On the 50th year of Satyajit Ray’s popular fictional private investigator character Feluda, aka Prodosh Chandra Mitter, a theme park has come up in the north-east fringes of the city.
The park, inaugurated by chairman-cum-managing director of the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) in New Town area on Friday, is dedicated to Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), the first and one of the two Feluda films directed by Ray in 1974.
The theme park, named Sonar Kella Udyan, is dotted with models of Feluda, his nephew-cum-assistant Topshe aka Tapesh Ranjan Mitter and friend-writer Jatayu, aka Lal Mohan Ganguly on camel back trying to chase the kidnappers of Mukul, the boy who was kidnapped in the film based on a detective story by Ray.
In the park, there are cacti which are associated with Jayatu’s famous question to Feluda whether camels eat cacti after segregating thorns. There are date palm trees and wall paintings depicting some scenes from the film. The desert of Rajasthan has also been created impeccably.
The whole thing is aimed at recreating the Sonar Kella effect for the theme park visitors, many of whom will fondly recall some of the unforgettable moments of the film, Debashis Sen said.
{{/usCountry}}The whole thing is aimed at recreating the Sonar Kella effect for the theme park visitors, many of whom will fondly recall some of the unforgettable moments of the film, Debashis Sen said.
{{/usCountry}}This year marks the 50th anniversary of the character of Feluda which first appeared in Bengali children’s magazine Sandesh. The Feluda films made by Satyajit Ray had Soumitra Chatterjee playing the detective.
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