Language Bengali Genre Detective fiction Cover artist Satyajit Ray | Publisher ABP Group Country India | |
Adaptations Kailashey Kelenkari (2007) Similar Satyajit Ray books, Other books | ||
Kailashey Kelenkari: A Scandal in Kailash is a 1974 Mystery novel by Satyajit Ray featuring the private detective Feluda.
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Plot summary
Super Sleuth Feluda goes after a gang of smugglers - who steal and smuggle out the country's valuable treasure, the unique stone figures that adorn ancient temples of India. In the bait, he has to take up multiple disguises, encounter many shady characters, all in the land of Kailash Temple in Ellora. He does however get a little help from his able assistant & cousin Topshe and best friend Lalmohan Ganguly. He gets the culprits buy calling ooo ooo o ye baba which he heard while travelling around the temples.
Adaptation
The book adapted into a film based on the same plot directed by Sandip Ray, son of Satyajit Ray.
References
Kailashey Kelenkari (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA