Sonar Kella

Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress)
First edition
AuthorSatyajit Ray
Cover artistSatyajit Ray
LanguageBengali
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherAnanda Publishers
Publication date
1971
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint
Preceded byGangtokey Gondogol 
Followed byBaksho Rahashya 

Sonar Kella (Bengali: সোনার কেল্লা), also Shonar Kella, is a 1971 mystery novel written by Bengali writer and filmmaker Satyajit Ray.[1][2] In 1974, Ray directed a film adaption of the book, also named Sonar Kella, starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee and Kushal Chakraborty.[2][3] The movie was released in the United States as The Golden Fortress. It is the first film adaptation of Ray's famous sleuth Feluda and was followed by Joi Baba Felunath.

Sonar Kella
DVD cover art
Directed bySatyajit Ray
Written bySatyajit Ray
Produced byGovernment of West Bengal
StarringSoumitra Chatterjee,
Santosh Dutta,
Siddartha Chatterjee,
Kushal Chakraborty
Music byFeluda Theme by Satyajit Ray
Release date
  • 27 December 1974 (1974-12-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
BudgetRs 12 lakhs
Box officeRs 75 lakhs
  1. ^ Pinaki Roy (1 January 2008). The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading of the Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories. Sarup & Sons. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-81-7625-849-4. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b Andrew Robinson (17 March 1992). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. University of California Press. pp. 359–. ISBN 978-0-520-06946-6. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Soumitra. "Fun, camels and greed control: Soumitra Chatterjee recalls the shoot of Satyajit Ray's 'Sonar Kella'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

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