Bengali fictional detective created by the Indian film director, Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
This article is about the character. For book series, see Feluda (series). For the 2017 Indian documentary, see Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective.
Fictional character
Feluda
Feluda character
Feluda and Topshe (left) in Feludar Goendagiri, drawing by Satyajit Ray
First appearance
Feludar Goendagiri
Last appearance
Aditya Bardhaner Abishkar
Created by
Satyajit Ray
Portrayed by
Soumitra Chatterjee
Shashi Kapoor
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Abir Chatterjee
Ahmed Rubel
Parambrata Chatterjee
Tota Roy Chowdhury
Indraneil Sengupta
In-universe information
Full name
Pradosh Chandra Mitter
Alias
Felu Mitter
Nickname
Felu Mittir
Occupation
Private Investigator
Family
Jaykrishna Mitra (father)
Relatives
Topesh Ranjan Mitra(Topshe) (cousin)
Religion
Hinduism
Home
21, Rajani Sen Road, Kolkata-700029.
Nationality
Indian
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Friend
Lalmohan Ganguly
Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra [Mitter], is a fictional detective, private investigator created by Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road,[1] Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorialship of Ray and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri.[2] Feluda is one of the most impactful Bengali characters of all time.
Feluda is often accompanied by his cousin, who is also his assistant, Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (affectionately called Topshe by Feluda), who serves as the narrator of the stories. From the sixth story, Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), the duo are joined by a popular thriller writer Jatayu (Lalmohon Ganguli).[citation needed]
Feluda has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Ahmed Rubel, Shashi Kapoor, Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Indraneil Sengupta. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies — Sonar Kella (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (1978). Sandip Ray 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 Bengali on the character.[citation needed] Sandip Ray also made a stand-alone Feluda film Badshahi Angti (2014) which was intended to be the first film of a reboot series featuring Abir Chatterjee, but the projects were ultimately shelved and Sandip Ray revived his original film series starring Sabyasachi Chakrabarty.
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young children and teenagers. Popular characters created by Ray include Feluda the sleuth, Professor Shonku the scientist, Tarini Khuro the storyteller...
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