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{{short description|Bengali fictional detective created by the Indian film director, Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)}}
{{About|the character|book series|Feluda (series)|the 2017 Indian documentary|Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Feluda
| series = [[Feluda (series)|Feluda]]
| image = Feluda and Topshe.jpg
| caption = Topshe and Feluda in ''Feludar Goendagiri''
| first = ''[[Feludar Goendagiri]]''(1965)
| last = ''[[Robertsoner Ruby]]'' (1991)
| creator = [[Satyajit Ray]]
| portrayer = {{ubl|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]|[[Shashi Kapoor]]|[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]|[[Abir Chatterjee]]|[[Ahmed Rubel]]|[[Parambrata Chatterjee]]|[[Tota Roy Chowdhury]]|[[Indraneil Sengupta]]|[[Rahul Bose]]|[[Santu Mukherjee]]}}
| voice = {{ubl|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]|[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]|[[Rahul Bose]]|[[Santu Mukherjee]]}}
| motion_actor = {{ubl|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]|[[Shashi Kapoor]]|[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]|[[Abir Chatterjee]]|[[Ahmed Rubel]]|[[Parambrata Chatterjee]]|[[Tota Roy Chowdhury]]|[[Indraneil Sengupta]]}}
| full_name = Pradosh Chandra Mitter
| alias = Felu Mittir
| occupation = [[Private Investigator]]
| home = 21, Rajani Sen Road, Kolkata-700029
| family = Jaykrishna Mitra (Father)
| relatives = Tapesh Ranjan Mitra ([[Topshe]]) (Cousin)
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| nationality = Indian
| lbl21 = Height
| data21 = {{height|feet=6||inches=2}}{{efn|Although in Sonar Kella, his height is mentioned as nearly six feet, in the next novel Baksho Rahasya, it is told that Jatayu's head reaches Feluda's shoulder. Jatayu is 5 feet 3.5 inches tall. Also, in an interview, Sabyasachi Chakraborty told he matches Feluda's physicality, 6'2" tall.}}
| lbl22 = Friend
| data22 = [[Lalmohan Ganguly]]
}}

'''Feluda''' is a [[fictional detective]], [[private investigator]] created by Indian director and writer [[Satyajit Ray]]. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road,<ref name="Feluda's Home">{{cite news|author=Susnato Chowdhury|title=Feluda's Home|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYYetKqnGs |access-date=27 May 2014|newspaper=[[Kolkata TV]]|year=2007}}</ref> [[Ballygunge]], [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India. Feluda first made his appearance in a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] children's magazine called ''[[Sandesh (magazine)|Sandesh]]'' in 1965, under the editorialship of [[Satyajit Ray|Ray]] and [[Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)|Subhas Mukhopadhyay]]. His first adventure was ''[[Feludar Goendagiri]]''.<ref name="Ray2005">{{cite book|author=Satyajit Ray|title=Complete Adventures of Feluda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x79t4D8Rh5UC&pg=PR10|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303278-6|page=10}}</ref> Feluda is one of the most impactful Bengali characters of all time.

Feluda is often accompanied by his cousin, who is also his assistant, Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (affectionately called Topshe by Feluda), who serves as the [[narrator]] of the stories. From the sixth story, ''[[Sonar Kella]]'' (The Golden Fortress), the duo are joined by a popular thriller writer [[Jatayu (Lal Mohan Ganguly)|Jatayu]] (Lalmohan Ganguli).

Feluda has had been filmed at times, with the character been played by [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]], [[Ahmed Rubel]], [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Abir Chatterjee]], [[Parambrata Chatterjee]], [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] and [[Indraneil Sengupta]]. Satyajit Ray directed two Feluda movies — ''[[Sonar Kella]]'' (1974) and ''[[Joi Baba Felunath (film)|Joi Baba Felunath]]'' (1978). [[Sandip Ray]] made a [[Feluda in film|new Feluda film series (continuation of the original series)]] on Feluda's adventures which started from ''[[Baksho Rahashya (film)|Baksho Rahashya]]'' (1996). In this series he made ten TV films and six theatrical films in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] on the character.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Sandip Ray also made a stand-alone Feluda film ''[[Badshahi Angti (film)|Badshahi Angti]]'' (2014) which was intended to be the first film of a reboot series featuring [[Abir Chatterjee]], but the projects were ultimately shelved and [[Sandip Ray]] revived his original film series starring [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]].