Some stories lose their appeal too soon, some doesn't at all but there are some that has an increasing appeal as we grow old. Ray's works are like that as the young readers in us miss certain details while reading it the first time and enjoys the adventure of Feluda stories while when it is read at a later date, since the mystery is already know the focus is on the other aspects of the story. The various characters that are introduced, how their true nature evolve in the eyes of the investigator, how coincidences become necessary for the writer to concise the converging events - all these are better appreciated. 
Double Feluda with its pack containing Apsara Theatreer Mamla and Bhuswarga Bhayankar was such a revelation to me especially the later one where the beauty of Kashmir has been revealed and the mysterious backdrop is created with the utmost care. While in the first one, the mystery involves threats, disappearances and murders of stage actors of Apsara group at Calcutta the second one centres at the picturesque Kashmir with murder happening at quite a later stage and the introduction part increases the appeal and the complexity by quite a great deal. The first case is one where Feluda's observation power seems to be established once and for all as he solves the crime just by sitting at his home, the sleuthing being mostly done by Tophse and Jatayu. But the other case sees the researcher in him as a he travels in Kashmir is search of information so needed to find the criminals.
Ray's penmanship once again portrays the characters with such precision that the situations evolve succinctly before the eyes. Only one point where my personal dissatisfaction lies was in the person in Feluda who sees murder to be a graver crime no doubt, but when it is done as a rightful vengeance then also he doesn't show mercy. So much different from Byomkesh maybe Ray did this as his target seems to be children and he took the utmost care to prevent any shred of doubt to creep into the young hearts as to the wrongfulness of murder. An enjoyable read no doubt, the latter part can easily pass as a travelogue as well.
Double Feluda with its pack containing Apsara Theatreer Mamla and Bhuswarga Bhayankar was such a revelation to me especially the later one where the beauty of Kashmir has been revealed and the mysterious backdrop is created with the utmost care. While in the first one, the mystery involves threats, disappearances and murders of stage actors of Apsara group at Calcutta the second one centres at the picturesque Kashmir with murder happening at quite a later stage and the introduction part increases the appeal and the complexity by quite a great deal. The first case is one where Feluda's observation power seems to be established once and for all as he solves the crime just by sitting at his home, the sleuthing being mostly done by Tophse and Jatayu. But the other case sees the researcher in him as a he travels in Kashmir is search of information so needed to find the criminals.Ray's penmanship once again portrays the characters with such precision that the situations evolve succinctly before the eyes. Only one point where my personal dissatisfaction lies was in the person in Feluda who sees murder to be a graver crime no doubt, but when it is done as a rightful vengeance then also he doesn't show mercy. So much different from Byomkesh maybe Ray did this as his target seems to be children and he took the utmost care to prevent any shred of doubt to creep into the young hearts as to the wrongfulness of murder. An enjoyable read no doubt, the latter part can easily pass as a travelogue as well.
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During my childhood, I read this book, but nowadays, I prefer watching the movie instead of reading. I recently saw the movie Jailer. It provided me with a similar experience to reading books.
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