PRABASHER KHOSHRA- PRIYANKA ROY BANERJEE

Act 1 Scene 1

America’r dokkhin prante ekti campus town. Pray graam. Durga pujo’r ekmash ager sandhya. Ekti apartment er drawing room e besh koyekti chhele meye chhoriye chhitiye boshe-dnariye achhe. Sobai mile katha bola’r fol e karur kathai bojha jachhe na.

Arijit(besh chnechiye): ei tora sobai ektu chup kor na. PLEASE!

Sobai thomke chup kore gelo.

Arijit: uff, matha dhoriye dilo mairi! Ekjon ekjon kore bol na, eto tara kisher?

Niladri: sobai uttejito hoye porechhi amra, prothom pujo bole katha!

Debadeep: kintu sotti, prothom pujo holeo, erokom chillamilli korle kono plan i kora jabe na. tomra eke ek kore bolo na.

Ranjita: ai nilu da, chup kor toh. Sobcheye beshi tui i chnechachhili. President da, tumi shuru kore dao.

Arijit: iyarki marish na. (pause) amra sobai probash e kolkata’r pujo khub miss kori, tai ekhane ebar prothom bar pujo kora’r katha bhabchhi.

Ranjita (aste): dhyar, eta sobai jane. Tarpor bolo.

Prateek: bhag shala, ami jibone kolkata’r pujo dekhi i ni. Dilli’r pujo i miss kori.

Arijit: jehetu amader budget ar lokbol dutoi kom, khub plan kore ar sobaike dayitwo niye kaaj korte hobe.

Niladri: president da, bekar bhashon diyo na, oto time nei. Samner week ta puro mid-term. kaajer kathay esho.

Arijit: tahole ami bolchhi ki ki lagbe, debu ekta list kor.

Debadeep: bolo, ami ready.

Arijit: ek holo, thakur. Amader poisha nei, kajei boro thakur ana’r kono scene nei. Ei chitra ekta chhoto durga murti niye eshechhe Kolkata theke, ota kei sajiye guchhiye pujo kora jabe.

Sharmi: ai kisher murti re chitra?

Chitra: arre, kath er upor bronze diye rong kora. Dakshinapan theke enechhilum ghar sajabo bole.

Tanmoy: haan haan, otei hobe. Chhar toh. Pujo’r spirit tai ashol.

Arijit: du nombor hochhe pujo’r venue. Aro kichhu member thakle nahoy campus hall book kora jeto, ei kojon e okhane giye sobkichhu samlate parbo na.

Ishita: amar ekta suggestion achhe. Pujo ta amader barite hok. Ektola ta purotai living room toh. Motamuti jayga hoye jabe ei kojon e.

Tanmoy: agey bol kojon lok hobe. Ami toh ja dekhchhi gune gnethe 30.

Niladri: na go, amader so-called anti-party keo nemontonno korbo. Dekha jak kojon ashe. Chokkhulajja’r khatir e ashbe mone hoy keu keu.

Chitra: sotti, ami ekhane eshe obaak hoye gelum je eituku ekta jayga, ei kojon matro bangali, tar modhyeo duto bhag!

Arijit: dur oshob chhar ekhon, lok ami 35 dhore rekhechhi. Venue ta niye karur apotti nei toh? Tahole ishita der baritei hok.

Prateek: haan hok. Next bol ki kaaj.

Arijit: next holo sob jogar jontor. Ami sob list kore debo, kintu bajar dokan gulo toder korte hobe. Pujo’r thik ager sopta tay hebby chaap e thakbo.

Debadeep: se jogar hoye jabe, kintu list chai toh. Pujo’r jinish er, khabar dabar er, decoration er.

Prateek: abbey, pujo ta korbe ke seta agey thik kor.

Ishita: ei toh nilu achhe. Arijit ke ranna’r dike thakte hobe, o parbe na.

Niladri: jah shala, ami! Otokkhon uposh kore pujo, mara jabo toh!

sharmi: tahole tumi onyo kauke suggest koro.

Ranjita: dekh, sukalyan sir ke bolle hoy na? uni toh proti bochhor nijer barite saraswati pujo koren, etao namiye dite parben.

Chitra: kintu anti-party eta niye bawal dile?

Tanmoy: amader kojon kei giye sir ke manage korte hobe. Prateek, President, kaal i chol.

Niladri: sob i toh holo, tora khaoa daoar katha keu bolchhish na keno re?

Ranjita: uff, ei elen petukchnad. Toke ki amra na khaiye rakhbo re pujote?

Ishita: niramish bhog hok, khorcha o kom hobe, khatni o. ta chhara bijoya sommiloni te anti-party ra biriyani khaoabe toh.

Arijit: nilu tor special khichuri korbi. Labra as usual ami. Ishita chatni korbe, payesh ar beguni ta keu dayitwo ne.

Prateek: ei indra, tui kichhu bolchhish na je?

Indraneel: ami toh notun, sob shunchhi. Ja kaaj bolbe kore debo, chaap nei.

Act 1 Scene 2

5 bochhor pore. Ireland er uttor prante ekti industrial town. Pray graam. Durga pujo’r du soptaho ager ek bikal. Dujon torun-toruni footpath dhore hnatchhe. Meye ti’r haate camera. Se majhe majhei dnariye porchhe chhobi tola’r jonyo. Kichhukkhon bade ora eshe dnaralo ekti Bangladeshi dokan er samne.

Ranjita: e ma, ei dekh, ei poster ta.

Shantanu: koi, ki dekhbo?

Ranjita: arre ei je dokan er window te. Durga puja hobe naki ekhane.

Shantanu: ayn, se ki! Erokom toh katha chhilo na.

Ranjita: dekh mail id diyechhe register kora’r jonyo. Ekhane bangali association o achhe, jantum na toh.

Shantanu: dnara, dokandar ke jigyesh kori.

Porer din dupur. Office desk e boshe ranjita. Dekhe mone hoy khub byasto. Desk e boshei lunch box khule anmone khaoa shuru korlo. Hothat ki mone howate gmail ta khullo.

Kono ek sharmishtha bhattacharya, jini pujo’r udyokta, or mail er uttor diyechen.

“apnar mail peye khub khushi holum. Amra ebar e prothom pujo shuru korchhi ekhane. Khub beshi bangali toh nei, tao je kojon ke kuriye-bariye paoa gechhe tader jogajog korechhi. Apnar o chena aro keu thakle tader janaben. Amader plan sonkranto duti attachment pathalum. Pore apnar sathe phone e katha bole nebo.”

Khete khete ranjita’r mukhe alto hashi fute uthlo. Swagotokti kore bollo, “abar ekta prothom pujo, abar ekta chhoto shohor, dekha jak!”

Du din por. Sandhya 8 ta. Rannaghar e kormoroto ranjita. Shantanu internet e bodh hoy kono bill er payment korchhe. Phone ta bajlo.

Shantanu: hello…

Opor prante mohila konthoswor banglay: ranjita achhe?

Shantanu: hain dhorun..

Ranjita: hello..

Opaar er mohila: hello, ranjita? Ami sharmishtha bolchhi.

Ranjita: sharmishtha...oh achha, bolun.

Sharmishtha: oi je pujo niye mail e katha holo.

Ranjita: hain bujhte perechhi, bolun.

Sharmishtha: apnara ki ekhane notun na purano basinda?

Ranjita: na na, amra sobe du mash holo eshechhi, chakri sutre.

Sharmishtha: oh, apni ki eka na family niye?

Ranjita: ami ar amar husband thaki, dujone ek i jaygay chakri kori.

Sharmishtha: oh, amra ekhane bochhor dui holo achhi.

Ranjita: pujoy kojon lok hobe bole mone hoy ekhane?

Sharmishtha: ekhono abdi ja response peyechhi tate 40-50 mone hochhe, bachha der niye.

Ranjita: tahole toh prothom pujo hisabe mondo na.

Sharmishtha: hain, kintu ekhane sobai toh byasto je jaar chakri niye, somoy ber kore jetuku kora jay. Ami motamuti list korechhi ekta ke kon kaaj e thakbe pujor dingulote. Apni jeta korte parben janaben. Hall booking o hoye gechhe 3 din er jonyo.

Ranjita: hain janiye debo oboshyoi. Amra oboshyo plan korchhilum onyo kothao boro pujo te jaoar. Kintu ekhanei hochhe jokhon…

Sharmishtha: na na, please ekhanei thakun. Boro pujo toh onek dekhte paben, amra prothom bar korhchi, sobaikei darkar.

Ranjita: hain ekhanei thakbo thik korlum. Achha, apnara ekta meeting korun na pujo’r agey sobaike niye. Amra toh kaukei chini na dhorun, alaap o hoye jeto.

Sharmishtha: eta khub bhalo idea diyechhen. Tahole mahalaya’r porer din i kora jay, ota toh shukrobaar porchhe, sobai ashte parbe sandhyabela. Ami sob arrange kore apnader mail e janiye debo.

Ranjita: hain oboshyoi. Amra jabo.

Sharmishtha: thik ahche, rakhlum tahole.

Phone ta rekhe ranjita shantanu’r dike takiye orthopurno bhabe hashlo.

Ranjita: shunli toh?

Shantanu: uff, ei prothom pujo manei koyekta bangali ek jaygay hoye maramari korbe.

Ranjita: dnara na dekhi kemon hoy. Amader campus er moto seirokom hobe na nishchoi.

Shantanu: dur, ekhane sob ochena jonota dekhchhish toh, toder okhane tao bondhu bandhob chhilo. Bhallage na shala.

Ranjita: arre dekhi i na ekta bochhor, borolok NRI der pujo kemon hoy.

Act 2 Scene 1

America’r sei campus town. Pujo’r tin din ager bikal. Ishita, ranjita ar chitra bus e boshe jachhe kothao.

Chitra: achha, oi durer Indian store tay pujo’r sob jinish paoa jabe ishita di?

Ishita: ami phone korechhilum oder. Besh kichhu jinish paoa jabe. Baki dhor, jemon gongajol. Ota arijit er kachhe achhe, besh kichhuta niye eshechhilo india theke. Nishthabaan bamun toh!

Chitra: ar koshakushi hyan tyan?

Ranjita: ogulo sob sukalyan sir er kachhe achhe.

Ishita: uff, sir ke je raji korano gechhe ei onek. Nahole abar purut khnoja niye jham hoto.

Ranjita: ajke amra fera’r path e fol er bajar tao kore rakhbo. Prasad er jonyo lagbe toh.

Chitra: e ma, tahole aro kauke songe niye ele hoto, oto bojha boite hobe.

Ishita: tui kake songe aante chaichhish amra bujhte parchhi, kintu se toh ekhon gaan er rehearsal dichhe.

Chitra: dur, baje boko na.

Ranjita: uff, tora ei nyakami thama, amader stop eshe gelo.

Ghonta dui pore. Tin jone haate maal potro niye bus theke namlo. Minute dui hnete ekti dotola apartment e dhuklo. Ei sei living room jekhane pujo hobe. E barite ishita, ranjita ar niladri thake. Ei muhurte living room e indraneel gaan dhorchhe, prateek guitar bajachhe, niladri, debadeep o tanmoy boshe achhe. Meye tin ti ke dhukte dekhe ora gaan thamiye takalo.

Ranjita: uff, kotokkhon laglo mairi. Ei dekho sobai, bajar kore enechhi sob.

Tanmoy: bhalo korechhish. Amra kalke jabo bakigulo korte, arijit ektu free hok.

Chitra: tomader rehearsal koddur? Tanmoy da’r abritti?

Indraneel ekbar chokh tule takalo or dike.

Tanmoy: cholchhe bhaloi.

Prateek: ishita ki jeno surprise dibi bolchhili sobaike?

Ishita: oh hain, surprise nijei chole asha’r agey intro diye di. Kalke office building er sniri te uthte uthte shunlum keu banglay gun gun korchhe. Giye dekhi ekta notun meye, late e join korechhe ei fall e, visa’r problem chhilo bollo. Ami toh janish i, notun bangali dekhei khop kore giye dhorlum. Toh se bollo bhalo nache naki. Ami soja oke pujo’r program e dhukiye dilum. Ajke ashbe, tora ektu alochona kore nish kokhon ki korbe.

Niladri: baaba, ekta notun meye ke 10 minute dekhei tui eto khobor bar kore felli?!

Ishita: arre cali lage boss. Ami oke ektu khnochatei orkut khule or naacher video dekhiye dilo. Besh bhalo nache re. tora ektu coordinate kore nish or sathe. Meye ta’r naam holo rimjhim. Ektu porei ashte bolechhi ekhane.

debadeep: besh, tahole programme er list hochhe, prothome ishita di ar chitra’r agomoni gaan, tarpor tanmoy da’r er abritti, majhe rimjhim er naach hoye jaak, ar last e indra’r gaan. (pause) ar keu last minute e kichhu korte chaile korbe.

Tanmoy: uff debu, tor ei sob kichhu te list deoar swabhab ta ar gelo na!

debadeep: list na dile sob kaaj nambe?

Niladri: bhaloy bhaloy pujo neme jaak, dugga dugga!

Act 2 Scene 2

Ireland er sei graam. Ekti community hall er drawing room e besh koyekjon bhodrolok-bhodromohila chair e saari diye boshe achhen. Sobai motamuti chupchap, keu keu eke opor er dike, keu ba janala diye baire, keu ba ceiling er dike takiye achhen, du charti kishore-kishori nijeder modhye fish fish kore golpo korchhe. Sakulye ekti bachha chushikathi mukhe pram e shuye achhe.

Sharmishtha(uthe dnariye): Onekei toh eshe gechhen, ebar tahole amra alochona shuru kori?

Du tin jon sommotisuchok matha narlen.

Sharmishtha: kathay bole, bangali jekhane jay tero parbon songe kore niye jay. Amra onekei ekhane onek bochhor dhore achhi, pujo te boro shohor e jai proti bochhor, karur bhagyo bhalo thakle se deshe jay pujo te. Kintu eto bochhoreo ekhane keu durga pujo shuru koreni. Hoytoh chhoto jayga, kom bangali bole. Kintu prabashe doiber boshe jokhon amra eshei porehchi, ektu udyog niye pujo ta shuru korte khoti ki?

Ranjita mobile er notepad e kichhu ekta type kore shantanu ke dekhalo.

“sob jayga tei ki ekta kore arijit da thake naki re? faltu bhashon dichhe.”

Sharmishtha: alochona shuru kora’r agey ami chaibo sobai ek ek kore nijeder naam gulo likhe ektu tag kore nin please. Ekhane onekei notun eshechhen, baki der chenen na.

Sobai ek ek kore kagoje naam likhe gaye snete nilo.

Ek bhodrolok (bina name tag er): tahole sharmishtha, eibar kaaj er list dhore discussion shuru koro.

Sharmishtha: hain, sobai ektu attention din. ami list dhore ek ek jon er naam bolbo jara sei kaaj gulo korte raji hoyechhe.

Ranjita abar notepad e likhlo: “ebar ami ghumiye porbo re.”

List e ranjita’r naam o jog holo, prasad er fol kata o bitoron er kaaj e.

Ek bhodrolok, jaar buke naam lekha abhijit: amar ekta request achhe apnader kachhe. Pujo kora’r dayitwe ami ar subho da achhi, apnader karur Sanskrit mantra gulo’r sothik uchharon jana thakle please help korben.

Ek briddho bhodrolok, jar sweater er hatay naam lekha subir: ami jani, help kore debo khon.

Sharmishtha: jehetu amader budget o kom, pujo’r fol-mishti gulo’r jonyo amader sponsor chai. Apnara sobai egiye ashle khub bhalo hoy.

Shantanu ebar notepad e likhlo: “erokom boudi ra dakle ami sobsomoy egiye jete raji.”

Ranjita eta pore or dike hashimukhe chokh pakalo.

Ek briddho pechhoner sari te boshe jhimochhilen, hothat dhormor kore uthe boshlen.

briddho ((jar buk pocket er upor theke name tag ta khule ashate naam ta bojha jachhe na): oshtomi’r pujo’r fol ar mishti ami sponsor korlum.

Sharmishtha: dr. ghosh er jonyo sobai haat taali din!

Ek bhodromohila (bina name tag er): ami tahole nabami’r din payesh baniye niye ashbo.

Sharmishtha: tomar naam ta ki bhai?

Bhodromohila: sonali.

Duti chhele, jader buke naam lekha himadri o sanjay: sharmishtha di, amra toh student, beshi kichhu dite parbo na. mishti kothay paoa jay bole din, dujone share kore kine anbo.

Sharmishtha: bah, onek dhonyobad sobaike. Ei toh dekhun ki sundor sob byabostha hoye gelo. Ebar pujo ta bhaloy bhaloy hoye gelei hoy. Joy ma durga!