Nationwide award-winning director Srijit Mukherji is now all set to introduce Feluda, Satyajit Ray’s in style fictional sleuth, on OTT platform this Christmas. Named ‘Feluda Pherot’ (the return of Feluda), it has two in style tales ‘Chhinomostar Obhishaap’ and ‘Joto Kando Kathmandute’ of which the primary one might be streamed this winter for the kids and grownup alike.
“I hope my Feluda might be accepted nicely by audiences. I had been an avid reader of the detective tales by Ray like each different Bengali and nursed the want to make a movie on him retaining the salient options and traits,” Mukherji mentioned after the trailer launch of the online manufacturing on Saturday.
The director additionally expressed his enormous appreciation for actors – icon Soumitra Chatterjee and in style actor Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee – who had delivered to life the pivotal character in their very own methods in celluloid works of Satyajit Ray and Sandip Ray. Tota Roychowdhury, the brand new Feluda in ‘Chhinomostar Obhishaap’ and ‘Joto Kando Kathmandute’, mentioned: “years again, earlier than he debuted in function movies, Srijit had launched himself to me after the premiere present of a Feluda movie the place I performed a aspect position and promised he’ll solid me as Feluda if ever he made a movie on the sleuth sooner or later.” “Years later, when Srijit Mukherji turned well-known, he referred to as me up after I was in Mumbai for a Hindi challenge and informed me he had me in thoughts for his upcoming Feluda Ferot sequence. He needed to know after I might be again in Kolkata when he’ll do a glance take a look at. Nonetheless, two days earlier than look take a look at he texted me informing I’ve been picked up for the position. My lifelong dreams have been fulfilled,” Tota mentioned.
Ray’s director son Sandip Ray, who had introduced a number of Feluda movies on massive display casting Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee, wished Mukherji the very best for the OTT enterprise. Set within the 12 months 1977, the story of ‘Chhinomostar Obhishaap’ begins with Feluda, his assistant Topshe and buddy idiosyncratic author Lalmohan Ganguly a.ok.a Jatayu. The intriguing thriller revolves spherical a circus social gathering, the escapade of a tiger and the temple of Chhinamasta in Rajrappa, Hazaribagh which is now in Jharkhand.
After being missed in a number of Feluda movies by Sandip Ray, following the deaths of Santosh Dutta, the all essential comical character of Jatayu will seem within the net sequence underneath Mukherji’s route. Anirban Chakraborty will painting Jatayu.
