Kolkata, Sep 28 (PTI) Noted filmmaker Anik Dutta said his latest release 'Joto Kando Kolkatatei' is both a homage to Satyajit Ray, creator of the iconic Bengali detective Feluda, and an original story in its own right.

The film, now running to brisk occupancy in multiplexes and single screens, borrows its title's resonance from Ray's book 'Joto Kando Kathmandute' but weaves a fresh narrative where a young woman hires a detective in her quest to find her biological family.

"In a way, yes. One can say it is a homage... However, my writing is something which adds the flavour of a Feluda story without being one itself, as I realised I won't be able to direct a Feluda film itself," Dutta told PTI.

The 'Bhooter Bhabishyat' director stressed that Kolkata itself plays a central role in the film

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