CHAAR MURTI !!!

‘Patoldanga r aamra kau jon bikkhyato chaar murtimaan.’ ‘Ami kothay?’ ‘Thanda ghar e chalo Mama dekhacchi.’ ‘Amar jano mone hoilo Mama r barite aayisi.’ ‘Hum log Ramgarh jayenge, le chalenge?’ ‘Kaathberaali!’ ‘Kaathberaali toke charh maarlo!’ ‘Company! Attention!’ ‘Ghajang fu, ebaar khabo toke, giley giley giley, khabo toke.’ ‘Mahish na, eibaar baagh! Dui number.’ ‘Sudhu saap kano, gandaar o Hari naam kore.’ ‘Amaar naam Jhanturam.’

Once upon a time, there were four famous students in Patoldanga High School. They were Kebla, Habul, Pelaram and Tenida. Tenida was the leader of that gang of four persons. The Maths exam ended. ‘Chattrish number correct answer likhte toke ke boleche?’ Pelaram was a better student among them! Kebla invited Pelaram, Habul and Tenida at his house for dinner as their exams are over now. It was really a tough task to fulfil the hunger of Tenida, the foodie.

‘Kamon holo?’ ‘Amar bhaipo bolchilo ebar jaa question esechilo taate gadha goru o pass kore jaabe.’ Point to be noted that Tenida was expert in failing in exams in every class for at least 1 year, as he always liked to remain in school to enjoy the school life. Kebla’s elder sister was stunned to see the eating style of Tenida. Kebla’s mother was aware of the fact that Tenida is a foodie and eats too much food. They started planning to go for a short trip.

Pelaram suggested about having a trip at Liluah. Tenida turned down that proposal. Habul suggested about having a trip at Bardhaman. ‘Haan re Habul, Bardhaman e Sitabhog, Mihidana; Kg kato kore re.’ Tenida wanted to have a trip far away from Kolkata. Kebla’s meshomoshai started telling some stories like a professional storyteller. ‘Ekta Mosh er lyaj. Paliye galo bote, kintu oi lyaj ta amar haate roye gache.’ After dinner, they sat on the terrace to gossip.

‘Kothay jaowa jaaye bolun toh?’ Kebla’s meshomoshai suggested them to go to Hazaribagh and again started telling a story. This time the story was of a tiger that remained unconscious for two and a half days. Kebla’s mother was not in a mood to allow Kebla and his friends to go for a trip in Hazaribagh forest area, but, Kebla’s meshomoshai gave them the motivation to go for a trip. ‘Chele manush bolcho kaake!’ Finally, they went to Jhuntipahar to live in Roy moshai’s bunglow.

The train journey started. Swami Ghutghutananda boarded the train and entered inside their compartment. ‘Ami Muri naambo.’ ‘Hau suiya paren, anek ratri hoiya giyase.’ ‘Jogosarpo sunecho?’ In that night, Tenida and his teammates ate sweet rasogollas. In the next morning, when the train stopped at Muri Junction, Bhoja started shouting, ‘Guruji!’ Swami Ghutghutananda went down from the train and Tenida dropped that pot of Jogosarpo on the platform.

They reached Jhuntipahar, a dense and haunted forest area. They started singing inside that forest. ‘Oi bujhi baagh aasey matkaate ghaarh; oi bujhi bhooth aasey matkaate ghaarh.’ Tenida became senseless after seeing Jhanturam. Was it just a type of acting by Tenida? ‘Jhanturam er chehara taa bhooth er maton hole hobe ki, raandhe bhalo.’ Habul found an old harmonium under the bed of that room.

In the evening, Tenida started singing,’Bharat amar Bharatbarsha, swadesh amar swapno go; tomaate aamra lobhiya janmo dhanyo hoyechi dhanyo goh. Tomar upama tumi ee toh maa, tomar roop er naai go sesh. Aandhar rajani bhoy ki janani, aamra bachabo e mahaan desh. Rabindranath, Vivekananda, veer Subhash er mahaan desh.’ In that night, the ghosts came to frighten them. Kebla was courageous of them and chased the ghosts.

‘Bhooth o manush ke bhoy paaye, nahole Kolkata e bhooth er dekha paaowa jaayena kano?’ ‘Konodin sunecho bhooth e bidi khaaye?’ Kebla had doubts about the existence of real ghosts. Pelaram got slapped by whom and why? ‘Aamra Habul Sen ke vanish koriyachi.’ Where was Habul? The searching operation started. Pelaram slipped on a cow-dung and entered inside a secret tunnel. Thanks to that scorpion, otherwise, Gajadhar would have kidnapped Pelaram too.

The secret tunnel led to a place which was well connected with a National Highway and a river. ‘Taah picnic korte esechen eto dure?’ Who was Seth Dhunduram? Tenida, Pelaram and Kebla entered inside that tunnel and found Habul. But as per Habul statements, what do Gajadhar, Ghutghutananda and others print here inside this tunnel? They came out of the tunnel and followed the car. An FIR got lodged at the Ramgarh Police Station. ‘Company, March Forward.’

‘Khaan na; khaan, bahut badiya cheez ache.’ Pelaram fell asleep to have a horrific dream. Tenida came to the spot and poured a bucket of water on Pelaram to wake him up. ‘Pakhi jeh paaliye galo.’ The Police jeep followed the car. ‘Left Right, Left Right, Left. Company, Halt! Company, Arrest.’ On what criminal charges, the three culprits got arrested? Which three people also arrived at Jhuntipahar bungalow? Why the Police Inspector appreciated the bravery of “CHAAR MURTI?”