Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God)
1979 · Movie · 112 min. · India
This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj (Utpal Dutt), a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild-mannered Lalmohan a knife-thrower's target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady 'holy man' holds court on the banks of the Ganges and an adventure-loving little boy (and his grand-father), brought up on crime thrillers.
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Santosh Dutta · Siddharta Chatterjee · Utpal Dutt · Jit Bose · Haradhan Bannerjee · Bimal Chatterjee · Biplab Chatterjee · Satya Bannerjee · Moloy Roy · Kamu Mukherjee · Indubhusan Gujral · Santosh Sinha · Monu Mukherjee · Parinita Banerjee · Subhadra Devi · Rajkumar Lahiri · Abani Mukherjee · Bhaskar Patra · Samiran Roy · Pannalal Yadav
Soundtrack Satyajit Ray
Screenplay Satyajit Ray
Cinematography Soumendu Roy
Original title Joi Baba Felunath
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