<p>National award-winning director Srijit Mukherji is now all set to introduce Feluda, Satyajit Ray's popular fictional sleuth, on an OTT platform this Christmas.</p>.<p>Named <em>Feluda Pherot </em>(the return of Feluda), it has two popular stories <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap </em>and <em>Joto Kando Kathmandute</em> of which the first one will be streamed this winter for the children and adult alike.</p>.<p>"I hope my Feluda will be accepted well by audiences. I had been an avid reader of the detective stories by Ray like every other Bengali and nursed the wish to make a film on him retaining the salient features and traits," Mukherji said after the trailer launch of the web production on Saturday.</p>.<p>The director also expressed his huge appreciation for actors - icon Soumitra Chatterjee and popular actor Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee - who had brought to life the pivotal character in their own ways in celluloid works of Satyajit Ray and Sandip Ray.</p>.<p>Tota Roychowdhury, the new Feluda in <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap</em> and <em>Joto Kando Kathmandute</em> said: "years back, before he debuted in feature films, Srijit had introduced himself to me after the premiere show of a Feluda film where I played a side role and promised he will cast me as Feluda if ever he made a film on the sleuth one day."</p>.<p>"Years later, when Srijit Mukherji became famous, he called me up when I was in Mumbai for a Hindi project and told me he had me in mind for his upcoming Feluda Ferot series. He wanted to know when I will be back in Kolkata when he will do a look test. However, two days before look test he texted me informing I have been picked up for the role. My lifelong dreams have been fulfilled," Tota said.</p>.<p>Ray's director son Sandip Ray, who had brought several Feluda films on big screen casting Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee, wished Mukherji the best for the OTT venture.</p>.<p>Set in the year 1977, the story of <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap</em> starts with Feluda, his assistant Topshe and friend idiosyncratic writer Lalmohan Ganguly a.k.a Jatayu. The intriguing mystery revolves around a circus party, the escapade of a tiger and the temple of Chhinamasta in Rajrappa, Hazaribagh which is now in Jharkhand.</p>.<p>After being missed in several Feluda films by Sandip Ray, following the deaths of Santosh Dutta, the all-important comical character of Jatayu will appear in the web series under Mukherji's direction.</p>.<p>Anirban Chakraborty will portray Jatayu. </p>
<p>National award-winning director Srijit Mukherji is now all set to introduce Feluda, Satyajit Ray's popular fictional sleuth, on an OTT platform this Christmas.</p>.<p>Named <em>Feluda Pherot </em>(the return of Feluda), it has two popular stories <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap </em>and <em>Joto Kando Kathmandute</em> of which the first one will be streamed this winter for the children and adult alike.</p>.<p>"I hope my Feluda will be accepted well by audiences. I had been an avid reader of the detective stories by Ray like every other Bengali and nursed the wish to make a film on him retaining the salient features and traits," Mukherji said after the trailer launch of the web production on Saturday.</p>.<p>The director also expressed his huge appreciation for actors - icon Soumitra Chatterjee and popular actor Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee - who had brought to life the pivotal character in their own ways in celluloid works of Satyajit Ray and Sandip Ray.</p>.<p>Tota Roychowdhury, the new Feluda in <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap</em> and <em>Joto Kando Kathmandute</em> said: "years back, before he debuted in feature films, Srijit had introduced himself to me after the premiere show of a Feluda film where I played a side role and promised he will cast me as Feluda if ever he made a film on the sleuth one day."</p>.<p>"Years later, when Srijit Mukherji became famous, he called me up when I was in Mumbai for a Hindi project and told me he had me in mind for his upcoming Feluda Ferot series. He wanted to know when I will be back in Kolkata when he will do a look test. However, two days before look test he texted me informing I have been picked up for the role. My lifelong dreams have been fulfilled," Tota said.</p>.<p>Ray's director son Sandip Ray, who had brought several Feluda films on big screen casting Sabyasachi Chakroborty and Abir Chatterjee, wished Mukherji the best for the OTT venture.</p>.<p>Set in the year 1977, the story of <em>Chhinomostar Obhishaap</em> starts with Feluda, his assistant Topshe and friend idiosyncratic writer Lalmohan Ganguly a.k.a Jatayu. The intriguing mystery revolves around a circus party, the escapade of a tiger and the temple of Chhinamasta in Rajrappa, Hazaribagh which is now in Jharkhand.</p>.<p>After being missed in several Feluda films by Sandip Ray, following the deaths of Santosh Dutta, the all-important comical character of Jatayu will appear in the web series under Mukherji's direction.</p>.<p>Anirban Chakraborty will portray Jatayu. </p>