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Bollywood stars introduce Satyajit Ray's famous Detective Feluda to global
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Two of Bollywood's finest actors, Rahul Bose and Anupam Kher, feature in a
special 91Èȱ¬ World Service dramatisation of Feluda: The Golden Fortress on
Saturday 10 February.
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Rahul Bose plays Bengali super-sleuth Feluda. Anupam Kher is his sidekick,
the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly.
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Detective Feluda, a much-loved character in India, is the creation of film
director and writer Satyajit Ray who wrote 35 stories about him.
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Though Feluda is familiar to film and television audiences in India, this is
the first time the detective's exploits have been dramatised for 91Èȱ¬ World
Service and the first time Bollywood stars have acted in a World Service
drama.
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Writer Ray Grewal, who adapted The Golden Fortress, describes Feluda as a
combination of Sherlock Holmes, Tintin and Indiana Jones.
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"People often think that plays work better on radio when listeners use their
imaginations to see the story," he says.
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"Feluda is so well known in India
that people have very clear ideas about who he is and what he sounds like.
But millions of 91Èȱ¬ listeners around the world will not be familiar with him.
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"This is our chance to put one of India's best known characters on the
international map."
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Producer Anne Edyvean made the decision to record the drama in Mumbai, the
heart of Bollywood.
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"Who better to capture Feluda, his friends and his foes than actors who have
grown up reading his adventures and enjoying his escapades," she says.
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"I am
convinced their interpretation will win Feluda millions of new fans around
the world."
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Feluda: The Golden Fortress is part of 91Èȱ¬ World Service's India Rising season, nine days of special programming from and about India, which runs
from Saturday 3 February to Sunday 11 February 2007.
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The Cast
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 Rahul Bose, like his character Feluda, is Bengali.
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The 39-year-old actor is
also famous as an international rugby player, award-winning author and a
charity campaigner. Ìý
He worked as an advertising account manager before
turning to acting in his twenties.
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Bose's work for radio includes a
production of Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 in 2000.
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Award-winning actor Anupam Kher has acted in hundreds of films.
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He is also a
famous chat show host and film and theatre director and has served as
Chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board.Ìý
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Kher is known internationally for
his roles in the films Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Bride And Prejudice
(2004) and has appeared in the hit TV show ER.
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