Feluda's Namesake: The Real Sir P.C. Mitter

There was a real person named Sir Provash Chunder Mitter who lived in a big house on Elgin Road in Calcutta.

He was a lawyer and a politician.

A famous filmmaker named Satyajit Ray created a detective character named Feluda, whose full name is Pradosh Chandra Mitter.

It is believed that Ray got the idea for Feluda's name from the plaque on Sir P.C. Mitter's house.

The house is still there today, and you can see it if you walk down Elgin Road.

Ray even wanted to shoot a movie in the house, but it didn't happen.

The real Sir P.C. Mitter and Satyajit Ray never met, but Ray told Sir P.C.'s grandson that he got the inspiration for Feluda's name from their family nameplate.

There are also other things in Calcutta that remind people of Feluda, like a jeweler's billboards that sound like one of Feluda's enemies.