The Elephant God (1979)
Overview
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, who goes on a holiday with his cousin, Topshe, and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | bn |
| Popularity | 2.458 |
Directed By
Satyajit Ray
Crew
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Soumendu Roy
Dulal Dutta
Ashoke Bose
Satyajit Ray
Robin Sengupta
TOP CAST
Soumitra Chatterjee
Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
Siddhartha Chatterjee
Tapesh (Topshe)
Santosh Dutta
Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu)
Utpal Dutt
Maganlal Meghraj
Satya Banerjee
Niranjan
Jit Bose
Ruksmini Kumar Ghosal
Biplab Chatterjee
Bikash Singha
Kamu Mukherjee
Arjun
Monu Mukherjee
Machli Baba
Moloy Roy
Bishwashree Gunamoy Bagchi
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Umanath Ghosal
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