Jaatishwar Page #3

A song, of course.

Not tax accounts obviously.

Heard you're into music?

Are you carrying an

instrument in that bag?

Want to see?

Wow!

Going only for the dissertation, right?

Took music lessons all these days,

learnt Bengali from you,

won't I accept the challenge?

Brilliant!

That was ecstatic!

Brilliant!

Enchanting!

Sahib, care for a drag?

Mini...

Mini...

Mini...

Mini...

Mini!

Mini...

Mini...

The cool widow. For

everything from a power cut to...

...terrorism, recommends a cup

of tea as a solution. Name: Ma.

What a surprise!

You two have remained the same,

not changed a bit!

Really! -

- So your diet's not working.

Come in. -

- Tofu has become her stable food!

Auntie, long time since we

had your special egg curry.

Why not today? -

- I got diagnozed with Uric Acid.

Oh no.

You're laughing? -

- And what's with you?

Your boss has driven me

crazy with his phone calls.

Why do you leave your phone behind?

I think I'm fired. -

- Huh?

What!

Anyway,

tea? -

- Yes.

Ma! I just lost my job

and your offering them tea?

Look at her!

We'll miss the tea

because you got fired?

You called? -

- Thirteen times.

What is the use of carrying a

mobile phone if you can't...

...carry it along wherever you... -

- Am I fired?

What! Why?

After that day's speech and

today's missed calls, that's natural.

Rubbish, Maya.

Listen.

I've had a phone call from

a very important person.

Someone in the ministry. They want to...

...they want us to organize a concert.

So, it's kind of huge,

can you come down?

Right now? Impossible!

Tomorrow, at the station?

Okay.

Tomorrow morning, at six. -

- What!

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

This is Rohit Mehta.

And this is the first

documentation under coursework numbered...

...536, under the title...

...'The Life and

Times of Henysman Antony'.

We're at Chandannagore now...

...looking for our

first lead.

Heynsman Antony, who was

known as Antony Phiringi here.

Before we gather any

written information...

...let's see, what is the

general awareness and perception...

...about Antony

amongst the normal public.

Has anyone heard of him?

Do people know him? Etc.

Let's start with the market.

Antony, the foreigner? -

- I don't quite... -

Must be a Frenchman.

Marcus Anthony?

My name is Anthony Gonsalves.

I want to spend my whole life

Antony? -

- Yes.

What? A school?

I am the night and you're my moon-

- Uttam Kumar played

the role in Bengali...

...and Amitabh Bachhan in Hindi.

No. -

- You mean Uttam Kumar?

Shakespeare.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen;

lend me your ears, I have

come to bury Caeser.

Not to praise him."

ATV star? -

- No idea.

The Zamindar families here?

Ask there. You'll find him.

A Bengali film.

We're ordinary people. All we're

concerned about is our daily bread.

Open the gill. -

- What's the address they've given?

Chandannagore is a huge area. -

- I've acted in plays in college.

Kundu Villa is nearby, go there. -

- Antony and Cleopatra.

I played Cleopatra.

I get all that

but who is Antony?

Excuse me. -

- Yes.

Which way is the

Central Library?

Go straight,

take a right and then left.

Yes?

Needed some books on 19th

century Bengali culture.

Name of the book?

Who is the author?

I have it on my mobile.

Just a second.

Yes, Ishwarchandra Gupta's...

'A Poet's

Biography', Prafulla Chandra Pal's...

'Ancient Poet's Song',

Niranjan Chakrabarty's

'19th Century Scriptures...

...and Bengali Literature'.

And Madan Bandopadhyay's...

'Singer-song-writer,

Antony, the Foreigner'.

Kushal, see what he wants.

Assistant librarian by profession.

Voracious appetite for books.

Name:
Kushal Hajra.

Hello. These books...

...Ishwarchandra Gupta's... -

- Not available.

Huh?

The four books you want,

we don't have them.

We've the fourth edition

of Asith Bandopadhyay's...

'History of Bengali Literature'.

I can give it to you.

But if you want to know about

Antony the singer-song writer,

you won't get more than two pages in it.

Umm... I mean... err...

...can you tell me where

can I find these books?

Not in Chandannagore. Try

College Street in Kolkata.

But people usually don't

keep these books anymore.

You could take a chance at the

Bengali Literature Association.

Okay.

Thank you.

But you won't find.

But...

...you just said... -

- You'll find the books.

Not Antony.

And definitely not his times.

So where can I find

Antony and his times?

Do you have the

time for that?

And the patience?

Try me.

Fine.

Wait behind the Sacred

Heart Church at 8pm tonight.

I will...

...take you to Antony.

The government is about to get

into a pact with Bangladesh.

Before that they want to

organize some sort of a...

...a Fraternity concert

and all that, you know.

As in involving student

communities of both the Bengals.

Some kind of a, you know... rock fest...

...or a rock band competition

or something like that, so...

...they want us to

be the radio partners...

...and organize this

side of the entire thing.

So we'll have to decide what... -

- Yes, but why Bangla bands only?

Is Bangla band the only

way to unite the Bengals?

Rabindrasangeet, Atul Prasad,

Nazrulgeeti... -

- Maya! Hold on.

Hold on for a second.

Hold on to your crusade.

This is not your radio show, okay?

This is a format decided by authorities.

So they must have thought that it...

...has a youth connect or

something like that. Whatever,

...that is not the point.

Point is this coming...

...21st February, on World

Mother Tongue day, will you... -

- At least call this day by

it's Bengali name?

Okay! Whatever!

Will you help me put up

the show?

Is the question mark just a

formality or do I have the option to refuse?

Christ! Maya,

Bengali songs are your strength!

So this huge process, you know...

...the screenings, the

student auditions...

...program scheduling,

deciding on the judges... Maya!

You know all the music

personalities in town!

It can't happen without you, Maya,

I mean it'll be a mess.

It'll be a pandemonium! -

- No, a bandemonium.

Huh?

I'll be there. And the concert

will be called Bandemonium, 2014.

Hello.

Now we're going for the second

documentation of the coursework.

An interview... with the very

mysterious Mr. Kushal Hajra,

...who is about to

introduce us to Mr. Antony.

Henysman Antony, a guy

who according to the history books,

...is dead for one seventy-seven years.

Needless to say I feel Mr.

Kushal is a fraud.

In fact, worse still, he

may have other intentions.

But there was something about his voice,

so I came.

And who knows, I might find

a crucial lead about Antony.

Let's see.

So...

...you had told me that...

...I'll get to meet Antony? -

- All in good time.

Sit.

And tell me what you know about Antony?

Not much.

In the late 18th century,

he was born in... -

- What a shame!

'Late 18th century'

after reading so many books?

Don't even know his birth year?

Yes, I mean...

...err...

You won't find Antony in pages of books,

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