Baksho-Rahashya
Bakso Rahashya is a Bengali novel by Satyajit Ray featuring the private detective Feluda.
Plot summary
Feluda is approached by an established businessman, Mr. Dinanath Lahiri, claiming to have mistakenly swapped his suitcase (Bengali: baksho) in a train with one belonging to one of his co-passengers and asks Feluda to return it. This apparently simple problem takes Feluda, Topshe and Lalmohan babu to Shimla and into a realm of deceit and mystery (Bengali: rahashya) involving a long-forgotten diamond and an old priceless manuscript titled A Bengalee in Lamaland, written by Shambhu Charan Bose. The other major characters in the story are Dinanath Lahiri, a rich kindhearted businessman, his nephew, Prabeer Lahiri, a struggling actor obsessed with his own voice and Mr. Lahiri's co-passengers on the train: Mr. Naresh Pakrashi, Mr. Brijmohan Kedia and Mr. G. C. Dhameeja, who is also of some importance.
The story is enriched with Feluda's extreme detection capability and another breathtaking adventure. On the way, Feluda and the gang face many challenges, but at the end Feluda gets much desired success, and the villain is trapped. Like many other Feluda stories, Jatayu brings the exquisite comic relief in the story and the story becomes enjoyable to everyone.
Adaptations
Bakso Rahashya was turned into a radio play starring Soumitra Chatterjee as Feluda and broadcast on Indian radio while Ray was still alive, with his supervision and with background music of his composition. Later the play was released in cassettes by HMV.
In 1996 on the 30th anniversary of first Feluda, appearance Sandip Ray (son of Satyajit Ray) have made a feature film of the same name with a new set of actors led by Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Feluda. It got a huge success and later the DVD was released by RE Video and a remastered version was released by Big Music.
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| Short Stories |
- Feluda'r Goendagiri (Danger in Darjeeling, 1965-66)
- Kailash Choudhary'r Pathar (Kailash Choudhury's Jewel, 1967)
- Sheyal Debota'r Rahasya (The Anubis Mystery, 1970)
- Samaddar er Chabi (The Key, 1973)
- Ghurghutiya'r Ghatona (The Locked Chest, 1975)
- Golokdham Rahasya (A Mysterious Tenant, 1980)
- Napoleon er Chithi (Napoleon's Letter, 1981)
- Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasya (The Disappearance of Ambar Sen, 1983)
- Jahangir er Swarnomudra (The Gold Coins of Jehangir, 1983)
- Ebar Kando Kedarnath e (Crime in Kedarnath, 1984)
- Bosepukur e Khunkharapi (The Acharya Murder Case, 1985)
- Bhuswargo Bhayankar (Peril in Paradise, 1987)
- Apsara Theatre er Mamla (The Affair at Apsara Theatre, 1987)
- Sakuntala'r Kanthahaar (Shakuntala's Necklace, 1988)
- Golapi Mukta Rahasya (The Mystery of the Pink Pearl, ?)
- London e Feluda (Feluda in London, 1989)
- Dr. Munshi'r Diary (Dr. Munshi's Diary, 1990)
- Indrajal Rahasya (Magical Mystery, 1995-96)
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| Novels |
- Badshahi Angti (The Emperor's Ring, 1969)
- Gangtok e Gondogol (Trouble in Gangtok, 1971)
- Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress, 1971)
- Baksho Rahashya (The Mystery Of The Box, 1972)
- Kailash e Kelenkari (A Killer in Kailash, 1974)
- Royal Bengal Rahashya (The Royal Bengal Mystery, 1974)
- Joy Baba Felunath (novel) (Mystery of the Elephant God, 1975)
- Bombaiyer Bombete (novel) (The Bandits of Bombay, 1976)
- Gosainpur Sargaram (The Mystery of the Walking Dead, 1976)
- Gorosthaney Sabdhan (novel) (Caution In the Cemetery, 1977)
- Chhinnamasta'r Abhishap (The Curse of the Goddess, 1978)
- Hatyapuri (The House Of Murder, 1979)
- Joto Kando Kathmandu te (Chaos in Kathmandu, 1980)
- Tintoretto'r Jishu (Tintoretto's Jesus, 1983)
- Darjeeling Jomjomat (Murder in the Mountains, 1986)
- Nayan Rahasya (The Mystery of Nayan, 1990)
- Robertsoner Ruby (Robertson's Ruby, 1992)
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| Unfinished writings |
- Baksho Rahasya (first draft)
- Tota Rahasya (first draft)
- Aditya Bardhan er Abishkar
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| Films | Soumitra Chatterjee | |
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| Sabyasachi Chakrabarty | |
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| Abir Chatterjee | |
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| Television | Soumitra Chatterjee |
- Ghurghutiyar Ghotona
- Golokdham Rahasya
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| Shashi Kapoor | |
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| Sabyasachi Chakrabarty |
- Baksho Rahashya (1996)
- Gosaipur Sargaram
- Sheyal Debota Rahasya
- Bosepukur e Khunkharapi
- Joto Kando Kathmandu te
- Jahangir er Swarnamudra
- Ghurghutiyar Ghotona
- Golapi Mukto Rahashya
- Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahashya
- Dr. Munshir Diary
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| Animation |
- Feluda : The Kathmandu Caper (2010)
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| Characters |
- Feluda (Prodosh Chandra Mitter)
- Tapesh Ranjan Mitra
- Jatayu (Lalmohan Ganguly)
- Sidhu Jyatha
- Haripada
- Maganlal Meghraj
- Pulak Ghoshal
- Srinath
- Bharadwaj
- Baikuntha Mallik
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