Sandip Ray's new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's Hatyapuri to go on floors in May

Filmmaker Sandip Ray on Tuesday said that he has completed recee for his next upcoming movie ‘Hatyapuri’ of the Feluda series and shooting will begin in May end. However, he kept people guessing on who would be cast in the fictional detective character created by his father Satyajit Ray , saying “someone having a combination of athleticism and sharpness in his look” will essay the role.

“Me and my team have done a detailed recee in Puri and shooting is likely to begin in May end. I want to complete the film by December so that people can view it in Christmas,” Ray told PTI.

The year-long birth centenary celebrations of Satyajit Ray will end on May 2. “I had long wished to bring ‘Haytapuri’, which was first published in children’s magazine ‘Sandesh’, on the big screen,” he said.

Ray had earlier cast actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Feluda in movies such as ‘Bombaiyer Bombete’ (2003), ‘Kailashey Kelenkari’ (2007) and Abir Chatterje e in ‘Badshahi Angti’ (2014), among the seven Feluda films he has directed so far.

In ‘Haytapuri’, Pradosh Chandra Mitter aka Feluda visits Puri for vacation but gets embroiled in investigating a murder that takes place in the coastal town during his stay. Ray had merged two Feluda stories – ‘Samaddarer Chabi’ and ‘Golokdham Rahasyo’ to make his last Feluda movie ‘Double Feluda’ in 2016, the 50th anniversary of the birth of the fictional character. ​

As per the novel, Feluda is often accompanied by his cousin and assistant, Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (affectionately called Topshe by Feluda). It is said that Sherlock Holmes was the inspiration behind Satyajit Ray’s Feluda and that’s why there is a character resemblance between both the detectives. In fact, the Tapesh/Topshe’s character resembles Dr Watson, who is Holmes’ best friend, flatmate and assistant.

(With Inputs from PTI)

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