Feluda, or Pradosh Chandra Mitra [Mitter], is a fictional Bengali Private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels of Indian fictional detective novels and short stories written by Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorialship of Satyajit and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri.
Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly was an Indian poet, historian and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine, Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena is a 2005 Indian Hindi crime thriller film directed by Suparn Verma. It is a remake of the 2003 Hollywood crime drama movie Confidence. This movie was another movie in which the father-son duo Fardeen Khan and Feroz Khan had worked. Before this, they had worked in the 2003 movie, Janasheen. This movie was the first lead role for actress Koena Mitra, who was previously seen in small roles.
Kakababu is a fictional character created by Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay. The series, falling under the adventure genre of literature, targeted at children and teenagers, started in the autumn of 1979 with the publication of Bhoyonkor Sundor in Anandamela magazine, Puja issue. Since then, the series continued for 33 years on popular demand, with over 36 adventure novels in print until the death of the author in 2012.
Piya Ka Ghar was a Hindi TV serial that aired on Zee TV from 2 December 2002 to 10 February 2006.
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu.
Bandini is an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It starred Ronit Roy, Aasiya Kazi, Mrunal Jain, Leena Jumani, Shardul Pandit and Kunal Thakkur and was set against the backdrop of Gujarat in Dharampur a village near Surat in Gujarat. The show premiered on 19 January 2009 and ended on 29 January 2011 on NDTV Imagine.
Pinaki Chaudhuri পিনাকী চৌধুরী is an Indian academic and film director.
Mar Mitenge is a 1988 Hindi-language action film, produced by Pradeep Sharma under the TUTU Films banner and directed by Kawal Sharma. It stars Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Bhanupriya in the pivotal roles and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.
Mishawr Rawhoshyo is a 2013 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Srijit Mukherji, based on the fictional character Kakababu created by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Swastika Mukherjee, Aryann Bhowmik, and many others. The plot revolves around a hieroglyphic trail that leads the protagonist to Egypt and underneath a pyramid. The film became one of the biggest hits of 2013 and gained a strong cult following from the audience and critics. The second film of this Kakababu series Yeti Obhijaan was released in 2017. The third film, Kakababur Protyaborton, was released in 2022.
Yeh Hai Aashiqui is an Indian television romance anthology series that presents dramatisations of the love stories created by Vikas Gupta. It aired on Bindass from 25 August 2013 to 7 August 2016.
Udaan (transl. Flight) is an Indian soap opera that premiered on Colors TV on 18 August 2014, replacing Madhubala. Produced by Mahesh Bhatt, it was originally planned as a film which was eventually shelved. Udaan is the one of the longest running television show of Colors TV The story revolves around Chakor, a victim of bonded child labour who fights for her village's freedom and aspires to break-free. It starred Spandan Chaturvedi as Child Chakor until it took a generation leap in February 2016 & actress Meera Deosthale was roped in to play the role of adult Chakor.
Lathi (transl. Stick) is a 1996 Bengali family drama film directed by Prabhat Roy. The Film stars Victor Banerjee as the protagonist. It also stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Satabdi Roy, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Deepankar De, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Kaushik Sen. The music of the film has been composed by Bappi Lahiri.Did not work at box office. Box office declared that it's a Mixed Response.
Many films, television and comic book adaptation has been made with Sunil Gangopadhyay's Kakababu character. Here are the list of some other media adaptation.
Sabuj Dwiper Raja is a 1979 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Tapan Sinha, based on the same name novel of Kakababu by Sunil Gangopadhyay.
Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki is an Indian Hindi-language social drama television series. Produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, it aired from 30 May 2016 to 1 October 2021 on Colors TV. It is the fourth longest-running television show of Colors TV and starred Rubina Dilaik, Vivian Dsena, Jigyasa Singh, Simba Nagpal and Cezanne Khan.
Kakababu Here Gelen? is a Bengali detective film of Kakababu series, released in 1995 under the banner of National Film Development Corporation. It is based on a detective novel of Sunil Gangopadhyay in the same name. The movie is a prequel to the 2001 Bengali movie Ek Tukro Chand directed by Pinaki Chaudhuri. Soumitra Chatterjee played the role of anti hero in this movie.
