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Joi Baba Felunath (1979)

Joi Baba Felunath poster
Original title
জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Genre
drama film, children's film, detective film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Feluda and his companions travel to a city to investigate a stolen statue of a god. They uncover a web of clues involving a wealthy family and a mysterious cult.

suspensefullightheartedclevernostalgicmysteriousintricatewhimsicalfamily-friendly

What happens

Joi Baba Felunath (English title The Elephant God) is a 1979 Indian Bengali-language mystery film directed and written by Satyajit Ray. Featuring an ensemble cast of Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt amongst others, it is an adaption of the eponymous Feluda novel and serves as the sequel of Sonar Kella. Shortly after the demise of actor Santosh Dutta who portrayed Jatayu's role, Ray remarked that it was impossible to ever make a Feluda film again without Dutta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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