lalmohon Babu takes Feluda and Topshe to a forest near
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...
and stays at the ancestral home of Mahitosh Singha Ray. After few days of their arrival, Mahitosh Singha Ray's assistant, Tarit dies. His deadbody is found in the forest, and police believes he has died due to a
tiger
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on u ...
attack. But later they found a blood-stained sword near his body. Meanwhile, Mahitosh gives Feluda a riddle to solve. Feluda's amazing intelligence is proved in this part. He solves it most amazingly, and at the end, chalks out that a treasure chest is hidden 55 hands away from a tree which has a hole between it, which looks like an old person's mouth without any teeth; between two Arjuna trees. While Feluda and his companion are on the way to the treasure chest, they find 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. At last, Feluda finds the treasure chest, and holds out the conclusion. Mahitosh had broken his hand due to a fall from a tree, which Feluda came to know when he was unable to hold the rifle. All the precious huntings of the tiger were done by his friend, Shashanka. On that night, while Tarit was about to leave, Shashanka too followed him quietly. On seeing a tiger feeding on Tarit's corpse, Shashanka fired his rifle, which injured the tiger's nose after Feluda found a bit of skin. Tarit's sword, as he observed, has begun acting like a magnet, which was started by a bolt of lightning striking it, which kills Tarit in the process. Thus, Tarit wasn't murdered by any villain, but only, nature was the cause of his death. Hence, Feluda is rewarded with a part of the treasure.
Cast
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Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the ...
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 ...
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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 a ...
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Bibhu Bhattacharya
Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 22 September 2011) was a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a household name only in ...
as
Lalmohan 'Jatayu' Ganguly
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Dr. Basudeb Mukherjee
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
as Mahitosh Singha Ray
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Bhaswar Chatterjee
Bhaswar Chattopadhyay or Bhaswar Chatterjee (born 8 March 1975) is a Bengali film and television actor. He attended high school at South Point School and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKl ...
as Tarit Sengupta
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Paran Bandyopadhyay
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 ...
as Debotosh Singha Ray
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Debesh Raychowdhury as Shashanka Sanyal
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Biplab Chatterjee
Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films.
Career
Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film ''Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonistic character in Bengali films. Apart from his career ...
as Inspector Dibendyu Biswas
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Sanjib Sarkar
Sanjib Sarkar ( bn, সঞ্জীব সরকার) is an Indian sound designer, music director and film score composer
Early life
He was born on 16 November 1986 in Bankura, West Bengal, India, to Bengali parents, Debi Prasad Sarkar an ...
as Madhablal
Production
The film version of the book was made by Sandip Ray with the earlier cast of the leading characters. The opening credits include a note that all the animals that appear in the film have been fashioned digitally. The actor of 'Jatayu', Bibhu Bhattacharjee died on the night of 22 September 2011, the day the dubbing was completed. It was released on 23 December 2011. The film is produced by
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 language, Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and ...
and Surinder Films. The film, made on a budget of 1.9 crore grossed about 2.25 crore, became a Superhit.
Sequel
After the cancellation of the
Feluda reboot series in March, 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 ...
revealed that instead of continuing the reboot series he will continue the
previous Feluda film series and he will make a sequel of this movie named ''
Double Feluda
''Double Feluda'' is a 2016 Bengali language crime thriller detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth ''Feluda'', created by the acclaimed and renowned ''Oscar''- winning director Satyajit Ray. It is the 19th film in the ''Feluda'' series. ...
''
''newshour.com'' which is heading to a Christmas release 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 ...
. For the new film Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the ...
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 Saheb Bhattacharya 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 a ...
after five years.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Royal Bengal Rahashya
2011 films
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
Indian children's films
Indian detective films
Films based on Indian novels
Films directed by Sandip Ray
Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray