Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra [Mitter], is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray.
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31 Facts About Feluda
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Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorialship of Satyajit and Subhas Mukhopadhyay.
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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.
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Feluda is very choosy about taking up cases and prefers cases that require cerebral effort.
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Feluda is known to be a skillful sleight-of-hand, and he put that skill to use for solving a couple of cases.
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Feluda often calls a meeting while solving the mystery, where he cajoles the culprit into admitting their crime.
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Feluda is an early riser and is often shown starting his day with exercises and yoga.
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Contrary to his otherwise healthy lifestyle, Feluda enjoys smoking charminar cigarettes, exercising and chewing betel leaves.
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Feluda is a connoisseur of delicious foods, popular music and movies, and books.
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Feluda has a great appreciation for Sherlock Holmes and, according to the film Tintorettor Jishu, Bruce Lee.
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Feluda is fond of Tintin, specially his cousin Topshe is a fan of Tintin.
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Feluda is a huge fan of the books by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Jim Corbett and Kenneth Anderson.
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Feluda has love and respect for Lalmohan Ganguly and his fictional creation Prakhar Rudra is liked by Feluda.
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Feluda is protective and caring about his cousin, yet he always keeps picking mistakes or humor of or from Topshe.
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Feluda has never shown interest in any woman, and there are very few female characters.
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Just like Feluda, Topshe used to read lot of books to enhance his knowledge.
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Feluda solved the case just from the report of that interrogation.
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In movies and TV films the character of Feluda has been played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and recently Abir Chatterjee, while Topshe has been played by Siddartha Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Saheb Bhattacharya over the years.
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Feluda is an aged character who has described himself to be like Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft, living in Sardar Sankar Road, Lake Market, Kalighat, Kolkata.
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Feluda is a bibliophile, and has an extensive base of general knowledge, current and historical affairs.
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Feluda is a close friend of Feluda's father, being former neighbours in their ancestral village in Bangladesh.
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Feluda is a loyal, intelligent and reliable person and is of great help when needed.
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Feluda played a crucial role in Gorosthaney Sabhdhan where he saved the lives of Feluda, Jatayu, and Topshe.
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Feluda has a minor role in Boshpukery Khunkharapi, where he takes part in a surveillance mission with the rest of Feluda's gang in disguise playing 29 cardgame.
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Meghraj is a villainous character who appears in three Feluda stories, including Joi Baba Felunath, Joto Kando Kathmandute, and Golapi Mukta Rahasya.
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Feluda has been compared to Professor Moriarty of the Sherlock Holmes series.
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Feluda is officially a money-lender but is involved in smuggling artifacts, narcotics and jewellery.
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Feluda lured Bikash Singh, secretary of Umanath Ghoshal, to steal the invaluable 'Ganesh Murti' from the Ghoshal-house.
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The first theatrically released Feluda film directed by Ray was Baksho Rahashya which was the first film of the Feluda TV film series.
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In 2020 a web series is making, named 'Feluda Pherot' based on the iconic Bengali detective and there will be two popular stories, 'Chhinnamastar Abhishap' and 'Joto Kando Kathmandute'.
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Some Feluda stories have been made into comic strips by artists and authors.
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