Sonar Kella
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| Author | Satyajit Ray |
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| Cover artist | Satyajit Ray |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre(s) | Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers |
| Released | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Sonar Kella | |
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 Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) (1974) |
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| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Produced by | Govt. of West Bengal |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Kusal Chakravarty, Sailen Mukherjee, Kamu Mukherjee |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Language | Bengali |
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Sonar Kella (Bengali: সোনার কেল্লা), also Shonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) is a 1974 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Kusal Chakravarty among others.
Satyajit Ray first wrote the mystery novel Sonar Kella with Feluda as the detective.Later,the novel was made into a film in the same name by the director.
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[edit] Plot Summary
Mukul (played by Kusal Chakravarty) is a young boy who is said to be able to remember events of his previous life. He stays up late into the night and draws sketches that he claims are of battles he had seen. His father decides to take him to Dr. Hajra (Sailen Mukherjee), a parapsychologist, for treatment. On studying some drawings by Mukul that represent scenes from the past, Dr. Hajra concludes that Mukul's drawings as well as his desciptions are of events around a fortress, where the boy's father(sic) had worked as a gem cutter. After studying the drawings Dr. Hazra believes that a fortress in the drawings may be in Rajasthan. Dr. Hajra decides to take Mukul on a trip to Rajasthan hoping this may shed deeper light into such parapsychological phenomenon, , as well as help cure the young boy.
A newspaper report on the drawings of Mukul and an interview with Dr. Hajra alerts two men by the names of Amiyanath Burman (Ajoy Banerjee) and Mandar Bose (Kamu Mukherjee), the villains in the story. Burman and Bose had earlier had encounters with Dr. Hajra, when he had exposed fraudulent activities of the pair. They plan to kidnap Mukul in hope of getting their hands on the treasure that Mukul talked of in the interview. Their first attempt at the kidnapping fails when they pick up another boy, also named Mukul (Santanu Bagchi), from the same neighborhood.
Alarmed by the failed kidnapping of his son, Mukul's father engages the service of Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) to help protect his son. Feluda accepts the assignment and leaves for Rajasthan along with Topshe (Siddartha Chatterjee). On the way to Rajasthan Feluda and Topshe meet Lalmohan Ganguly, a.k.a. Jatayu (Santosh Dutta), for the first time.
Meanwhile, Burman and Bose attempt to kill Dr. Hajra and kidnap Mukul, with Burman impersonating as Dr. Hajra. What follows is a chase in the desert with Feluda successfully saving Mukul from the clutches of Burman and Bose.
[edit] Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee - Feluda
- Siddartha Chatterjee - Topshe
- Santosh Dutta - Jatayu
- Kusal Chakravarty - Mukul Dhar
- Sailen Mukherjee - Dr. Hemanga Hajra
- Ajoy Banerjee - Amiyanath Burman
- Kamu Mukherjee - Mandar Bose
- Harindranath Chatterjee - Sidhu Jyatha
[edit] Crew
- Satyajit Ray - Director, Screenplay, Music Score (composer)
- Soumendu Roy - Cinematography
- Dulal Dutta - Editor
- Ashoke Bose - Production Designer
[edit] Awards
| Award | Awarded By |
| Best Film | Government of West Bengal |
| Best Director, Satyajit Ray | Government of West Bengal |
| Presidents Silver Medal | Government of India, 1974 |
| Best Colour Photography, Soumenda Roy | Government of India, 1975 |
| Best Director, Satyajit Ray | Government of India, 1975 |
| Best Screenplay, Satyajit Ray | Government of India, 1975 |
| Golden Statue for the “Best Live Feature Film” | 10th Teheran International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults |
[edit] External links
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