JAMALAY JIBANTA MANUSH !!!

Siddeshwar alias Sidu and Madhuri alias Madhu were madly in love with each other. Sidu used to took the help of his pet Ox, Bhola; to enter into the territory of Hari Narayan’s house to meet Madhuri secretly. Sidu and Madhuri planned to meet each other in the lonely Beauty Bagan of that village on every afternoon. Hari Narayan, the Zamindar of the village became furious on Mr. Dutta as Mr. Dutta recommended Sidu as the future groom of Madhuri. While dating inside the Beauty Bagan, Sidu requested Madhuri to sing a romantic song. But, Madhuri sang a Shyama Sangeet, ‘Maa tui emon kano holi? Pati r buk e charan rekhe laaj er matha kheli. Maa tui emon kano holi?’ Sidu felt uncomfortable and uttered, ‘Shaushan, Maa; uuh. Chand, furfure haowa, phool, baataayan kichui nei.’

The members of Hatimsoor Natya Sangha were dissatisfied with their Sidu da. Sidu used to skip the rehearsals as he had to meet his lover secretly every day. The entire club cum theatre members suggested Sidu to get married to Madhuri. At least, after marriage, Sidu would concentrate fully on the drama rehearsals. Sidu liked the idea as he appreciated, ‘Satyi ee bhabchi, biye ta kano etodin korini? Biye ta korei pheli ki bolish?’ Sidu planned to get married to Madhuri despite Hari Narayan’s objection. Sidu’s friends supported Sidu in this regard. ‘Amader opor baddo chotpaat kare, o jamon buno ol amrao temni bagha tentul.’ Madhuri secretly heard the conversation of her parents. Hari Narayan was planning about the marriage of Madhuri with a son of a ship owner of Kolkata.

Sidu and Madhuri got married to each other secretly as per Hindu rituals. Hari Narayan ordered his men to attack Sidu and his friends. Sidu got injured. Hari Narayan ordered his wife to keep the married Madhuri locked inside the four walls. On that night, Madhuri came out of the house to jump into the river water. Villagers didn’t find the dead body of Madhuri but everyone assumed that Madhuri has committed suicide by drowning herself into the river water. The depressed Sidu planned to go out of the village to freshen up his mind. Sidu gave all the responsibilities of his property to his Pishima (aunt) and donated Bhola, the Ox to a Brahmin priest. Sidu went out of the village and was roaming here and there in a town. On that night, Sidu was having a nice sleep in the balcony of a house of the town.

As per the destined data of Yam Lok, one person was about to commit suicide in that town. Chitragupta, the Special Assistant of Yamraj ordered Lambadhar and Chitrakarma to collect the soul of that person who was about to commit suicide. The two Yamdoots had a very tough time to find the exact address of that person as in that town; the House Numbers were not in serial order. In earlier days, Yamdoots could make out easily that a person has died in a locality as everyone used to cry loudly, but, nowadays, humans have become so selfish that they don’t get the time to cry loudly as they start searching for those valuable keys of that dead person. To save their job, both the Yamdoots didn’t waste any more time to search the dead body. Instead they took a living person with a backup plan that they will kill the person before entering the Yam Lok.

At the entrance of Yam Lok, Sidu gave some katukutu and sursuri to both Lambadhar and Chitrakarma to enter inside the Yam Lok. Inside the Yam Lok, the Yamraj is the judge of all the sins that you have committed throughout your life as a human being. Pishima died of cholera and it was her judgement day. As a Hindu Widow, Pishima thought about eating a Batasha with water on Ekadashi day. As per Yam Lok’s rule, if you think about committing a sin, it is a sin, but, if you think about doing something good, then it is not counted as a virtue. Sidu requested Yamraj to release Pishima by taking account of half of the cumulative virtues gained by him throughout his life. Chitragupta ordered his Clerk Bichitragupta to search the Life Record (LR) Book of Sidu. Bichitragupta gave a serial number to a Daftary to take out that LR Book from the library.

Bichitragupta read from the LR Book of Sidu that Sidu have done many good deeds in Martya Lok, e.g. helping the poor people, standing beside the needy people in times of danger, etc. But, Yamraj was not convinced. Why Sidu said, ‘Pishi o toh sudhu bhebechilo, taar belaye paap holo, amar belaye bhebe punyi hobe na kano?’ Yamraj admitted that there are some loopholes in the judiciary of Yam Lok. Bichitragupta, the young Clerk was more efficient than the old Special Assistant, Chitragupta. ‘Ekei bole young blood, kirom chatpote dekhun dekhi.’ Sidu donated an Ox to a Brahmin Priest. That was considered as a virtue. As an example, Yamraj wanted to see that Ox. Bhola became a healthy Ox after coming to hell. Pishima got transferred to Vishnu Lok as Sidu donated half of his virtues to Pishima.

Sidu wanted to meet Lord Vishnu, but, Yamraj denied the permission. Sidu ordered his pet Ox, Bhola to attack Yamraj and his staffs. Bichitragupta was yet to become a confirmed Clerk as he was still in his probation period after doing the job in Yam Lok for 2,93,20,000 years and 6 months. ‘Ekhono chakri paaka hoyni.’ ‘O ekhono paakoni.’ Yamraj and Chitragupta came to Lord Vishnu for help. Lord Vishnu sent Narad Muni to get some secret information from Sidu, but, Sidu was too smart enough to tackle Narad Muni. Lord Vishnu came to meet Sidu in the disguise of a Brahmin. Sidu told about corruption in Yam Lok and Swarga Lok to Lord Vishnu. ‘Indra jal deyena, Varun ghumocche, Kuber benami teh taaka lutche.’ Only India is preaching about peace. Lord Vishnu got impressed with Sidu and gave him permit to all Loks of the Universe.

Sidu entered into the Shiva Lok where the followers of Nandi and Bhingi were fighting with each other. Sidu gave them punishment and climbed up the Kailash Parvat to have a chat session with Nandi and Bhingi. ‘Bom Bom, Bom Bholanath, dum diye jeh khyapa nache tatha toi.’ Maa Durga always becomes deaf after the Durga Puja festival as she has to experience too much sound pollution in Martya Lok. Nandi and Bhingi suggested Sidu to search Madhuri in the Indra Lok. In Madhabi Bitan, Madhuri and Sidu met each other again. In Lord Indra’s palace, Apsara Urvashi Devi, Rambha Devi and Menaka Devi got a new dance teacher of modern dance! What request did Sidu and Madhuri made to Lakshmi Devi when Lord Vishnu told Sidu to return to Martya Lok? Ultimately, what happened to Madhuri and “JAMALAY JIBANTA MANUSH”?