''Tintorettor Jishu'' (''Tintoretto's Jesus'') is a mystery novel by Satyajit Ray about an adventure 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 ...

. A movie 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 ...

has been made based on the story (released in December 2008). An extensive shoot schedule at

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

during May 2008 takes Feluda movies to a new height. The book was published by Ananda Publishers in 1983.

Plot summary

A famous painting by the Italian maestro

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...

is gifted to the Niyogi family by the aristocratic Italian Cassini family. However, not everyone is aware of the value of the painting. One of the family members(disguised) steals it, and international buyers are interested in it. Feluda chases the criminals all the way to

. There was a surprise waiting for him there. Eventually,

(with the help of a relative stranger, who turns out to be a Niyogi family member) succeeds in solving the mystery.

Feluda and the former Maharajas

The native princes play an interesting part in the history of British

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Though under the protection of the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

, they had a certain amount of power within their domain. Apart from patronizing cricket in

, many of them were involved in promoting social and cultural activities in

. In 'Tintorettor Jishu' we meet the (fictional) former Maharaja of Bhagwanagarh, Mr. Bhudev Singh. Another former Maharaja Suraj Singh appears in 'Golapi Mukta Rahashya'. The young prince of Rupnaryangarh plays an important role in 'Eber Kando Kedarnathe'. However, the maharajas and the princes are more prominent in the 'Tarini Khuro' series, another creation of Satyajit Ray.

Adaptation

A film based on this novel was released in 2008, directed by

References

External links

Official website of film

Tintorettor Jishu: was there such a painting?
Novels by Satyajit Ray 1983 novels Feluda (series) Novels set in India Novels set in Hong Kong Indian novels adapted into films 1983 Indian novels Tintoretto {{1980s-crime-novel-stub