The Golden Fortress (1974)

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Writers:

Hridayesh Pandey (hindi dialogue), Satyajit Ray (novel)

Stars:

Soumitra Chatterjee, Santanu Bagchi, Ajoy Banerjee

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Soumitra Chatterjee	...	Prodosh Mitra (Feluda) (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Santanu Bagchi	...	Mukul 2
Ajoy Banerjee	...	Amiyanath Burman
Haradhan Bannerjee	...	Tapesh's father
Kushal Chakraborty	...	Mukul Dhar
Bimal Chatterjee	...	Advocate
Dibyendu Chatterjee
Rekha Chatterjee	...	Tapesh's mother
Santi Chatterjee	...	Eating man in the compartment
Siddhartha Chatterjee	...	Tapesh (Topshe)
Harindranath Chattopadhyay	...	Uncle Sidhu
Santosh Dutta	...	Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu)
Uday Singh Gailol
Sujit Ganguly	...	(as Dr. Sujit Ganguly)
Nemai Ghosh	...	Photographer (as Nimai Ghosh)

Storyline

Mukul, a six year old boy, is obsessed with drawing pictures of a golden fortress, and claims to have lived there in a past life. Hoping to better understand the boy's condition, parapsychologist Dr. Hajra accompanies Mukul to search for the fortress. However, a newspaper story alerts a pair of crooks to the possibility of a hidden treasure. The boy's father fears Mukul is in danger, and hires private detective Prodosh "Feluda" Mitra and his cousin Topshe to join Hajra and Mukul in Rajasthan. But the danger may already be closer than they realize.

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Plot Keywords:

feluda | private detective | drawing | newspaper clipping | snakes and ladders | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title means "The Golden Fortress", a reference to the fort at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, which is built of a kind of sandstone that resembles gold.

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Connections

Followed by Baksha Rahasya (1996)

User Reviews

Masterpiece

It's Ray's film. What a work of details even in children character! Not much technological support or budget, yet a hard-won art!

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Bengali

Release Date:

27 December 1974 (India)

Also Known As:

A Fortaleza de Ouro

Filming Locations:

Jaisalmer Fort, Jaisalmer City, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Angel Digital Private Limited, Government of West Bengal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)