A classic fan homage and celebration of Feluda in honour of the detective's 50th birthday Satyajit Ray developed the character of Feluda in 1965, drawing inspiration from the detective tradition popularised by figures like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Feluda would go on to have an impact on Bengalis for an entire generation. A cult was created when Soumitra Chatterjee played the stylish investigator in the movie Sonar Kella. The cult is still active fifty years later. The box office is in a frenzy with each new Feluda movie. Feluda@50 aims to investigate the situation. What drives Feluda? What is it about this man that we adore? Why do all of the Feluda movies keep playing to sold-out theatres for weeks or months at a time?