Detective Feluda: The Golden Fortress & The Mystery of the Elephant God

A pair of action-packed mysteries featuring Satyajit Ray's famous super-sleuth Prodosh Chandra Mitter – aka Feluda – has been delighting Bengali crime fans since 1965. Sometimes referred to as ‘the Indian Sherlock Holmes’, he is the literary creation of award-winning filmmaker and director Satyajit Ray, who wrote 35 stories featuring his crime-fighting exploits. Many were subsequently adapted for TV and film, and in 2007, writer Ray Grewal decided to bring two of his adventures to an international audience of radio listeners. Specially recorded in Mumbai, these thrilling dramas star Rahul Bose as Feluda, Hari Balasubramanlam as his faithful sidekick Topshe, Anupam Kher as bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly, and a host of top Bollywood actors as their various friends and foes. The Golden Fortress – Eight-year-old Mukul has vivid visions of a past life filled with peacocks, a golden fortress – and buried treasure. But he is in mortal danger from unscrupulous rogues who want to kidnap him in order to locate the hidden hoard. It’s up to Feluda, his teenage cousin Topshe and pulp novelist Lalmohan Ganguly to protect him, and together, they travel from Kolkata to Rajasthan on the trail of the criminals... The Mystery of the Elephant God– Visiting Benares during the festival of Durga, the brilliant private investigator is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable statuette of Ganesh. Could holy man Machchli Baba, who claims to have swum 200 miles up the Ganges, be responsible for the theft? Or is the perpetrator Feluda’s nemesis, the Moriarty-like Maganlal Meghraj? Assisted once again by Topshe and Lalmohan, Feluda sets out to unravel the puzzle. Production credits Written by Satyajit Ray Dramatised by Ray Grewal from the translation by Chitrita Banerji Produced and directed by Anne Edyvean Technical presentation by Farhad K Dadyburjor and Graham Harper Production co-ordinator: Lesley Allan Original music by Sanjeev Kohli The Golden Fortress Feluda (Prodosh Mitter) – Rahul Bose Lalmohan Ganguly – Anupam Kher Topshe – Hari Bala Gurubachan Singh – Jaspal Bhatti Dr Hajra – Sohrab Ardeshir Mandar Bose – Anang Desal Uncle Sidhu – Ameen Sayanl Sudhir Dhar – Sumantra Ghosal Beggar/Dr Hajra – Atul Tlwarl Bagri: – Arghya Lahlrl Barber/Shopkeeper – Shahrookh Irani Nilu – Yeshaswanl Dayama Mukul – Tejaswini Tomar First broadcast BBC World Service, 10 February 2007 The Mystery of the Elephant God Feluda – Rahul Bose Lalmohan Ganguly – Anupam Kher Topshe – Hari Balasubramanlam Maganlal Meghraj – Dalip Tahil Machchli Baba – Jackie Shroff Umanath Ghoshal – Anang Desai Abhaycharan – Ameen Sayani Vikas – Arghiya Lahiri Inspector Tiwari – Shahrookh Irani Niranjan – Atul Tiwari Shashi – Sumantra Ghosal Ruku – Hormuz Dadabhoy Suraj – Varun Murali First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 September 2007 © 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd