Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God)
1978, India. 112 min, Color, In Bengali with subtitles.
Summary
This second film about the detective Feluda is based on the novel ‘Joi Baba Felunath’ written by Satyajit Ray. Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee), his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly arrive at Benares (Varanasi, India) for a vacation. Their vacation is interrupted when a priceless statue of an elephant god is stolen, and Felu and friends end up solving the mystery instead.
Awards
- Best Children’s Film, New Delhi, 1978
- Best Feature Film, Hong Kong Film Festival, 1979
Credits | |
| Producer: | R.D. Bansal & Co. (R. D. B. Productions) |
| Screenplay & Direction: | Satyajit Ray, based on the novel: ‘Joi Baba Felunath’ by Satyajit Ray |
| Cinematography: | Soumendu Roy |
| Editing: | Dulal Dutta |
| Art Direction: | Ashoke Bose |
| Sound: | Robin Sen Gupta |
| Music: | Satyajit Ray |
Cast | |
| Pradosh Mitter, called Felu or Feluda: | Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Lalmohan Ganguli, called Jotayu: | Santosh Dutta |
| Tapesh Mitter, called Tapesh: | Siddharta Chatterjee |
| Maganlal Meghraj: | Utpal Dutt |
| Ruku Ghosal: | Jit Bose |
| Umanath Ghosal: | Haradhan Banerjee |
| Ambika Ghosal: | Bimal Chatterjee |
| Bisash Sinha: | Biplab Chatterjee |
| Nibaran Chakravarty: | Satya Banerjee |
| Gunomoy Bagchi: | Moloy Roy |
| Machli Baba: | Manu Mukherjee |
| Arjun: | Kamu Mukherjee |
| Inspector Tewari: | Indubhusan Gujral |
| Sasi Pal: | Santosh Sinha |
