Sonar Kella (Bengali, Golden Fortress; 1974)
Director: Satyajit Ray
This colour film deviates from his Ray's usual fare as this is more of a children feature film which involved thriller, suspense, adventure, comedy of errors and mystic rather than his typical social messages. It also looks like a feature film made to show the splendour and beauty of Rajasthan as well.
It starts with the startled parents whose tween son, Mukhul, who keeps on waking up every night to draw and describe a particular golden castle that he grew up in and vividly describes of treasures and precious stones.
The parents' concern becomes the talk of the town, articles in the newspaper and the interest of 2 small times crooks (Burman and Bose) when the mention of treasures come in the limelight.
A parapsychologist, Dr Hajra, interested in the boy's case volunteers to take Mukul to Jaipur to locate the said castle (even though nobody actually knows the exact the location). He was hoping that Mukul would, after looking at the correct fortress and the secret of his past life can be revealed.
The bumbling crooks tried to kidnap Mukul but ended up with a wrong boy with the same name.
After discovering that his son's life may be in danger, Mukul's father hires a private investigator, Feluda to protect his son who had already left for Jaipur. Feluda has an assistant, his nephew, Tapshe, a teenager who accompanies him on his adventure.
The crooks, realising their goof, managed to catch up with Dr Hajra and Mukul. They managed to dupe the good doctor and push him off a cliff and Burman switched role as 'Dr Hajra'. Bose masquerade as a travelling globetrotter.
Feluda meets up with the impostors and looks for the castle unsuspectingly. Meanwhile, the impostors are trying to get the investigators off their backs. The real Dr Hajra survives the fall and follows all of them in disguise, confusing the situation further. At the end of the day, all turn up well; the crooks caught, the truth discovered and Mukul's father in a past life was a gem cutter, not one who hid treasures!
The dialogue is quite witty in its own way. The movie, on the whole, did not really stand out from his other great films.
Director: Satyajit Ray
It starts with the startled parents whose tween son, Mukhul, who keeps on waking up every night to draw and describe a particular golden castle that he grew up in and vividly describes of treasures and precious stones.
The parents' concern becomes the talk of the town, articles in the newspaper and the interest of 2 small times crooks (Burman and Bose) when the mention of treasures come in the limelight.
A parapsychologist, Dr Hajra, interested in the boy's case volunteers to take Mukul to Jaipur to locate the said castle (even though nobody actually knows the exact the location). He was hoping that Mukul would, after looking at the correct fortress and the secret of his past life can be revealed.
The bumbling crooks tried to kidnap Mukul but ended up with a wrong boy with the same name.
After discovering that his son's life may be in danger, Mukul's father hires a private investigator, Feluda to protect his son who had already left for Jaipur. Feluda has an assistant, his nephew, Tapshe, a teenager who accompanies him on his adventure.
The dialogue is quite witty in its own way. The movie, on the whole, did not really stand out from his other great films.
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