Feluda (Bengali: ফেলুদা), or Prodosh Chandra Mitra, (Bengali: প্রদোষ চন্দ্র মিত্র), who also uses the Anglicised name Pradosh C. Mitter,
is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali
novels and short stories written by Indian Bengali film director and
writer Satyajit Ray.The
detective lives at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West
Bengal, India. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's
magazine called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorialship of
Satyajit Ray and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri.
Feluda
is most of the times accompanied by his cousin Tapesh (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).
Feluda
has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Shashi Kapoor. Satyajit
Ray directed two Feluda movies— Sonar Kella (1974) and Joy Baba Felunath
(1978). Sandip Ray made a series of telefilms and serials on Feulda's
adventures. He also made few full-length Bengali films on the character.
Download free ebook pdf of Sonar Kella [Feluda] by Satyajeet Roy from HERE.
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