TIGERMAN (EPISODE- 01) !!!

TIGERMAN

Written by: Arindam Sain

This story is entirely a work of fiction. Any resemblance of any characters, incidents and locations of this fictional story to real life is purely coincidental.

Episode: 01

Location:- Forest Officer Bunglow at Sunderbans.

Tarun Tandon (Anchor of All India Radio):- You are listening to All India Radio News. The Meteorological Department of India has confirmed that the super cyclone, ‘Dhundumar’ is heading towards West Bengal and it may swing towards Bangladesh after passing through the coastal areas of West Bengal such as Sunderbans area.

Samrat Samaddar (A little child while playing with toys inside that bunglow):- Dad! I have heard a firing sound just now inside the jungle.

Sasanka Samaddar (Forest Officer of Sunderbans):- No dear! It is raining outside due to depression in Bay of Bengal. You may have heard the sound of thunders only.

Jagannath Jatadhari (Sub-Inspector of West Bengal Forest Department posted at Sunderbans):- Sasanka Babu! Sasanka Babu!

Sulekha Samaddar (Wife of Sasanka Samaddar):- Ogo suncho! Eto raate tomake ke daakche dakho. Ramhari, ke eseche re?

Ramhari (Security Guard of Forest Bunglow):- Aggey! Madam! Jagannath Babu has come.

Sulekha Samaddar:- Harilal, dorjaa khule daao.

Harilal (Servant of Forest Bunglow):- Aggey! Maa Thakurun.

Sasanka Samaddar:- What’s the matter? Jagannath Babu.

Jagannath Jatadhari:- Sir! Some poachers have entered inside the Chamta area of Sunderbans. We have heard the firing sound for two times. Take your rifle, Sir. Two armed constables are with us too. Come on, Sir! Let’s go.

Sasanka Samaddar:- Sulekha! Ami ektu aschi. Ramhari, hosiyar rahana.

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Sasanka Samaddar:- In this rainy night, it is very difficult to spot the poachers.

Jagannath Jatadhari (in a whispering tone):- Sir, come here. Look at this dead body of a tiger cub. Try to hear it, Sir. Just at a few yards from here, a tigress is mourning. This is Tigress Meghna’s territory. Look at these blood spots. Meghna is surely injured.

A constable of that forest: - Sir! We have spotted a small trawler at the river side. Two men are inside. They are having their dinner by lighting a kerosene lamp inside that trawler.

Sasanka Samaddar:- We will fire at them. Come on!

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Amanullah Haq (A smuggler of tiger skin in Bangladesh):- Hello! Manirul Miyan. I am Amanullah Haq from Mungla.

Manirul Sekh (A wood mafia cum smuggler of Sunderbans):- Arrey! Balo bhai, kamon acho?

Amanullah Haq:- Dhanda kharap jacche, Miyan. Yesterday only, the forest officials gunned down one of our men. You knew Bilal Khaleq naa! Arrey, oi chora ta. Bilal murdered that Inspector of Raidighi Police Station three years back after taking money from you. You remember naah! Bilal has been gunned down.

Manirul Sekh:- Amader dhanda ee erokom bhai, aaj achi kaal nei. Tell me, what help can I do for you in this regard.

Amanullah Haq:- I want detailed information about that forest officer.

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Saifuddin Mondal (A poacher cum sharp shooter of Sunderbans):- Tonight will be the last night for that forest officer and his family members.

Rafiqul Islam ( A poacher of Sunderbans):- Yes! We will take the sweet revenge of Bilal’s death. Someone is behind that bush. I heard a noise. Fire at that direction!

Saifuddin Mondal:- Oh! That’s the injured tigress, Meghna. Aah! We missed the target. Ok! Not tonight. Tomorrow, we will gun down that Tigress Meghna.

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Sulekha Samaddar:- Samrat! Samrat kothay? Samrat! Samrat!

Sasanka Samaddar:- Ki holo? Where is Samrat?

Ramhari:- Saab! Baarish thora ruk gaya tha, isliye Samrat Babu ek ball le ke balcony mein khel raha tha. Harilal bhi pataa nahi ek rifle le ke ush taraf kyon daud ke chala gaya.

Sulekha Samaddar:- Ogo! Haan kore dekcho ki, Samrat ke khojo.

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Saifuddin Mondal (Before firing at Sasanka Samaddar and his family members):- Baah Allah! Baah! Tera bhi jawab nahi. Shikar khud hee ghar ke bahar aa gaya.

Manirul Sekh:- What are you waiting for? Gun them down.

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Kalinath Karmakar (Police Inspector of Raidighi Police Station):-Hello! Raidighi Police Station!

Jagannath Jatadhari:- Sir! There is a sad news. The poachers have gunned down Sasanka Samaddar and his family members. As the super cyclone, ‘Dhundumar’ is still going on, we are unable to go towards that bunglow till now. But, as soon as the super cyclone ends, please do visit there as early as possible, Sir.

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25 Years Later....

Location:- Dragon’s Den at Shanghai

Zango Zing (No. 1 Underworld Don of China):- Who the hell is Tigerman? He is killing the poachers of Sunderbans. Gun him down. Kill him.

Twei Lou (Key mafia under Zango Zing):- Boss! Tigerman is locally known as ‘Bagha Babu’ in Sunderbans. He is the local hero of Sunderbans villagers like a Robinhood. I had a talk with Amanullah regarding this. No one is having any clue about his hideouts.

Zango Zing:- Play the dirty politics in Sunderbans to prove that Tigerman is also an anti-social like us.

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Location:- Jharkhali Forest Bunglow under West Bengal Tourism Department

Harilal:- Good morning, Babu! Cha!

Arindam Adhikary (TV reporter cum journalist of BAGHA BAANGALI News Channel):- Arrey! Dhanyabad! Really! You are a fantastic caretaker of this bunglow.

Harilal:- Apni ki photographer, Sir. Eto baro ekta camera niye esechen?

Arindam Adhikary:- Arrey! Na na. I am just a TV Reporter. Recently, I have been given an assignment to do a documentary film on Sunderbans and Bagha Babu, the local hero of Sunderbans.

Harilal:- Baah! Baah! Besh! Besh! This will be a very nice documentary film, I can assure you that.

Arindam Adhikary:- Taai naaki! Arrey okhane daariye kano, boso na. Cigarrette! Take it, take it. This is 555 brand Cigarrette. You will not get these cigarettes in Sunderbans. Harilal Babu, do you know anything about this Bagha Babu alias Tigerman?

Harilal:- Not too much. Whatever I know is just the information that I got from the local people of Sunderbans. Tigerman is basically a junglee boy. I don’t know, but, maybe, it is a myth that in his childhood days, he was taken care by a tigress of Sunderbans. When that tigress died, he made a mask and body armour from the skin of that tigress and he became a Tigerman. Hermit Hemanta was the real devotee of Bon Bibi Goddess and Lord Shiva. Hermit Hemanta used to meditate inside the Sunderbans. One day, he saw a wounded tigress running towards him carrying a small human baby with her mouth. Hermit Hemanta was the master of Ayurvedic medicines. He cured both Meghna and that little human child. That human child used to stay with Hermit Hemanta in his hut. Tigress Meghna used to play with that human child like a friend. Meghna never harmed that human boy, rather she helped him to track any creature inside the Sunderbans. Meghna dated only once in her lifetime and that with Tiger Bidyut.

Arindam Adhikary:- Tigress Meghna had no cubs or what!

Harilal:- The cub got killed by the poachers. Tigerman learned all the divine mantras from Hermit Hemanta. Tigerman went beyond Hermit Hemanta. Tigerman meditated  for six months under the Bhoot Batgach (Ghost Oak Tree) in Sunderbans by chanting, ‘Jai Bhoothnath Namah’. The ghosts on that tree gave three boons to him.

Arindam Adhikary:- My goodness! It is just like a fairy tale. Take another Cigarette and please carry on.

Harilal:- The 1^st boon was that the Tigerman was gifted an island of Sunderbans which cannot be tracked by any satellite. That’s an invisible island which is known as New Moore Island. People of Sunderbans are of the opinion that the island has submerged, but actually, it is not. It has become an invisible island where Tigerman stays in his special Tiger Palace. The 2^nd boon was that the Tigerman cannot be killed by anyone on any full moon or new moon day and he was also given an invisible and soundless helicopter known as Bullet Boeing. The 3^rd boon was that the Tigerman got a Cheel bird as his messenger. Whatever that Cheel bird says, Tigerman can understand it. That Cheel is known as Cheel Chiru.

Arindam Adhikary:- Now, I understand why Tigerman always win battles against the anti-socials and why he is regarded as a hero in Sunderbans. One last question, is Hermit Hemanta still alive?

Harilal:- Yes! He is. Hermit Hemanta is counting his last days and is resting at Tiger Palace only.

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Tigerman (with a satellite phone):- Hello! Manirul! I am Tigerman. Don’t even try to track this number. This is a satellite phone. Just 20 minutes back, my messenger, Cheel Chiru delivered a letter at your doorstep. Have you opened that letter? Open that letter and enjoy reading it. Goodbye for the time being.

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Manirul Sekh:- Hello! Amanullah Miyan, Tigerman has gunned down three people of our factory because they murdered a constable of Sunderbans forest department last month.

Amanullah Haq:- Our boss has ordered to play dirty politics. Involve policemen and reporters to make a spicy news of that incident.

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Naresh Narula (Head and Senior Editor of EKHON BANGLA TV News Channel):- Hey! Maharani! You have got a spicy content to cover up. The party workers of the ruling party in Bengal are accusing that the so called hero of Sunderbans, i.e. the Tigerman is actually becoming a mafia in Sunderbans as he is killing innocent villagers of Sunderbans.

Maharani Majumdar (Reporter of EKHON BANGLA TV News Channel):- Ok! No problem! But, I want a safari car to travel to Sunderbans. This time, please provide me with an experienced driver and an obedient Cameraman.