Hatyapuri

Hatyapuri is a well made film on a shoestring budget . It's a typical Sandip Ray Feluda film with new star casts. Indraneil Sengupta has done a good job. Topshe is total miscast . Abhijit Guha as Jatayu is decent . Seasoned actors like Subhashis Mukherjee,Supriya Dutta,Bharat Kaul, Shaheb Chatterjee are brilliant in their respective roles .The show stealer is once again veteran actor Paran Bandhopadhyay. His facial expressions ,body language , accent are just wow . Cinematography is decent ,editing is Good . Screenplay could have been better .The first half is slow , second half is pacy and engaging . The climax sequence is awesome. Overall an enjoyable affair.

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A Christmas treat for my bong friends. Directed by Sandip Ray, this one is a Feluda Mystery set in the contemporary era.

Plot: Pradosh Mitter aka Feluda with his loyal sidekicks Lalmohan Ganguly aka ace crime writer Jatayu and cousin Topse are vacationing in Puri when murders start happening on the picturesque Puri beach. Are these killings related to the disappearance of a rare manuscript from a whimsical local DG Sen or is there something more sinister brewing.

Indraneel Sengupta as Feluda does a decent job. He seems a bit stiff at first but gradually eases into the character. Abhijit Guha as Jatayu has his moments and provides much needed comic relief. Paran Bandopadhyay is an expert at creating intrigue and does so with ease. Subhasish Mukherjee also as a small but interesting role.

With no loud BGM or unnecessary histrionics , the film has glimpses of the Feluda films directed by Satyajit Ray. A strong plot, good direction & a praiseworthy climax. Aur kya chaiye Feluda fans ko!!

On a personal note, I liked Tota Roy Chowdhury & Anirban Chakraborti more as Feluda & Jayayu resp. ( In Feluda Pherot & Feluda Goendagiri).

A good movie nevertheless. Definitely worth a watch 🙂 Going with 3.5/5 got this one .. Adios 🙂!!

No chemistry between feluda, topshe and jatayu. Very poor acting and execution. The worst editing ever. Shame on the makers for destroying the legacy of our feluda. Honestly the worst feluda ever. There is a constant rat race between the directors to make the worst feluda movie ever. They are trying their best to ruining the legacy of our childhood hero feluda.

Casting is another point I would like to talk about. Not a single character was portrayed correctly. There is no smartness in feluda, topshe looked like an idiot and our favorite lalmohan babu's character was full of overacting. And lastly an extremely underwhelming climax. If you do not want to destroy the nostalgic memory of feluda do not ever watch this movie. Shameful that the makers is ruiningthe legacy of feluda. Extremely dissatisfied and dissapointed.

Let's be honest here - Srijit Mukherji has clearly bagged better leads. However, "Darjeeling Jomjomat" fell flat on its face and left me both annoyed and crestfallen. "Hatyapuri" is clearly what Ray's Feluverse is supposed to look like, but it's still missing the essence of 'my' Feluda.

Indraneil Sengupta, though promising and fresh, doesn't really embody Prodosh C Mitter. His portrayal is somewhat paradoxical - he looks the part but doesn't act it. Ayush Das' Topshe doesn't work for me. Abhijeet Guha's attempt at Jatayu needs more heart and more humour.

Paran Bandopadhyay and Subhashish Mukhopadhyay prove their mettle yet again.

The whodunit works well, but the narrative doesn't really engage the viewers' attention until the final act. The telling lacks pace and urgency, quite unlike most Sandip Ray films.

Even with three parallel Feluverses currently out there, Feluda's future seems to be on shaky ground unless Sandip Ray redeems himself with his next film.

I did not feel like I am watching Feluda. The scenes were not getting its liveness. Puri didn't get its life in the movie. Acting of Jatayu, Topse was not at all happening. I was missing Jatayu from beginning to end. Feluda acting was maybe okay but it was missing the loving connection with Topse and Jatayu in the movie. There were not enough loving chat between Topse, Feluda, Jatayu. Paran Da was okay. Overall I was not finding my Feluda here, if one good thing is to say about this movie is its better to watch over recently released Shabash Feluda by Arindam Sil. I will recommend to watch for timepass thats it.