This paper sets off from the debate in this journal around Feluda’s cultural and socio-economic status, his origins, his intentions, his relation to labour, work and leisure, discourses emerging in the wake of Feluda’s fiftieth anniversary. Mitter (Feluda) and the new media space he now inhabits. The stories are high on mystery, action and adventure with plenty of bangs and wallops, but they are also packed full of wit and humour.This paper investigates the contemporary afterlife of Satyajit Ray’s protagonist sleuth, Prodosh C. For those who don’t know Feluda, he is like Sherlock Holmes with a dash of Indiana Jones and Tintin. But millions of BBC listeners around the world will be unfamiliar with him, and this is our chance to put one of India’s best known fictional characters on the international map. People have very clear ideas about who he is and what he sounds like. Feluda presents a huge challenge as he is so very well known in India. He said, “People often say pictures are better on radio, listeners use their imagination to ‘see’ the story. Composer Sanjeev Kohli will be creating a special musical score for the dramatisations.Įnglish writer Ray Grewal has turned the stories into radio plays. Newcomer Hari Balasubramaniam plays Topshe in both productions, whilst legendary radio presenter Ameen Sayani essays a role in each. Jaspal Bhatti will play the jolly taxi driver who steers his cab with his tummy. Jackie Shroff will play the fraudster Machchli Baba, while Dalip Tahil would be the arch-villain Meganlal Meghraj in ‘The Mystery of the Elephant God’. Rahul Bose will bring the much-loved fictional Bengali super sleuth to life in the two stories, with Anupam Kher playing his sidekick, the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly. The character has made several on-screen appearances in both cinema and TV, but this is the first time Feluda has been dramatised for radio.

He was created by renowned film director and writer Satyajit Ray, who wrote 35 Feluda stories. ‘Feluda: The Golden Fortress’ will be broadcast on February 10, while ‘Feluda: The Mystery of the Elephant God’ will be broadcast on August 11.įeluda is a much-loved detective in India fiction.

BBC has plans for two special dramatisations of the Feluda detective series, which will be broadcast in English on BBC World Service radio during 2007. Satyajit Ray’s Feluda will come alive on the screen once again, thanks to the BBC and a host of Bollywood stars such as Rahul Bose, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Dalip Tahil and Jaspal Bhatti.

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