Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective is a Bengali documentary film directed and produced by Sagnik Chatterjee based on a fictional detective character created by Satyajit Ray[1] This is the first biopic of India based on a fictional character.[2] At first the film was premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2017 and finally released on 7 June 2019.[3][4][5] It received the award for Best Director in Non-Feature Film at the 66th National Film Awards in 2019.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
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editFeluda was created by Satyajit Ray. Felu alias Pradosh Chandra Mitter is one of the most popular fictional detective in India who turned 50 in the year 2017. The documentary contains literary references of Feluda films, interviews of onscreen Feluda and other characters. It also contains the history and chronology of the character and its creator Ray, rare audio clips, illustrations etc.[13]
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- ^ Joshi, Namrata (29 April 2017). "Feluda was Ray, Ray was Feluda". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "66th National Film Awards ceremony on Monday; Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal, others to be honoured". DNA India. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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- ^ "Director Sagnik Chatterjee on National Film Award for Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director for Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective: It feels really good to have reached out to people beyond Bengal with unknown facets of Ray - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "66th National Film Awards Presentation Live Updates: Amitabh Bachchan Gives The Event A Miss, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann To Be Honored". Desimartini. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "66th National Awards announced: Ayushmann, Vicky share Best Actor prize; 'Andhadhun' is best Hindi film". The Economic Times. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Feluda docu-film maker dedicates National Award to sleuths fans". Outlook (India). Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "৫০ বছর পর কেমন আছে সত্যজিতের ফেলুদা?". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 July 2019.