Badshahi Angti

Based on a story by Satyajit Ray

Produced by

Sree Venkatesh Films

and Surinder Films

Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh presents

Abir Chatterjee as Feluda

Sourav Das as Tapesh

In other roles

Paran Bandhopadhyay

Dipankar De

Biswajit Chakraborty

Bharat Kaul

Dwijen Banerjee

Tathagata Mukherjee

Guest appearances by

Rajatava Dutta

Pradip Mukherjee

Camera : Sirsha Ray

Assistant: Sanjoy Ghosh

Editor: Subrata Ray

Assistant: Ritam Bhattacharya

Art Director: Manik Bhattacharya

Assistant: Sanjoy Ray Chowdhury

Guide track : Subrata Maity

Boom man : Rajib Pal

Make up: Sridas

Assistant: Palash Sadukhan

Costume: Lolita Ray

Assistant: Ananta Naskar

Production Managers:

Anath Banerjee, Ramratan Prasad and Swapan Sengupta

Assistants: Pradip Chakraborty and Uttam De

Stills by: Souradeep Ray

Music Recordist: lndranil Das (Sa Re Ga Ma India Ltd.)

Recording consultant: Sushanta Banerjee

Conducted by: Tapan Kumar De

Keyboard Programming: Nirmalya De (Humtoo)

Dubbing: Nataraj Manna (Collage Impressions Pvt. Ltd)

Assistant: Tapash Halder

Sound Design: Anup Mukhopadhyay

Mixing: J. D. Babu (Balaji Photo Films - Chennai)

Assistant: Saravana

EditFX

Colorist: Prasenjit Banerjee

Computer Graphics:

Sree Venkatesh Films Studios - Bidesh Mondal

SVFX Studios - Soumyadip Chakraborty

Promo and Title Design :

Rick Basu 4th Dimension Visual Effects

Ad Design: Grinning Tree

Press and Media: Ahana Kanjilal

Marketing and Branding: Arindam Biswas and Shubhodeep Chowdhury

Promotion: Debasree Dutta, Aloke Majumdar and Abira Majumdar

Post-Production Head: Rajib Biswas

Post-Production Assistants: Md. Piyasuddin and Sourav Sengupta

Co-Produced by: Ravi Sharma and Rahul Mohta

Assistant Directors: Ramesh Sen, Subrata Lahiri and Sidhhartha Sengupta

Additional help from Swagata Dasgupta

Executive Producer: Suven Kumar Das

Co-Producer: Mahendra Soni and Bishnu Mohta

Screenplay, Music and Direction: Sandip Ray

The Emperor's Ring

Come on! - Welcome!

Welcome to Lucknow!

Thank you, thank you!

So?

You’re finally here, are you?

Tapesh is a young man now!

Come on!

If only Purnima could have come along!

You said it!

How is your mother-in-law doing now?

She's stable now, but still recovering.

Felu?

The last time you came here was for a cricket tournament, wasn't it?

Yes. It's been almost 1 0 years!

It's quite pleasant here!

And this is just the afternoon!

You'll feel the real chill at night!

This is my driver, Deendayal. - Namaste.

Felu, you don't mind sitting in front, do you?

Not at all! - Good!

So Tapesh, which class are you in now?

My son didn’t want to come here in the first place!

Only at Felu's insistence did he finally agree!

Your nephew's sidekick, is he?

You can say that!

So, why didn't you want to come?

In his opinion, Lucknow is a very bad place.

What are you saying?

Once you enter the Labyrinth within the Bara lmambara, you will be in complete awe!

I've given him a brief introduction about that!

And it's not only about the Labyrinth!

The Monkey Bridge over the Gomti River.

The ruins of the Residency, dating back to the Sepoy Mutiny...

Do you know about the Residency?

Yes, I do. Felu was telling me about it.

During the Mutiny, the Residency was the stronghold of the British soldiers here.

Correct!

They couldn't do anything from there!

The sepoys surrounded the place and blasted it to ruins with cannon fire!

So, Felu, what are you up to these days?

Still doing that bank job. It's been almost 5 years now.

All that aside, he has a unique interest.

What interest?

He fancies himself to be a detective!

Really?

Then the 2 of us, an advocate and a detective, will have some fun!

So, what methods do you follow?

Both local and foreign.

So, whatever floats your boat?

Very good!

Felu has a very keen sense of observation.

Keen, you say?

Yes! For example, he can tell a lot about a stranger by just looking at him.

Is that so?

Fine! Let's see what you know about me, even though I'm not really a stranger!

Oh dear!

You have an interest in gardening.

Hey, I didn't know about that!

That's not surprising, since it's a very recent hobby of mine. But how...?

There's a leaf from a rose plant still stuck in your right sandal.

And your right index finger has a scratch.

Most probably the result of tending your rose garden in the morning today.

Amazing!

Jag Mohan!

Jag Mohan!

Coming, Sir!

Lovely place!

Come, let me show you to your rooms.

Come on!

The thing is -

Tapati's passing has left me crippled.

So when anyone comes to visit from Kolkata, my heart fills with joy.

Come.

Here we are! Tapesh and Felu will stay in my son's room.

Very nice!

So, is your son still in Germany?

He visits once every 2 years.

Come on. - Yes, let's.

Keep this in the other room.

Who else stays here?

Well, you can see Jag Mohan here.

Besides him, there is a cook and a gardener.

And this is our room.

So? How is it?

Nice and cosy!

Keep it there.

No point going out today. Might as well start your tour of Lucknow tomorrow.

Of course!

Jag Mohan?

Bring tea and snacks out to the lawn.

So, what is our plan for tomorrow?

Why don't we start with the Treacherous Tunnels?

Treacherous Tunnels? - Remember the labyrinth I told you about in the car?

Yes. - We Bengalis call it the Treacherous Tunnels.

It's an incredibly complex maze of tunnels.

The Nawabs used to play hide and seek with their wives in there!

Is it true that it's impossible to escape the maze without the help of a guide?

That's what they say.

Apparently, an Englishman got himself drunk and went into the labyrinth alone as a challenge.

He told his friends not to follow him and that he would get out by himself.

And then?

What else? His corpse was found within one of the various tunnels 2 days later!

Felu? Didn't you go there when you last came to Lucknow?

Yes. I did.

With a guide?

Hmm, with a guide. But it is possible to go in there alone.

Alone?

But -?

Dr. Srivastav.

Osteopath.

Jag Mohan!

Get another chair! - Right away, Sir!

Do you know what osteopath means?

A bone specialist?

Very good!

Osteo has a similarity with the Bengali word asthi, which means bone.

Come, come!

Let me introduce you -

Dr. Srivastav.

This is my schoolmate, Binoy. That's his son, Tapesh, and his nephew, Pradosh.

Namaste. - Please sit.

Wow!

I see you understand Bengali!

Very well indeed! Why don't you give them a taste of your Bengali elocution skills?

Another day perhaps, Mr. Sanyal.

I know bits of Bengali. I've also read many of Rabindranath Tagore's works.

Really? - Yes.

Great poet!

Here you go. Unfortunately, there's only one left for you!

No, Mr. Sanyal, not today please.

What's the matter, Dr. Srivastav? You seem preoccupied today.

Tough medical cases gotten you down?

Not really, Mr. Sanyal.

Thieves broke into my house last night.

Thieves?

You know about the ring...

You mean Pyarelal's ring?

Did that get stolen?