The Golden Fortress
as a detective novel or thriller:
'The Golden Fortress' by satyajit Ray was originally
written in Bengali entitled “ sonar kella' and it has also been
filmised with certained modifications. It includes the elements of
suspense because the novelist enfolds events of the novel one by one
and the narration creates curiosity in the minds of readers.It tells
the story Mukul,a jestismar,remembering the story of his previous
life .He talks about camels,battles,horses,elephants,forts,red
sand,peacockes etc.He also talk about Golden fortress .The news of
Mukul being a jestimar is printed in the newspaper and very soon
neighbour boy of mukul is kidnapped mistakenly .Then Dr.Hajra,a
parapsychologist,takes Mukul to Rajasthan to find out more about his
previous life.Meanwhile ,the kidnappers leave the neighbour boy neelu
near the school.Mukul's father worries about the safety of his son
and approaches the private detective feluda for the help.
Then
onwards, Feluda undertakes to save Mukul if he in difficulty.Feluda
goes to rajasthan with his freind Topse.Both meet jatayu in the train
and they meet Manada Bose in the circuit house of jodhpur.During the
journey ,they feel that the man in red shirt was chasing them
secretly.Feluda and Topse also meet Dr.Hajara and Mukul and then
Dr.Hajara attecked by some unknown people .Later on, we find that the
fake one carried away Mukul.Afterwards,Dr.Hajara leaves with Mukul
without informing feluda.When feluda and Topse tried to pursue the
fraudulent Dr.Hajara an mukul,someone tries to create hurdles in
their journey .Their taxi is punctured as someone had spread small
pointed nails on the road .Even in a train Mandar Bose turns out to
be a Villain.Ultimately,Feluda is successful in arresting the fake
Dr.Hajara who was,in fact Bhavnamda.Parallel to the developement of
the novel,the element of suspence strengthnes and it creates
curiosity in the minds of the readers.The topic of a youg boy being a
jestimar thrill us.The novelist has mystified the theme of the novel
with the reference of previous life of Mukul.He has fully exploited
the device of concealment to hide certain events of the novel.
Then the
beginning of the novel,there is the reference og Bhavnada and then he
disappear for a long time in the novel.Again ,he appears at the end
of the novel ,he reappears as a fake Dr.Hajra who treid to kill the
real Dr.Hajra through the fatal attack.The novelist has skillfully
projected the sequence of events in the novel.
The plot of the novel
is a complex one and clarifications are done as and when needed.The
truth is revealed only when required.We come across several voices of
narration throughout the text because from time to time dialogues
have been projected between characters.The truth is fully revealed
at the end of the novel
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