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Feluda #20
নেপোলিয়নে� চিঠি
This investigation of Feluda starts somewhat unexpectedly. While in a toy shop to buy a gift for an acquaintance, Feluda comes across a young fan by the name of Aniruddha Haldar, who asks him if he can find out his lost parrot. More to give the little boy some time than find his bird, Feluda agrees to look into the matter, and true to his word, visits him after a few days. However, things go wrong when Feluda and his companions visit the Haldar House. Aniruddha’s grandfather, an antiquities collector, is found dead, and his most prized collection � one of the last ever letters written by Napoleon Bonaparte � goes missing. The case of the parrot is forgotten as Feluda is asked to investigate the developments, but it soon becomes clear to the detective that neither of the two cases are less intriguing than, or perhaps different from, the other.
48 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 1981
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Satyajit Ray
569books1,451followersSatyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজি� রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and watching Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film, Bicycle Thieves.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents.
Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. This film, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Early Life and Background:
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal. Sukumar Ray, Upendrakishore's son and father of Satyajit, was a pioneering Bengali author and poet of nonsense rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. Ray was born to Sukumar and Suprabha Ray in Calcutta.
Ray completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, though his interest was always in Fine Arts. In 1940, he went to study in Santiniketan where Ray came to appreciate Oriental Art. In 1949, Ray married Bijoya Das and the couple had a son, Sandip ray, who is now a famous film director.
Literary Works:
Ray created two of the most famous fictional characters ever in Bengali children's literature—Feluda, a sleuth in Holmesian tradition, and Professor Shonku, a genius scientist. Ray also wrote many short stories mostly centered on Macabre, Thriller and Paranormal which were published as collections of 12 stories. Ray wrote an autobiography about his childhood years, Jakhan Choto Chilam (1982). He also wrote essays on film, published as the collections: Our Films, Their Films (1976), Bishoy Chalachchitra (1976), and Ekei Bole Shooting (1979).
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
Ray received many awards, including 32 National Film Awards by the Government of India. At the Moscow Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded for the contribution to cinema. At the Berlin Film Festival, he was one of only three to win the Silver Bear for Best Director more than once and holds the record for the most Golden Bear nominations, with seven. At the Venice Film Festival, he won a Golden Lion for Aparajito(1956), and awarded the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 1982. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents.
Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. This film, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Early Life and Background:
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal. Sukumar Ray, Upendrakishore's son and father of Satyajit, was a pioneering Bengali author and poet of nonsense rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. Ray was born to Sukumar and Suprabha Ray in Calcutta.
Ray completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, though his interest was always in Fine Arts. In 1940, he went to study in Santiniketan where Ray came to appreciate Oriental Art. In 1949, Ray married Bijoya Das and the couple had a son, Sandip ray, who is now a famous film director.
Literary Works:
Ray created two of the most famous fictional characters ever in Bengali children's literature—Feluda, a sleuth in Holmesian tradition, and Professor Shonku, a genius scientist. Ray also wrote many short stories mostly centered on Macabre, Thriller and Paranormal which were published as collections of 12 stories. Ray wrote an autobiography about his childhood years, Jakhan Choto Chilam (1982). He also wrote essays on film, published as the collections: Our Films, Their Films (1976), Bishoy Chalachchitra (1976), and Ekei Bole Shooting (1979).
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
Ray received many awards, including 32 National Film Awards by the Government of India. At the Moscow Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded for the contribution to cinema. At the Berlin Film Festival, he was one of only three to win the Silver Bear for Best Director more than once and holds the record for the most Golden Bear nominations, with seven. At the Venice Film Festival, he won a Golden Lion for Aparajito(1956), and awarded the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 1982. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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October 25, 2017
১৯৮১-� শারদীয়� 'সন্দেশ'-� প্রথ� প্রকাশিত, এব� ১৯৮৫-তে 'ফেলুদা ওয়া� ফেলুদা টু' বইয়� প্রথমবার গ্রন্থবদ্ধ হওয়� এই উপন্যাসট� ফেলুদা� নামকরা অ্যাডভেঞ্চারগুলো� মধ্য� হয়ত� পড়ে না, কিন্তু কালেক্টরদে� রহস্যময় � কিছুটা অবসেসি� জীবনের সঙ্গ�, এব� রাসে� স্ট্রিটে� পে�-শপের সঙ্গ� আমার প্রথ� পরিচয় এই গল্পের মাধ্যমেই� আমার গল্পটা বে� বুদ্ধিদীপ্� লেগেছিল। এই উপন্যাসট� আরেকটু আপডেটে� হয়ে ওয়েবে বা টিভি-তে এল� খু� খুশি হব�
August 30, 2023
পাখি নিরুদ্দে� রহস্যে� সমাধান করতে গিয়� � বি সি ডি ফেলু মিত্তি� বে� কর� ফেললেন মার্ডারারে� পরিচয়� প্রতিবারের মত� এবার� শেষে চম� দেখিয়েছেন সত্যজি� রায়�
September 13, 2018
Nice one. I never read a Feluda story I didn't love.
May 1, 2021
বে� আকর্ষণীয় গল্প ছিলো�
May 18, 2022
ভীষণ Underrated ফেলু-কাহিনী� পুরো রহস্যটাই কলকাতা-বারাসা� জুড়� আবদ্� থাকলেও, প্রদোষ মিত্তিরে� যেকোনো ইন্টারন্যাশনাল অভিযান (যাকে বল�, লন্ডনে ফেলুদাকে�) সেয়ান� সেয়ান� টক্ক� দিয়� যাবে� শীতকালের আবহে রহস্যজনক খু�, দোসর হিসে� ভ্যানিশি� চন্দনা এব� একটি মোক্ষম চুরি� সব মিলিয়� এক্কেবার�, বাবু সাবধান!
পরিশিষ্ট : জটায়ু� জায়ান্ট অমনিবাসখান� সংগ্রহ করতে পারল� কিন্তু ভারী মজার হতো।
পরিশিষ্ট : জটায়ু� জায়ান্ট অমনিবাসখান� সংগ্রহ করতে পারল� কিন্তু ভারী মজার হতো।
March 13, 2018
'নেপোলিয়নে� চিঠি'� মজ� হল� আবার� সে� পাখি� বয়া�, আমার প্রিয় গল্প 'ঘুরঘুটিয়া� ঘটনা'� মতো। এইটা দুইট� গল্পেই বে� কিছু মি� আছ�, ছদ্মবে�, পাখি, চুরি যাওয়া মূল্যবান জিনি�, খু� হওয়� প্রবী� মালি�.. দুইটাই প্রিয় গল্প�
October 25, 2020
Another short, crisp and astounding story of feluda.
August 2, 2024
বইটা পড়া� আগ�, ❝বাব� সাবধান�,
দুর্দান্� লেখনী এব� প্লট�
দুর্দান্� লেখনী এব� প্লট�
March 1, 2025
আহামরি তেমন কিছু না গল্পটা, মোটামুটি ভা� লেগেছে� সাসপেন্স কম ছিল।
June 20, 2021
ঘরভর্ত� অমূল্য এন্টিক সম্পত্তি নিয়� মারা গেলে� পার্বতী হালদার� তা� আবার সাক্ষা� ফেলুদা সে বাড়ীতে থাকা অবস্থায়� ঘর থেকে খোয়� গেলো নেপোলিয়নে� নি� হাতে লেখা চিঠি� গল্পের শুরু অবশ্� পাখি রহস্� নিয়ে।
সত্যজি� পারেনও বটে। ছো� গল্প� এতকিছু নিয়� এস� সেটা আবার সুনিপুণভাব� শে� করে। একটা কথাই বলার আছ�, অসাধারণ।
সত্যজি� পারেনও বটে। ছো� গল্প� এতকিছু নিয়� এস� সেটা আবার সুনিপুণভাব� শে� করে। একটা কথাই বলার আছ�, অসাধারণ।
November 11, 2020
অমিতাভ বাবু� ছেলে� একটি চন্দনা খাচা থেকে পালিয়� গিয়েছে। ছেলে� বয়স � বছর। সে ফেলুদাকে বললো তা� পাখি খুঁজ� দিতে� সে� অনুরোধেই অমিতাভবাবু� বাড়িত� আস� ফেলুদা� অমিতাভবাবু� বাবা পার্বতীবাবু� সাথে দেখা করতে গিয়� দেখা যায় যে পার্বতীবাবু মর� আছেন� অথ� কিছুক্ষণ আগেই তা� ঘর থেকে ব্যাপারী সাধনবাবু বে� হলেন� তন্ন তন্ন কর� খুজে� সাধনবাবুকে বে� কর� গেলো না� দারোয়ান বলছে সে সাধনবাবুকে বে� হত� দেখেনি� পার্বতীবাবু� ঘর� একটি মূল্যবান চিঠি ছিলো� "নেপোলিয়নে� চিঠি"� খু� কর� সে� চিঠি নিয়� পালিয়� গিয়েছ� খুনী� স্বাভাবি� ভাবে� সাধনবাবুকে সন্দেহ কর� হয়। কিন্তু সাধনবাবুকে কোনোমতেই পাওয়া যাচ্ছে না� পার্বতীবাবু� সেক্রেটারি হৃষিকেশবাব� বলছিলে� যে তিনি � সময় বাসায় ছিলে� না� তিনি দোকানে গিয়েছিলেন� অচিন্ত্যবাবু (অমিতাভবাবু� ছো� ভা�) ছিলে� ভাইপোর ঘরে। পর� তদন্� কর� জানা যায়� হৃষিকেশবাব� পুরোনো সূত্রতার রে� ধর� খু� কর� চিঠিটা চুরি কর� অচিন্ত্যবাবুকে দেয়� আর অচিন্ত্যবাবু সে� চিঠি লুকাতে ভাইপোর ঘর� গিয়েছিলো।
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January 17, 2021
Read the English translation 'Napoleon's Letter'.
Good and engaging read but a little predictable.
Feluda is famous in his City, and also among kids. One fine day when Feluda and company were roaming the bazaaar, a kid stumbled upon Feluda and told him that his bird has been stolen. The kid's father invites Feluda to his place. Theft of a bird, Feluda felt it a little strange and decided to visit the kids out. A simple visit involves a murder, kids stolen bird, history of the bird and a cunning culprit.
Good and engaging read but a little predictable.
Feluda is famous in his City, and also among kids. One fine day when Feluda and company were roaming the bazaaar, a kid stumbled upon Feluda and told him that his bird has been stolen. The kid's father invites Feluda to his place. Theft of a bird, Feluda felt it a little strange and decided to visit the kids out. A simple visit involves a murder, kids stolen bird, history of the bird and a cunning culprit.
June 28, 2024
ফেলুদা থাকা অবস্থাতে� খু� কর� হল পার্বতী হালদারকে� ঘর থেকে খোয়� গেলো নেপোলিয়নে� নি� হাতে লেখা চিঠি� সাসপেক্ট ঘর থেকে না বেরিয়েই বাতাসে� মধ্য� হয়ে গে� উধাও� সে� সাথে আগ� ছি� চন্দনা পাখি� নিখো� রহস্য। কে করেছ� খু� আর নিয়� গেছে নেপোলিয়নে� চিঠি সেটা শেষে পাওয়া যায়।আ� মূ� কথ� হল� " সাধু সাবধান"�
September 26, 2017
3.5 stars.
May 6, 2020
অনবদ্য লিখনী �
June 14, 2020
এই বইটা� থেকে একটা কমিক বানানো হয়েছিল। কমিকের চমৎকার চিত্রকরে� জন্য কমিকটা অন্য রক� ভালো লেগেছিল।
August 24, 2022
এক� বাড়িত� একটি সদ্য কেনা পাখি� হারিয়� যাওয়া � একটি অস্বাভাবিক খুনে� জোড়� রহস্যে� প্যাঁচ� ফেলুদা�
June 5, 2021
অসাধারণ।
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