One of Satyajit Ray’s most popular films, “The Elephant God” has all the essentials for a classic detective story: a charismatic private investigator, a gallery of colourful characters, and a proper mystery. Detective Felu goes to the holy city of Benares on holiday with his young cousin and his friend, a writer of popular adventure stories. Almost immediately, he finds himself trying to find a valuable gold statue of Ganesh that has gone missing from a locked safe. Satyajit Ray makes the most of the teeming alleyways of Benares, leaving clues and red herrings around every corner.