What is the Current Situation of Felu Da's Home (21 Rajani Sen Street, Ballygunge Kolkata)?
Feluda, a fictional detective character made by Satyajit Ray is still everyone's favourite. Not only in Bengal, the stories of this handsome detective Bengali man are well-praised by international people too. Nonetheless to say that this fictional character had a large fan base. Satyajit Ray portrayed Feluda alias Prodosh Chandra Mitra living at - 21 Rajani Sen Street, Ballygunge Kolkata. The place is real and not fictional like the character.
But what happened to this place? We are going to disclose some research work on this topic that we have recently done. Have a look at it in the following sections.
What was Feluda's Residential Address?
In stories and books, 21 Rajani Sen Street, Ballygunge Kolkata is marked as private investigator Feluda's Home. The address plate is prominently pointed though the actual address has a shared location with an orthopedic chembur. Since Satyajit Ray has already turned 100, Feluda's home is also getting older too with each passing day.
Though the Feluda character is not real, Feluda's Home Address mentioned in Ray's stories is real, we all know that. The thing that we all don't know is what happened to this place. Is the house still there? Or something happened to it?
What is the Current Situation of Felu Da's Home?
21 Rajani Sen Street, Ballygunge Kolkata this is the address that many of Feluda's fans might have searched throughout to unveil the truth behind this. Indeed, there is a Rajani Sen Street in Kolkata but house number 21 is not there. Detective Prodosh Chandra Mitter's home address is incomplete.
Recently someone posted some information on house number 21/B on the same Rajani Sen Street, but the nameplate is different and Prodosh Mitter is not a resident of this place.
So, the address of Prodosh Chandra Mitter mentioned in the stories and movies is partly real. Rajani Sen Street is a close place to Ray's house and hopefully, this is the reason why Mr. Ray had given such an address to his delusional character Feluda.
Conclusion
Despite the above fact, Feluda fans are still here looking for information on 21 Rajani Sen Street, Ballygunge Kolkata, to trace Feluda's whereabouts. Recently, in Jan '23, the Bengal Chamber of Commerce organized a special walk for Feluda fans in association with Walk Calcutta Walk. 35 Feluda fans walked down from Garpar to Rajani Sen Road, to cherish Feluda moments. Though Feluda never lived at the above-mentioned address, still fans consider the famous Rajani Sen Street as their beloved Feluda's address.
