Feluda is an Indian-

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media franchise created by

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- Bengali film director and writer

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 ...

, featuring the character,

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 ...

. 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,

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. Feluda first made his appearance in a

children's magazine called ''

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'' (সন্দেশ) in 1965, under the editorialship of

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and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was '' Feludar Goendagiri'' (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

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of the stories. From the sixth story, '' Sonar Kella'' (The Golden Fortress), the duo is joined by a popular thriller writer Jatayu (Lalmohon Ganguli). Feluda has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of I ...

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 ...

Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ (born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and film producer who is best known for his work in Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades, including four Nation ...

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 ...

Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with Bengali television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under Sandip Ray's direction. He made his ...

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and

Tota Roy Chowdhury Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor and martial artist based in Kolkata. He predominantly appears in Bengali and Hindi cinema. His notable roles include Feluda in the web TV series Feluda Pherot based on Satyajit Ray's Feluda series. He ma ...

. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies — '' Sonar Kella'' (সোনার কেল্লা) (1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ) (1978).

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 ...

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

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

in the 70's and later films by his son

from the 90's till now. In the first two films '' Sonar Kella'' (1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (1978), ''

'' was played by

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 Pradeep Sarkar (born 30 April 1955) is a writer and director who works in Bollywood. He began his career with Vinod Chopra Productions, the production company of director and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Personal life From a young boy lis ...

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is to remake Sonar Kella, directed by

, 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

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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

's '' Sonar Kella'' for a worldwide audience, he would cast actor

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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

and his son

Streaming Television Series

* Feluda (Directed by

) A

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streaming TV series "Feluda" from Bioscopelive streaming platform was directed by

who also played the title character along with Riddhi Sen 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 Bioscopelive from September 2017. The series became available in India on digital platform

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. *

Feluda Pherot Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra

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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 Srijit Mukherji) In 2020 a streaming television series was made, named ‘Feluda Pherot’ based on the iconic

detective and there will be two popular stories, ‘ Chhinnamastar Abhishap’ and 'Joto Kando Kathmandute'. Bengali actors

is playing the main character '

' 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 Eken Babu 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

References

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