Professor Shonku


Trilokeshwar Shonku (Bengali: প্রফেসর শঙ্কু) is a fictional scientist and inventor created by Satyajit Ray in a series of Bengali science fiction books of the same name published from 1965 on. He is the central protagonist of the series. Professor Shonku resides in Giridih. His house contains a laboratory, and he lives with his pet cat, Newton, named after Sir Isaac Newton and his man-servant, Prahlad. He was born in the year of 1912 but his year of death is unknown.


Frankenstein


Topic: Revival from death

Plot: Shonku along with Saunders and Chroll visits the Frankenstein Castle in the German city of Ingolstadt.There he meets Julius Frankenstein the great grandson of Victor Frankenstein who was mentioned in the novel written by Mary Shelley. Shonku learns the forbidden formula of reviving dead people.They also came to know about the threat of Hans Redel, a Nazi follower who preached Hitler's ideas after his death and presently tortures all the Jews in Ingolstadt including Julius. Later, Shonku is able to revive doctor Tomas Gillet. This news being internationalised Redel's followers give a threat to Shonku, Julius and others to revive their leader Redel who had died due to Thombosisis.The story revolves on the plan how Shonku revived Redel and also saved Germany of the Nazi ideals.

Location: Ingolstadt

Source: Wikipedia