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.

The Elephant God (1979)

★ 7.3/10 January 4, 1979 120 min

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Director: Satyajit Ray  ·  Writer: Satyajit Ray

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.

Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Trailer

Director

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee Prodosh Mitra (Feluda) Siddhartha Chatterjee Tapesh (Topshe) Santosh Dutta Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu) Utpal Dutt Maganlal Meghraj Parinita Banerjee Satya Banerjee Niranjan Jit Bose Ruksmini Kumar Ghosal Bimal Chatterjee Biplab Chatterjee Bikash Singha Subhadra Devi Indubhushan Gujral Rajkumar Lahiri