Bengali Detective Thriller Series 'Shabash Feluda' Releases May 5 on Zee5

The series is based on the iconic detective character Feluda, created for film by legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

Bengali Detective Thriller Series 'Shabash Feluda' Releases May 5 on Zee5

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Parambrata Chatterjee will star in the titular role of Feluda

Highlights
  • The 10-episode series is based on Ray's story ‘Gangtok-e Gondogol’
  • ‘Gangtok-e Gondogol’ was first published in a literary magazine in 1970
  • Chatterjee portrayed the role of Feluda on another OTT six years ago
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Parambrata Chatterjee, the Bengali actor who won hearts in his debut Hindi film ‘Kahaani' a decade ago, will be seen in a new web series in the role of Feluda, the iconic detective character created by Satyajit Ray. The series 'Shabash Feluda' will be streamed from May 5, three days after the 102nd birth anniversary of Ray, director Arindam Sil said. 'Shabash Feluda' will be a 10-episode series based on Ray's story ‘Gangtok-e Gondogol' (Problems in Gangtok) in which the detective, who has been vacationing in the scenic capital of Sikkim, ends up investigating the mysterious death of a businessman.

"On the occasion of Ray's 102nd birth anniversary, we are announcing this as a tribute to the great filmmaker and gifted writer and illustrator," Sil told PTI. ‘Gangtok-e Gondogol' was first published in a literary magazine in 1970, but this series will see the characters featured and depicted in the present day. "Now, Feluda will be in sync with contemporary times. And from the beginning, I wanted to cast Param (Parambrata Chatterjee) in the lead role. We want to connect with the audience of today," Sil said.

In the original stories, Feluda used to smoke cigarettes without a filter, but now he will be seen puffing filtered cigarettes, he said. Rwitobroto Mukherjee will play the character of Topse (Tapesh Ranjan Mitter), Feluda's cousin and assistant. Chatterjee himself had essayed the role of Topse earlier. A female character of an IB officer was introduced in the series who was not there in the original story, stated the director, whose earlier works on detective characters include other popular sleuths such as Byomkesh Bakshi and Sabar.

This is, however, Chatterjee's second stint in a Feluda-based production. He essayed the character earlier on another OTT six years ago. “That was an Indo-Bangladesh joint venture which did not work out after a few episodes. This time, it is being done in a much bigger way,” Chatterjee said. Earlier, Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, and Indranil Sengupta were made Feluda for big screens and television in different productions. Tota Roy Chowdhury also essayed the iconic character for a web series. "I know there will be comparison with others who had been cast as Feluda earlier. This is quite normal as people are emotionally involved with immensely popular literary works," Chatterjee said.

From the 35 Feluda stories written by him, Satyajit Ray had directed two films – Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress, 1974) and Jai Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1979). However, the maestro's first detective film was ‘Chiriakhana' (The Zoo, 1967), which was centred on Byomkesh Bakshi, a popular sleuth created by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.


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Shabash Feluda

  • Release Date 5 May 2023
  • Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Cast
    Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Sauraseni Maitra, Ritwick Chakraborty, Rudranil Ghosh, Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Debopriyo Mukherjee, Arindam Sil, Topher Collins, Kamaleswar Mukherjee
  • Director
    Arindam Sil
  • Producer
    Sayani Goswami

Sonar Kella

  • Release Date 27 December 1974
  • Language Bengali
  • Genre Adventure, Kids & Family, Mystery
  • Cast
    Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Kushal Chakraborty
  • Director
    Satyajit Ray
  • Producer
    Government of West Bengal
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