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| Lalmohan Ganguly Jatayu | |
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| Feluda character | |
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| First appearance | Sonar Kella |
| Last appearance | Aditya Bardhaner Abishkar |
| Created by | Satyajit Ray |
| Portrayed by | Santosh Dutta Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar Bibhu Bhattacharya Anirban Chakrabarti Abhijit Guha |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Jatayu |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Ganguly |
| Occupation | Writer |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | Sarbogya Gongopadhyay 1936 |
| Residence | Garpar, Kolkata |
| Alma mater | Athenium Institution |
| Friends | |
| Car | Green Ambassador |
| Driver | Haripada Babu |
Lalmohan Ganguly, alias Jatayu[1] (Bengali: জটায়ু) is a fictional character in the Feluda stories written by Satyajit Ray.[2] He writes pulp crime thrillers, but is quite weak and nervous in real life. He is fairly wealthy due to the immense sales of his books. He writes at a frequency of two books a year. His crime fiction stories have interesting and catchy names, often characterised by alliterations like 'Sahara-ey Shiharan', 'Honduras-e Hahakar', 'Borneo-r Bibhishika', 'Durdharsh Dushman', 'Vancouver-er Vampire', 'Himalaye Hritkampo', 'Atlantic-er Atanka', 'Anobik Danob', 'Naroker Naam Karakoram', 'Bidghute Bodmash', 'Arokto Arab' etc. The names of several Feluda stories also exhibit this feature, for example Joto Kando Kathmandute, Gangtokey Gondogol, Royal Bengal Rahasya, Robertsoner Ruby, Gosainpur Sargaram, Bombaiyer Bombete, Gorosthane Sabdhan, Kailashey Kelenkari, Bhuswargo Bhayankar, etc. The detective of Jatayu's novel, Prakhar Rudra, is a character with incredible intellect and power. Lalmohan's grandfather gave his name "Sarbogya Gongopadhyay" but Lalmohan does not use that name.
- ^ Pinaki Roy (1 January 2008). The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading of the Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories. Sarup & Sons. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-81-7625-849-4. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Ray; Satyajit & Sen Gupta; Subhadra (text) (2011). Feluda Mysteries : The Criminals Of. Penguin Books India. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-14-333154-4. Retrieved 24 June 2012.