Which is the best Feluda movie? 70% people will say Sonar Kella. And that is the correct answer. But is the film better than the novel Sonar Kella? No way. Rather its a little shorter than the story. Joy Baba Felunath could not even come close to the novel. The canvas of stories is much larger than life. So no film from Sonar Kella to Hatyapuri is better than the original story.
But what a hullabaloo! This is the first time an adaptation has overshadowed its original story. Yes, what you are reading is true. Sandip Ray's experienced direction has made the impossible possible. But one of the reasons is definitely that this story belongs to the last Feluda stories when God's health was going through a very tough time. Hence the subsequent stories after Golapi Mukta Rahasya are not so popular among the readers. But even in that situation God did not deprive us of Feluda. He wrote until the last day of his life...
Leave that context. Let me tell you why this movie is better than the story:-
1. The thrill I felt while watching the film, I did not while reading the story.
2. The story does not analyze the motive for the prime crime. Here it is understood why the crime took place.
3. Indraneil Sengupta's eloquence spills over a bit between Topse and Jatayu in this film.
4. Supriyo Dutta. What an actor this guy is, now people will understand. TNT is an outstanding character which is a challenge for any actor. Had God been alive, he would have certainly taken Harindranath Chatterjee and he would have sensationalized the audience with his overacting. But portraying such a crazy character so fluently was not easy at all.
5. Abhinaba Barua. The nayan of Nayan literally speaks. A worthy successor of Mukul has been found so far.
6. Director creates terror in the audience by only showing close-ups of hands and feet of Gawangi.
7. A little glimpse of Robertsoner Ruby. The sequence of Naskar hypnotising Jatayu has been recreated in Tarafdar's magic show.
Also, the performances of Debnath Chatterjee and Rajesh Sharma will keep the audience hooked.
So is this film Sandip Ray's best Feluda?
No, it's not. Bombaiyer Bombete, Tintorettor Jishu, Gorosthane Sabdhan and Royal Bengal Rahasya - these four are on a different level. But Sandip Sir's expertise is in making a tight film from such a relatively weak story.
But what a hullabaloo! This is the first time an adaptation has overshadowed its original story. Yes, what you are reading is true. Sandip Ray's experienced direction has made the impossible possible. But one of the reasons is definitely that this story belongs to the last Feluda stories when God's health was going through a very tough time. Hence the subsequent stories after Golapi Mukta Rahasya are not so popular among the readers. But even in that situation God did not deprive us of Feluda. He wrote until the last day of his life...
Leave that context. Let me tell you why this movie is better than the story:-
1. The thrill I felt while watching the film, I did not while reading the story.
2. The story does not analyze the motive for the prime crime. Here it is understood why the crime took place.
3. Indraneil Sengupta's eloquence spills over a bit between Topse and Jatayu in this film.
4. Supriyo Dutta. What an actor this guy is, now people will understand. TNT is an outstanding character which is a challenge for any actor. Had God been alive, he would have certainly taken Harindranath Chatterjee and he would have sensationalized the audience with his overacting. But portraying such a crazy character so fluently was not easy at all.
5. Abhinaba Barua. The nayan of Nayan literally speaks. A worthy successor of Mukul has been found so far.
6. Director creates terror in the audience by only showing close-ups of hands and feet of Gawangi.
7. A little glimpse of Robertsoner Ruby. The sequence of Naskar hypnotising Jatayu has been recreated in Tarafdar's magic show.
Also, the performances of Debnath Chatterjee and Rajesh Sharma will keep the audience hooked.
So is this film Sandip Ray's best Feluda?
No, it's not. Bombaiyer Bombete, Tintorettor Jishu, Gorosthane Sabdhan and Royal Bengal Rahasya - these four are on a different level. But Sandip Sir's expertise is in making a tight film from such a relatively weak story.