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 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, Abir Chatterjee and Shashi Kapoor. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies— Sonar Kella (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (1978). Sandip Ray made a series of telefilms and serials on Feulda's adventures. He also made a few full-length Bengali films on the character.
, 1h49 Réalisé parSandip Ray GenresThriller ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursAbir Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay, Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Deepankar De, Tathagata Mukherjee Note65% Feluda (Abir Chatterjee) and his cousin Topshe (Sourav Das) visit Lucknow with Topshe's father (Deepankar De) to spend the Puja vacation. They arrive at the house of Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal (Biswajit Chakraborty), a friend of Topshe's father. That evening Dr. Shrivastav (Bharat Kaul) also comes to Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal and tells him that last night, a thief tried to steal his 'Ring of Aurangzeb' (The Emperor's Ring) which was given to him by Pyarilaal Seth. After the incident Dr. Shrivastav is afraid and asks Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal to keep the ring safe. Sanyal agrees and keeps the ring at his home. But one day the ring goes missing from there. Then Feluda and Topshe start investigating, to find the culprit.
Réalisé parSandip Ray GenresThriller ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Bibhu Bhattacharya, Bhaswar Chattopadhyay, Paran Bandopadhyay, Biplab Chatterjee Note72% On an invitation by Mahitosh Singha Ray, Lalmohon Babu robs Feluda and Topshe at a forest near Bhutan and climbs up in the ancestral home of Mahitosh Singha Ray. After few days of their arrival,Mahitosh Singha Ray's assistance, Tarit dies. His deadbody is found in the forest, and police believes he has died due to the tiger's snarl. But later they found a blood-stained sword near his body. Meanwhile, Mahitosh gives Feluda a puzzle to solve. Feluda's amazing intelligence is proved in this part. He solves it most amazingly, and at the end, chalks out that a treasure chest is hidden 55 hands away from a tree which has a hole between it, which looks like an old person's mouth without any teeth; between two Arjuna trees. While Feluda and his companion are on the way to the treasure chest, they finds Tarit's spectacles and later on, his torch, which suggests that Tarit has solved the puzzle much earlier than the others, and was on his way to the treasure chest. At last, Feluda finds the treasure chest, and helds out the conclusion. Mahitosh had broke his hand due to a fall from a tree, which Feluda came to know when he was unable to hold the rifle. All the precious huntings of the tiger were done by his friend, Shashanka. On that night, while Tarit was about to leave, Shashanka too followed him quietly. When there came a Royal Bengal Tiger. Shashanka fired his rifle, which shoot off the tiger's nose after Feluda found a bit of skin. Tarit's sword, as he observed, has begun acting like a magnet, which was created by a flash of lightning. Thus, Tarit wasn't murdered by any villain, but only, the nature was the cause of his death. He, at the end of the story is rewarded with a part of treasure.
Réalisé parSandip Ray ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Bibhu Bhattacharya, Tinnu Anand, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, Haradhan Bandopadhyay Note68% By accident, more than anything else, the three find themselves beside the grave of Thomas Godwin. The grave was dug up by some miscreants for unknown reasons. The rather colorful history of Mr. Godwin makes Feluda curious to know more about the man.From the diary of Thomas' daughter Charlotte, Feluda finds that a very precious clock went to Thomas' grave with him. To his surprise, Feluda finds that another party knows about this clock and they are trying to get it aided by the letter with them. Thanks to the brilliance of the detective and the help of 'Haripodobabu', the chauffeur of Mr. Ganguli, a new introduction in this book, their plot is foiled.
Réalisé parSandip Ray GenresThriller ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Parambrata Chatterjee, Bibhu Bhattacharya, Deepankar De, Biplab Chatterjee, Haradhan Bandopadhyay Note69% The story revolves around the blatant smuggling and illegal trading in ancient sculptures across the country. Detective Feluda steps in to solve the crime and nab the culprits. His cousin Topshe, and Lalmohanbabu, the writer of detective novels who goes by the name of Jatayu, 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.
, 1h40 Réalisé parSandip Ray GenresThriller, Policier ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Parambrata Chatterjee, Bibhu Bhattacharya, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajatava Dutta, Paran Bandopadhyay Note71% Lalmohan Ganguly, alias Jatayu − a sidekick of Feluda − gets invited to Mumbai (previously Bombay) to watch the shooting of a film based on a novel written by him.His old friend of Garpar road, Pulak Ghoshal (Paran Bandyopadhyay) is the director. Feluda and Topshe accompany him. One day prior to the journey, a mysterious film producer named Sanyal visits jatayu and tells him that he intends to make a film on the same novel (Bombaiyer Bombete) on which Pulok Ghoshal is making a film. Jatayu tells him that the novel is sold, and thus Sanyal leaves. However, Sanyal requests him to handle a packet to one of his allies at Mumbai Airport, to which Jatayu agrees.
, 1h38 Réalisé parSandip Ray GenresThriller, Policier ThèmesFilms pour enfants ActeursSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Saswata Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Mouli Ganguly Note71% Feluda is approached by an established businessman who claims to have mistakenly swapped his suitcase (bakso) in a train with one belonging to one of his co-passengers and now wants Feluda to put it straight. This simple looking problem lands Feluda, Topshe and Lal Mohan babu in Shimla, and into a realm of deceit and mystery involving a long forgotten diamond and a priceless manuscript about A Bengalee in Lamaland. Besides 'The Trio' we have Dinanath Lahiri, the rich kind-hearted businessman, his nephew, Prabeer Lahiri who is a striving actor but too much obsessed with his only weakness, his voice. The rest three characters in this story are the ones who were with Dinanath Lahiri in his first class compartment, Mr.Pakrashi who is a manuscript collector, Mr. Brijmohan and Mr. Dhameeja who got his suitcase exchanged with Mr. Lahiri. Feluda's investigations finally put the wrong-doers behind bars.
, 1h52 Réalisé parSatyajit Ray OrigineInde GenresAventure, Policier ActeursSoumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Utpal Dutt, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Siddartha Chatterjee, Biplab Chatterjee Note78% Le détective Feluda, accompagné de son jeune assistant Topshe et de son ami l'auteur de romans policiers Jatayu, est chargé de retrouver une petite statue du dieu Ganesh, de grande valeur, qui a disparu à Bénarès. Feluda se met en quête de la statue. Ses soupçons se portent rapidement sur un dangereux gangster bien connu dans la ville, tandis que la fête de Durga se prépare et qu'un mystérieux faiseur de miracles, qui se fait appeler l'Homme-Poisson, attire les foules.