TINTORRETOR JISHU !!!

Thumri! Thumri! The sound of the firing bullet broke the silence of the jungle for a few seconds. Chandrasekhar left Baikunthapur in 1978 to become a hermit.  Rudrasekhar arrived at Baikunthapur in 2008 from Italy. Bankim, the manager of Neogi family-house gave the news that they found the dead body of 14 years old female Golden Retriever, the pet dog of Neogi family in the nearby Sal tree jungles and Bhiku was missing. Bhabeshchandra Bhattacharya, the astrologer of Mecheda predicted that the Number ‘4’ (four) is unlucky for Lalmohan Ganguly. While returning from Mecheda towards Kolkata on the Car No: WB-A1234, at a place which is 8 kilometres away from Baikunthapur, they found a person requesting for help as one of the tyres of his vintage car of 1940 model, Austin Car Tourer got punctured. Pradyosh Mitra read an article which was published on ‘India Today’ magazine. That article was written by a native King of Bhagwangarh, Bhudeb Singh; about a person of Neogi family of Baikunthapur. Nabakumar Neogi invited Pradyosh Mitra, Tapesh Ranjan Mitra and Lalmohan Ganguly for the lunch at his house at Baikunthapur.

Chandrasekhar Neogi went to Rome during 1930’s or so to learn Roman paintings. In Rome, Chandrasekhar got married to an Italian lady, Carla Cassini. After returning to India, Chandrasekhar started painting the portraits of native Kings of India and some of the native Kings of India also became his good friends. In Rome, Chandrasekhar got a new name, Sandro. After returning from Italy, Sandro Neogi painted a portrait of his father, Anantanath Neogi. Anantanath Neogi (born in 1885) had two sons; Suryasekhar and Chandrasekhar. Suryasekhar’s son was Soumyasekhar and Chandrasekhar’s son was Rudrasekhar. Nabakumar Neogi and Nandakumar Neogi were the sons of Soumyasekhar Neogi. Rajsekhar Neogi was the son of Rudrasekhar Neogi. Hiralal Somani came to Baikunthapur to make a deal. Rabin Choudhury came to Baikunthapur to collect some information about Chandrasekhar Neogi as he was writing a biography on Chandrasekhar Neogi. The three musketeers saw that famous painting in Chandrasekhar’s studio. Bankimbabu gave some important documents to the detective. Due to heavy downpour, the three musketeers stayed back in Baikunthapur on that night. Feluda noticed the Bata shoes of Rudrasekhar and the eating style of Bengali foods by Rabin.

On that night, Feluda tried to catch the thief on the terrace. The thief escaped. Next day, Pradyosh Mitra met Hiralal Somani, the businessman who sent the thief at Baikunthapur. Somani gave a hint about another multi-millionaire businessman who always buys historical paintings. Feluda and his team members headed towards Bilaspur Railway Station to reach Bhagwangarh of Chattisgarh district. Jatayu read about Roman Renaissance in a book, ‘Samagra Paschatya Shilper Itihas’, written by Anupam Ghosh Dastidar. Suresh Nagpal received them at the Bilaspur Station. It was 2 hours journey by car from Bilaspur to Bhagwangarh. In the Renaissance period, there were so many great painters in Rome. Giotto, Botichelli, Mantegna...janten na...ebaar jaanlen. Chandrasekhar learned so many things about Ayurvedic medicines that Alberto Cassini got cured due to some Ayurvedic medicines given by Chandrasekhar. That’s why; Alberto gave the permission to his daughter, Carla to have love marriage with Chandrasekhar in 1940. Jacopo Tintorreto was a very famous painter during Renaissance period in Rome. Bhudeb Singh told Feluda that Alberto Cassini gifted a famous and priceless painting to Chandrasekhar. 

Govinda, the servant saw the dead body inside the studio. Inside a room of Lytton Hotel of Kolkata, the actor who played the role of a villain character, Urugu in the film, ‘Mombasa’; got murdered by the goons of a businessman. Italy teh Renaissance jugey mini shyama poka chilo ki? Mahadeb Mondal, the local Police Inspector was investigating about the murder case in Baikunthapur. Rabin Choudhury showed an Italian newspaper cutting, where it was mentioned that Rajsekhar Neogi has declared that Rudrasekhar Neogi died on 27^th July 1978. Did Rabin read about Italian language from a dictionary? O Moshai, bhadrolok er baam haath taa dekhlen? Rokter daag! Nabakumar Neogi made all the arrangements with a travel agency and contacted Purnendu Pal, a business partner of an Indian Restaurant in Hong Kong. They found the name of Hiralal Somani in the passengers list of Thai airlines. They boarded on the Singapore Airlines from Dumdum Airport to reach Hong Kong. Wong Shoo, the bartender cum part-time driver of Mr. Purnendu Pal’s restaurant received the three musketeers in the Hong Kong Airport.

Welcome! Welcome to Hong Kong! Yeah! Naba r mukhe sunlum apni naaki tiktiki, taah ekhane tadonter byapare toh? Krekorian was in Taiwan and was about to come back in Hong Kong on that evening. Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu got a room in Cosco Hotel of Hong Kong. Ekhane ekta bangaali mukh dekhte paaowa je ki anand er se aapni bujhtey paarben na, bharatiya geejgeej korche, kintu bangasantaan...umm. Jatayu loved the view of Hong Kong City from the balcony of Purnendu’s house. Aha! Kolkata e sudhu Chiney jutor dokaan, Chiney chutor mistri aar Chiney restoraa ee dekhechi, tara je amon sahor korte pare! Apnaar bondhuder bolben jeh Hong Kong ke bola hoy Prachyer London. Accha! Ekhan theke Chin er Pracheer ta dekha jaaye ki? The Great Wall of China is just 500 miles north of Hong Kong. Was Nandakumar Neogi still alive? A dog always recognizes a person by smelling the body odour of a person. Chinese foods had no oils in it. Chinese prefer steamed foods. Chinese language has 10,000 letters. Sea Gang is the name of a Snake Soup. In Hong Kong, snake soups and snake meat dishes are too delicious. Hong Kong means Subaasito Baundor. There is a statue of Bruce Lee in Hong Kong. Young guys of Hong Kong are fans of Jackie Chan.

Hiralal’s goons kidnapped Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu. They were tied with ropes and kept inside a boat of Hong Kong. In the meantime, Rajsekhar Neogi reached Hong Kong via Bangkok. Rajsekhar and Purnendu helped Feluda and his team members to escape from the boat and that place near the harbour. Hiralal Somani was the cousin brother of Keshab Somani, a cloth merchant of Hong Kong. Wong was keeping a strict vigilance on Keshab Somani’s house in Hong Kong. Purnendu Pal acted like a cop without a uniform. Oh! Apni toh durdanto kaaj korechen moshai. Aapnaar raasta chara toh raastai nei. Thank you! No mention, Sir. You are welcome, Sir. Was Rajsekhar, a painter? Krekorian lived in New Territory, Gold Coast of Hong Kong. The deal was made for 3 million US Dollar. 3 bloody green flash in the painting! Apnaar painting e duto poka besi. The car chase began. Who returned whose cheque? With Mr. Somani’s compliments! Thanks! But, who the hell are you? Who was handed over to the cops of Hong Kong Police Headquarters? Tobe hyan, apni ekta choto khato jhar boiye diyechen moshai ekhane. They saluted the statue of Bruce Lee, the legend. Arey chalun, Madhya Pradesh e khanda juddho. Belly Calling! Who went back to London to submit in one of the Museums of Europe, the “TINTORETTOR JISHU”?