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Feluda is an Indian-Bengali detective media franchise created by Indian-Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray, featuring the character, Feluda. The titular character is a private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories. 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 (সন্দেশ) in 1965, under the editorialship of Satyajit and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri.
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- ↑ "A tribute to Satyajit Ray on his 99th birth anniversary". The Daily Star. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ↑ Santi Das (1998). Satyajit Ray, an Intimate Master. Allied. p. 219. ISBN 978-81-7023-748-8.
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