''Kailashey Kelenkari '' ( bn, কৈলাসে কেলেঙ্কারি, also spelled ''Koilashe Kelenkaari'') is an Indian

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

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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 21 December 2007. Satyajit Ray visited the famous Ellora Caves near Aurangabad around 1940−41. Ray was so fascinated with the beauty of the Kailash Temple and the caves that he was inspired by it when he penned his crime thriller ''Kailashe Kelenkari''. It is the second film of the '' New Feluda franchise'' as well as the sequel of '' Bombaiyer Bombete''.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the blatant smuggling and illegal trading in ancient sculptures across the country. Detective

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 ...

steps in to solve the crime and nab the culprits. His cousin

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 ...

, and Lalmohanbabu, the writer of detective novels who goes by the name of

Jatayu Jatayu ( sa, जटायुः, IAST: ) is a demigod in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'', who has the form of either an eagle or a vulture. He is the younger son of Aruṇa and his wife Shyeni, the brother of Sampati, as well as the nephew of Garud ...

, assist him in his work. The story revolves around the theft of the head of Yakshi from the Bhuvaneshwar temple. The novel depicts how Feluda uses Topshe and Jatayu as baits in the fifteenth cave and manages to catch the main villain of the piece − Mr Rakshit, alias Chattaraj in a series of scenes filled with action and high dramatics.

Cast

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 ...

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 ...

as Topshe *

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 ...

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

as Mr. Chattoraj alias Rakshit * Biplab Chatterjee as Jayanta Mullick *

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian male 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 ...

as Sidhu Jyatha *

Tom Alter Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie i ...

as Sol Silverstein * Ardhendu Banerjee as Professor Subhankar Bose * J. Brandon Hill as Sam Lewson *

Pradip Bhattacharya Pradip Bhattacharya (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from the state of West Bengal, representing Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Par ...

* Sudip Mukhopadhyay in a cameo role * Tota Roychowdhury in a cameo role * Achintya Dutta as village elder * Nitya Ganguly as teashop owner *

Joydip Mukherjee Joydeep Mukherjee is an Indian film director, actor and writer primarily associated with Bengali language films. Career In 2008, Joydeep started his career with directed television drama serial. Then he directed two more dramas. In 2016, he d ...

as ironic fight director Apparao

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