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বোম্বাইয়ের বোম্বেটে
গোঁসাইপুর সরগরম
বোম্বাইয়ের বোম্বেটে
গোঁসাইপুর সরগরম
107 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1977
About the author
Satyajit Ray
696 books1,602 followersSatyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিৎ রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and watching Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film, Bicycle Thieves.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents.
Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. This film, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Early Life and Background:
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal. Sukumar Ray, Upendrakishore's son and father of Satyajit, was a pioneering Bengali author and poet of nonsense rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. Ray was born to Sukumar and Suprabha Ray in Calcutta.
Ray completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, though his interest was always in Fine Arts. In 1940, he went to study in Santiniketan where Ray came to appreciate Oriental Art. In 1949, Ray married Bijoya Das and the couple had a son, Sandip ray, who is now a famous film director.
Literary Works:
Ray created two of the most famous fictional characters ever in Bengali children's literature—Feluda, a sleuth in Holmesian tradition, and Professor Shonku, a genius scientist. Ray also wrote many short stories mostly centered on Macabre, Thriller and Paranormal which were published as collections of 12 stories. Ray wrote an autobiography about his childhood years, Jakhan Choto Chilam (1982). He also wrote essays on film, published as the collections: Our Films, Their Films (1976), Bishoy Chalachchitra (1976), and Ekei Bole Shooting (1979).
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
Ray received many awards, including 32 National Film Awards by the Government of India. At the Moscow Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded for the contribution to cinema. At the Berlin Film Festival, he was one of only three to win the Silver Bear for Best Director more than once and holds the record for the most Golden Bear nominations, with seven. At the Venice Film Festival, he won a Golden Lion for Aparajito(1956), and awarded the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 1982. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents.
Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. This film, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Early Life and Background:
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal. Sukumar Ray, Upendrakishore's son and father of Satyajit, was a pioneering Bengali author and poet of nonsense rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. Ray was born to Sukumar and Suprabha Ray in Calcutta.
Ray completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, though his interest was always in Fine Arts. In 1940, he went to study in Santiniketan where Ray came to appreciate Oriental Art. In 1949, Ray married Bijoya Das and the couple had a son, Sandip ray, who is now a famous film director.
Literary Works:
Ray created two of the most famous fictional characters ever in Bengali children's literature—Feluda, a sleuth in Holmesian tradition, and Professor Shonku, a genius scientist. Ray also wrote many short stories mostly centered on Macabre, Thriller and Paranormal which were published as collections of 12 stories. Ray wrote an autobiography about his childhood years, Jakhan Choto Chilam (1982). He also wrote essays on film, published as the collections: Our Films, Their Films (1976), Bishoy Chalachchitra (1976), and Ekei Bole Shooting (1979).
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
Ray received many awards, including 32 National Film Awards by the Government of India. At the Moscow Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded for the contribution to cinema. At the Berlin Film Festival, he was one of only three to win the Silver Bear for Best Director more than once and holds the record for the most Golden Bear nominations, with seven. At the Venice Film Festival, he won a Golden Lion for Aparajito(1956), and awarded the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 1982. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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March 15, 2024
শুক্রবারের দস্যি সোনালী দুপুরগুলো আর ফিরে আসবেনা, তবুও সেইসব দিনগুলোর উষ্ণ আঁচ নেওয়ার লোভে বারবার ফেলুদার এডভেঞ্চারে সঙ্গী হওয়া।
October 4, 2026
এ-কালের পূজাবার্ষিকীর বিষয়ে আমার সবচেয়ে বড় অভিযোগ একটাই, সিরিজ কাঁহা হে? সিরিজের এত অভাব কেন? বিশেষ করে আনন্দমেলায়?
এখনকার লেখার মান নিয়ে কাটাছেঁড়া করার কথা বাদ দিলাম, কিন্তু পত্রিকার পৃষ্ঠা থেকে সিরিজ উধাও হয়ে যাওয়ার কারণটা কী? কয়েকটা যাও বা রয়েছে, সেও বেশিরভাগ মধ্যমানের। পূজাবার্ষিকীর সেই অদ্ভুতুড়ে-কাকাবাবু-মিতিনমাসি-অর্জুন-পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দা যুগ কবে ফেরত আসবে?
যতদিন না আসছে, ততদিন কি শুধুই এই পুরনো বই-ই ভরসা?
আর এতসব বলার কারণ, বইটির গপ্পো দু'টি কাল্ট ক্লাসিকের পর্যায়ে উত্তীর্ণ। সেগুলিকে নিয়ে আলাদা করে আলোচনা করার কীইবা থাকতে পারে?
এখনকার লেখার মান নিয়ে কাটাছেঁড়া করার কথা বাদ দিলাম, কিন্তু পত্রিকার পৃষ্ঠা থেকে সিরিজ উধাও হয়ে যাওয়ার কারণটা কী? কয়েকটা যাও বা রয়েছে, সেও বেশিরভাগ মধ্যমানের। পূজাবার্ষিকীর সেই অদ্ভুতুড়ে-কাকাবাবু-মিতিনমাসি-অর্জুন-পাণ্ডব গোয়েন্দা যুগ কবে ফেরত আসবে?
যতদিন না আসছে, ততদিন কি শুধুই এই পুরনো বই-ই ভরসা?
আর এতসব বলার কারণ, বইটির গপ্পো দু'টি কাল্ট ক্লাসিকের পর্যায়ে উত্তীর্ণ। সেগুলিকে নিয়ে আলাদা করে আলোচনা করার কীইবা থাকতে পারে?
March 31, 2023
এই নিয়ে বোধহয় দশমবার পড়লাম বইটা। ইয়ার-এন্ডিঙের ঠেলায় মাথাটা পুরোপুরি যাতে খারাপ না হয়ে যায় (আংশিকভাবে হয়েই গেছে— এ-কথা আমার স্ত্রী বলে থাকেন), সেজন্যই এই বইয়ের দু'টি শ্বাসরোধী রোমাঞ্চে ডুব দিয়েছিলাম। যথারীতি ফিদা হলাম।
এ হতেই পারে না যে আপনি এগুলো পড়েননি। তবে যদি না পড়ে থাকেন তবে আজই পড়ে ফেলুন দু'খানা দুর্দমনীয় কাহিনি— যারা নিঃসন্দেহে সত্যজিতের একেবারে টপ ফর্মের লেখায়-রেখায় ঠাসা।
এ হতেই পারে না যে আপনি এগুলো পড়েননি। তবে যদি না পড়ে থাকেন তবে আজই পড়ে ফেলুন দু'খানা দুর্দমনীয় কাহিনি— যারা নিঃসন্দেহে সত্যজিতের একেবারে টপ ফর্মের লেখায়-রেখায় ঠাসা।
July 14, 2021
Feluda made my childhood rock .
January 16, 2022
অল্প নস্টালজিক হতে ইচ্ছে করছিল।
April 26, 2022
Biased review, this book is Pure Nostalgia
September 25, 2024
Satyajit Ray's Feluda or Professor Shonku series is beyond review. I have read, reread and re-reread almost all books of these two series and felt the same thrill and joy I felt the first time.
September 14, 2025
love love love it ❤️
November 2, 2025
বাঙালী হয়ে এই বই-এর রিভিউ দেবার সাধ্যি নেই
May 24, 2016
Feluda was originally written by Satyajit Ray for the children’s magazine ‘Sandesh’. The popularity of the series was such that Ray went on to include a few adult themes in the later stories when he realized that even adults were enjoying the series.
I actually read Feluda before Agatha Christie and as such Feluda was my introduction to detective fiction. The best part of the stories is the evergreen manner of Ray’s narrative. I remember reading ‘Baadhshahi Angti’ which was written in 1960s and when I visited Lucknow in 1990s, I could still recognize the places described in the book. The other thing that I loved about the series was that in every story we learned something new – be it about geometry or about telepathy.
Absolutely and irrevocably in love with Feluda and his adventures – forever a fan.
I actually read Feluda before Agatha Christie and as such Feluda was my introduction to detective fiction. The best part of the stories is the evergreen manner of Ray’s narrative. I remember reading ‘Baadhshahi Angti’ which was written in 1960s and when I visited Lucknow in 1990s, I could still recognize the places described in the book. The other thing that I loved about the series was that in every story we learned something new – be it about geometry or about telepathy.
Absolutely and irrevocably in love with Feluda and his adventures – forever a fan.
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