Badshahi Angti (film)

Badshahi Angti

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sandip Ray
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Nispal Singh
Written by Satyajit Ray
Sandip Ray
Based on Badshahi Angti
by Satyajit Ray
Starring Abir Chatterjee
Sourav Das
Music by Sandip Ray
Cinematography Sirsha Ray
Edited by Subroto Roy
Production
company
Shree Venkatesh Films
Surinder Films
Release dates
  • 19 December 2014
Running time
 109 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali
Budget INR2.0 crore (US$320,000)
Box office INR4.0 crore (US$630,000)[1]

Badshahi Angti (Bengali: বাদশাহী আংটি, English: The Emperor's Ring) is a 2014 Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray, based on the novel of same name by Satyajit Ray,[2] starring Abir Chatterjee and Sourav Das as Feluda and Topse respectively. The film was released on 19 December 2014. It is the first film which stars Abir Chatterjee as Feluda. This is going to be a reboot to previous Feluda films after Royal Bengal Rahashya.[3]

Plot

Feluda (Abir Chatterjee) and his cousin Topshe (Sourav Das) visit Lucknow with Topshe's father (Deepankar De) to spend the Puja vacation. They arrive at the house of Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal (Biswajit Chakraborty), a friend of Topshe's father. That evening Dr. Shrivastav (Bharat Kaul) also comes to Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal and tells him that last night, a thief tried to steal his 'Ring of Aurangzeb' (The Emperor's Ring) which was given to him by Pyarilaal Seth. After the incident Dr. Shrivastav is afraid and asks Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal to keep the ring safe. Sanyal agrees and keeps the ring at his home. But oneday the ring goes missing from there. Then Feluda and Topshe start investigating, to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Feluda meets an interesting person in the neighbourhood, Mr. Bonobihari Sarkar (Paran Bandyopadhyay). Bonobihari babu has ferocious and poisonous creatures like crocodile, African tiger, hyena, rattlesnake, scorpion and black widow spider in his home. Feluda also meets Mahabir (Tathagata Mukherjee), late Pyarilal's son and a film actor who believes foul play is behind his father's death. They travel to Lakshman Jhula Temple, Haridwar. Here, when Feluda lits his cigar near the banks of Ganga, Topse gets a glance of a shining object in Feluda's matchbox. He think that it may be the Emperor's Ring (Badshahi Angti). Later that night he asks Feluda about it when Feluda agrees that it was the ring. Next day when they move on to Lakshman Jhula the whole group gets divided into two and Feluda and Topse accompany Bonobiharibabu. The driver of their car was a servant of Bonobiharibabu, Ganesh Guho (Rajatava Dutta) in Punjabi disguise. They trap Feluda and Topshe in a log house 1.5 miles from Lakshman Jhula. Their whole story is revealed by Feluda and it is also proved that Bonobihari babu is the culprit and also the murderer of Pyarilaal Seth. The film ends when Topshe regains his consciousness after the last scene climax and glances over Feluda wearing the Badshahi Angti.

Cast

Production

Casting

Abir Chatterjee was casted as new Feluda and Saurav Das was casted as new Topshe in mid-2013.[5][6] In an interview Sandip Ray said Abir Chatterjee was best fitted to be cast as Feluda.[7]

Filming

Shooting begun from early 2014. 60% shooting was captured in Kolkata, and rest of the shooting was in Lucknow.[8][9] In mid-2014, director Sandip Ray said "We will finish shooting by October and release the film in December."[2]

Release

As the earlier Feluda flicks, Badshahi Angti released on 19 December 2014 in West Bengal before the Christmas Eve; and released nationally in 2 January 2015.[10][11]

Critical reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Shomini Sen of IBNLive gave it 3 star out of 5, and said: "Sandip Ray offers a genuine film which creates the same magic of Feluda in modern times".[12] The Times of India gave it 3 and a half star out of 5.[13] IMDB rating of the movie is 6.7 out of 10 as on 12 February 2015.[14]

Box office

The film collected INR3.75 crore (US$600,000) in 3 weeks.[1]

Sequels

In December 2014, director Sandip Ray revealed, the sequel to this film will be based on Gangtokey Gondogol, and another sequel will be Nayan Rahasya if he finds an actor who is suitable for Jatayu's role.[15]

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