First Bangladeshi “Feluda” episode to air today
The Bangladeshi television adaptation of Satyajit Ray's iconic
character of Feluda has been generating anticipation among Bangladeshi TV audiences since it was announced in June. After all the anticipation, the first of the four-episode series is set to air tonight on Channel i, at 7:50pm.
The episode is based on the story “Sheyal Debota Rahasya”, and stars popular Indian actor Parambrata Chatterjee in the titular role, with Riddhi Sen playing his nephew and sidekick Topshe. The trailer also indicates that the detective comes to Dhaka to solve the mystery he is after (a deviation from the original story), and Tariq Anam Khan in an important role.
Kandy Productions and Tom Creations have received the rights to work on “Feluda” from Satyajit Ray's son, Sandeep Ray. The first season of the series will feature four episodes; the rest of the episodes will be made later in phases. The four stories that the episodes will be based on are “Sheyal Debota Rahasya”, “Ghurghutiyar Ghotona”, “Golokdham Rahasya”, and “Gangtokey Gondogol”.
The episodes will also be available on online streaming platforms Bioscope for audiences in Bangladesh, and Addatimes for audiences abroad, after the telecast.
Feluda, whose real name is Prodosh Chandra Mitra, is arguably one of the most iconic characters of Bangla literature and film. A brilliant detective with razor-sharp deduction and instincts, he often goes on adventures beyond the excellence of the mind and into situations of real danger. Satyajit created the character in 1965 on his magazine “Sandesh” with “Feluda'r Goyendagiri”, and went on to write 18 short stories and 17 novels. Satyajit also directed two Feluda films, “Sonar Kella” (1974) and “Joy Baba Felunath” (1979), starring Soumitra Chatterjee in the titular role. His son Sandip Ray has directed five Feluda films and 10 TV films. After Soumitra, Sbyasachi took on the role of Feluda in the Bangla films, while Shashi Kapoor played the sleuth in the Hindi adaptation of “Joto Kando Kathmandu te” in 1985.
This is also not Parambrata's first work with the beloved literary series. He played Topshe in the 'New Feluda' franchise directed by Sandip Roy that had Sabyasachi in the lead, in films “Bombaiyer Bombete” (2003), “Kailashey Kelenkari” (2007) and “Tintorettor Jishu” (2008).
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