Literary works of Satyajit Ray

Feluda, whose real name is Pradosh Chandra Mitra, is a fictional Kolkata-based private detective. He is usually accompanied by 2 sidekicks: Topshe (his cousin–Tapesh Ranjan Mitra) and Lalmohan Ganguly, usually described as Lalmohan Babu (who himself writes with the pseudonym of Jatayu), a bumbling writer of crime fiction. Satyajit Ray wrote thirty-five Feluda stories, most of which were extremely popular, and made into films two of the Feluda stories–Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God) (1978).

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List of Feluda stories/novels written by Satyajit Ray[1][2][3][4]

Year	Original title	English title	Form	Published in	Film/Television adaptation
					Year	Name
1965–66	Feludar Goendagiri	Danger in Darjeeling	Short story	Sandesh
1966–67	Badshahi Angti	The Emperor's Ring	Novel	Sandesh	2014	Badshahi Angti
1967	Kailash Choudhary'r Pathar	Kailash Choudhury's Jewel	Short story	Sandesh
1970	Sheyal Debota Rahasya	The Anubis Mystery	Short story	Sandesh	1996	Sheyal Debota Rahasya
	Gangtokey Gondogol	Trouble in Gangtok	Novel	Desh
1971	Sonar Kella	The Golden Fortress	Novel	Desh	1974	Sonar Kella
1972	Baksho Rahashya	Incident on the Kalka Mail	Novel	Desh	1996	Baksho Rahashya[lower-alpha 1]
					2001	Baksho Rahashya
1973	Kailashey Kelenkari	A Killer in Kailash	Novel	Desh	2007	Kailashey Kelenkari
	Samaddarer Chabi	The Key	Short story	Sandesh	2016	Double Feluda
1974	Royal Bengal Rahashya	The Royal Bengal Mystery	Novel	Desh	2011	Royal Bengal Rahashya
1975	Ghurghutiyar Ghatona	The Locked Chest	Short story	Sandesh
	Joi Baba Felunath	The Mystery of the Elephant God	Novel	Desh	1979	Joi Baba Felunath
1976	Bombaiyer Bombete	The Bandits of Bombay	Novel	Desh	2003	Bombaiyer Bombete
	Gosainpur Sargaram	The Mystery of Walking Dead	Novel	Sandesh	1999	Gosainpur Sargaram
1977	Gorosthaney Sabdhan	The Secret of the Cemetery	Novel	Desh	2010	Gorosthaney Sabdhan
1978	Chhinnamastar Abhishap	The Curse of the Goddess	Novel	Desh
1979	Hatyapuri	The House of Death	Novel	Sandesh
1980	Golokdham Rahasya	The Mysterious Tenant	Short story	Sandesh	2016	Double Feluda
	Joto Kando Kathmandutey	The Criminals of Kathmandu	Novel	Desh	1996	Joto Kando Kathmandutey
1981	Napoleoner Chithi	Napoleon's Letter	Short story	Sandesh
1982	Tintorettor Jishu	Tintoretto's Jesus	Novel	Desh	2008	Tintorettor Jishu
1983	Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahasya	The Disappearance of Ambar Sen	Short story	Anandamela	2013	Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahasya
	Jahangirer Swarnamudra	The Gold Coins of Jahangir	Short story	Sandesh
1984	Ebar Kando Kedarnathey	Crime in Kedarnath	Short story	Desh
1985	Bosepukurey Khunkharapi	The Acharya Murder Case	Short story	Sandesh	1996	Bosepukurey Khunkharapi
1986	Darjeeling Jomjomat	Murder in the Mountains	Novel	Sandesh
1987	Apsara Theatrer Mamla	The Case of the Apsara Theatre	Short story	Sandesh
	Bhuswargya Bhayankar	Peril in Paradise	Short story	Desh
1988	Shakuntalar Kontthohar	Shakuntala's Necklace	Short story	Desh
1989	Londoney Feluda	Feluda in London	Short story	Desh
	Golapi Mukta Rahasya	The Mystery of the Pink Pearl	Short story	Sandesh
1990	Dr. Munshir Diary	Dr. Munshi's Diary	Short story	Sandesh	2000	Dr. Munshir Diary
	Nayan Rahasya	The Mystery of Nayan	Novel	Desh
1992	Robertsoner Ruby	Robertson's Ruby	Novel	Desh
1995–96	Indrajal Rahasya	The Magical Mystery	Short story	Sandesh

Professor Shanku (Professor Shonku), or Trilokeshwar Shanku, is a fictional scientist appearing in a series of science-fiction books. He lives in Giridih beside the river Usri. He has a male servant named Prahllad and a cat named Newton living in the house. He was a child prodigy, and achieved several academic distinctions. He has his own laboratory in his house where he does research for many new and fantastic inventions. He is world-renowned for the armory of these diverse inventions. The adventures of Professor Shanku are set in several countries throughout the world.

Tarini khuro (Tarini Uncle)is an aged bachelor (khuro is an old Bengali term meaning uncle) who can tell interesting stories based on his weird experiences. Many of these stories border on being horror stories or spooky stories, while some of the stories depict the smartness and quick wit of Tarini khuro.

Bankubabur Bandhu (Banku Babu's Friend or Mr. Banku's Friend) was a Bengali science fiction story Ray had written in 1962 for Sandesh, the Ray family magazine, which gained popularity among Bengalis in the early 1960s. What differentiated Bankubabur Bandhu from previous science fiction was the portrayal of an alien from outer space as a kind and playful being, invested with magical powers and capable of interacting with children, in contrast to earlier science fiction works which portrayed aliens as dangerous creatures.

Several science fiction films were inspired by the story, including Rakesh Roshan's Koi... Mil Gaya,[7] which itself inspired the Indonesian television series Si Yoyo.[8] Ray believed that Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was also inspired by the story,[9] though Spielberg has said that it was not.[10] The story of Bankubabur Bandhu itself was eventually adapted into a television film by Satyajit's son Sandip Ray alongside Kaushik Sen in 2006.[11]

Satyajit Ray penned many short stories not based on any famous characters. These stories, which used to be published as collections of twelve stories, were mostly urbane, and were very unassuming until the last line or last paragraph where suddenly a new revelation left the reader amazed. Many of these stories dealt with the way trivial incidents change the course of one's life, while some other stories were chilling horror stories. The language of the stories was very straightforward and lucid.

Ray also translated some short stories (mostly adventure stories) from English and a collection of stories named Braziler Kalo Bagh was published. He also translated Ray Bradbury's 'Third Expedition' from Martian Chronicles as 'Mongol-i Shorgo'(Mars is Heaven).

Satyajit Ray translated and wrote some limericks that were published in a collection–Toray Bandha Ghorar Dim (A bunch of Horse-Eggs!). He was also the translator of Lewis Carrol's Jabberwocky. In translation the poem is renamed 'Joborkhaki'.

A collection of very short stories based on Mullah Nasiruddin (a fictional character from the Middle East known for his witty and comic character) was collected by Satyajit Ray and published as Mullah Nasiruddiner Galpo (Stories of Mullah Nasiruddin).

Fatik Chand is a dramatic mystery about the adventures of a kidnapped Calcutta schoolboy, written in Bengali.[12][13] The book was made into a film in 1983 entitled Phatik Chand.[14]

Sujan Harbola (Sujan the Mimic) is a collection of fables. Ekei Bole Shooting is a collection of Satyajit Ray's experiences and reflections during the making of his films. Jakhon Choto Chilam is a memoir dealing with his childhood days. Our Films, Their Films is an anthology of film criticism. Bishoy Chalachitro is another book by Ray on films.

• Ray, Satyajit (2015). The Complete Adventures of Feluda. I. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-93-5214-115-9.
• Robinson, Andrew (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-86064-965-3.

• Satyajit Ray at IMDb
• SatyajitRay.org
• Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center: University of California - Santa Cruz
• Satyajit Ray society