Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (1979)

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Country: India
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Family
Release: 1979-01-05
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Satyajit Ray
Language: Bengali
Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee , Utpal Dutt , Santosh Dutta , Siddhartha Chatterjee , Haradhan Bannerjee , Satya Bannerjee , Bimal Chatterjee , Biplab Chatterjee , Moloy Roy , Santosh Singha
Runtime: 112 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Le dieu éléphant (France, French Republic) , The Elephant God , Joi Baba Felunath , Joi Baba Felunath (India) , The Elephant God , Joi Baba Felunath (India) , Der Elefantengott , O Deus Elefante (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Слава отцу Фелунату , Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (United Kingdom) , Bóg słoń (Poland) , Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (United States of America) , Elefantguden (Sweden) , Elefanttijumala (Finland) , O Deus Elefante (Brazil) , Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God
Plot: This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj (Utpal Dutt), a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild-mannered Lalmohan a knife-thrower's target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady 'holy man' holds court on the banks of the Ganges and an adventure-loving little boy (and his grand-father), brought up on crime thrillers. The climax is a shoot-out on the Ganges, followed by the unraveling of the mystery.
IMDB:tt0077775