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<div>{{short description|1979 Indian Bengali mystery film by director Satyajit Ray}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Joi Baba Felunath<br />
| image = Joi Baba Felunath poster.jpg<br />
| caption = A Poster for ''Joi Baba Felunath''<br />
| director = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| producer = R.D.B. Productions<br />
| writer = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| starring = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]],<br />[[Santosh Dutta]],<br />[[Siddartha Chatterjee]],<br />[[Utpal Dutt]],<br /> [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]], <br /> [[Biplab Chatterjee]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1979|1|5|df=y}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| runtime = 112 minutes<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| budget = [[Rupee|Rs]] 6 lakhs<br />
| gross = [[Rupee|Rs]] 7 lakhs<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --><br />
| name = Joi Baba Felunath<br />
| image = <br />
| author = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| cover_artist = [[Satyajit Ray]]<br />
| genre = [[Detective fiction]]<br />
| publisher = [[Ananda Publishers]]<br />
| release_date = 1975<br />
| media_type = Print<br />
| pages = <br />
| isbn = <br />
| preceded_by = [[Royal Bengal Rahashya (novel)|Royal Bengal Rahashya]]<br />
| followed_by = [[Ghurghutiyar Ghatona]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Joi Baba Felunath''''' (The Elephant God)<ref name="Robinson1989">{{cite book|author=Andrew Robinson|title=Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye|url=https://archive.org/details/satyajitrayinner00robi_0|url-access=registration|access-date=10 December 2012|year=1989|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06946-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/satyajitrayinner00robi_0/page/237 237]–}}</ref> is a 1979 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[mystery film]][[Bengali language| ]] by director [[Satyajit Ray]], featuring [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Santosh Dutta]], [[Siddartha Chatterjee]], [[Utpal Dutt]] among others. The film is based on the famous [[Feluda]] novel of the same name written by Ray himself. It is the second film of Feluda as well as the sequel of ''[[Sonar Kella]]'' directed by Satyajit Ray. After the demise of Santosh Dutta (Jatayu), Ray remarked that it was impossible to ever make a Feluda film again without Dutta.<ref name="RayCardullo2007">{{cite book|author1=Satyajit Ray|author2=Bert Cardullo|title=Satyajit Ray: Interviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQYs4X5d9WAC&pg=PR35|access-date=10 December 2012|date=1 March 2007|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-937-8|pages=35–}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
[[Feluda]], his cousin Topshe and the thriller writer [[Lalmohan Ganguly | Jatayu]] visit Benaras during the pujas. There they meet a Bengali family, the Ghosals. Upon hearing that Feluda is a private investigator, the Ghosal family head entrusts him with the task of finding out the thief of the attempted theft that took place in their house. Meanwhile, the arrival of a saint by the name of 'Machhli Baba' inBenaras rouses the excitement of the local people.<br />
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A very valuable property of the Ghosals, a golden [[Ganesh]] statue, about three inches in height, was the target of the thief. On the other hand, Maganlal Meghraj, a wealthy [[Marwaris|Marwari]] businessman, had his eyes on the Ganesh for a very long time. He comes to know about the involvement of Feluda in this case. He invites Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu to his house and offers Feluda Rs.2000 so that he abandons the case. Feluda refuses, which angers Maganlal, and he sets up a knife throwing show, using Jatayu as the bait (much to the viewer's amusement). After the incidents in Maganlal's house, Feluda takes a vow - either he will avenge Jatayu's harassment, or quit being a sleuth.<br />
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Although warned by Maganlal, Feluda did not lose interest in the case, and deduces that Machhli Baba is actually a fraud working for Maganlal. A member of the Ghosal family, Bikash, was also bribed by Maganlal to steal the Ganesh and hand it over to him. Feluda gets hold of Bikash and makes him confess his involvement in the theft. But Bikash states that when he went to steal the Ganesh, it was not there. Several questions arise in Feluda's mind. Where is the Ganesh, then? Why was the innocent idol-maker of the Ghosals, Shashi Babu, murdered brutally? What plan did the Ghosal family head hatch upon with his grandson to save the Ganesh?<br />
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The story has two aspects. On one hand, it is the story of the acquisitive instinct of a greedy [[Marwaris|Marwari]] businessman, who would spare no expenses or ways to get what he desires, even if it is at the cost of murdering innocents and bribing the willing. On the other, it is also the tale of cautionary foresight exercised by the family head.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as [[Feluda]], the Bengali sleuth from [[Calcutta]]<br />
* [[Utpal Dutt]] as Maganlal Meghraj, a Marwari businessman, the main antagonist of the film<br />
* [[Santosh Dutta]] as [[Jatayu (Lalmohan Ganguly)]]<br />
* [[Siddartha Chatterjee]] as Topshe, Feluda's cousin and assistant<br />
* Jit Bose as Ruku<br />
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] as Umanath Ghosal, Ruku's father<br />
* [[Biplab Chatterjee]] as Bikash<br />
* [[Kamu Mukherjee]] as Arjun, the knife thrower in Maganlal's house (cameo)<br />
* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Machhli Baba (cameo)<br />
* Panineeta Bandhyopadhyay<br />
* Subhadra Devi<br />
* Satya Banerjee (P.L.T.) as Niranjan Chakrabarty, 'the hotel manager' <br />
* Indubhushan Gujral as Inspector Tiwari<br />
* Moloy Roy as Biswasree Gunomoy Bagchi<br />
* Santosh Sinha as Sashi Babu, the idol maker<br />
* Bimal Chatterjee as Ambika Ghosal, head of the Ghoshal family<br />
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<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/us-academy-has-restored-ray-films-see-them-at-film-festival/382543/ | title=US academy has restored Ray films, see them at film festival |access-date=7 November 2008 |agency=The Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sonar Kella]] (1974)<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070811014447/http://www.satyajitray.org/films/joibaba_felunath.htm Joi Baba Felunath (SatyajitRay.org)]<br />
* {{IMDb title|0077775}}<br />
* {{amg movie|147841}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Children's Film}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Satyajit Ray]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian detective films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray]]<br />
[[Category:Best Children's Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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