What do you mean it's not there?
-Go to the market again and check. -Okay.
Tell them there's a feast at Triloknath Basu's mansion.
Ask them to fetch it from the trees.
-Where's Alok? -He's right there.
Alok...
Why aren't you at the station?
-Here. -What's this?
Dear friend...
I'm certain you know that for the last one year...
my eldest daughter Madhurilata has been suffering from Tuberculosis.
It's my misfortune that even with the best medical attention...
we were not able to hold her back in this world.
Yesterday she took her last breath and became one with God.
Under the circumstances, I am unable accept your invitation.
I hope in future, there will be opportunity to experience your company and hospitality.
Yours sincerely, Rabindranath Tagore.
(title song)
BETTER BE CHEF THAN SORRY
-Oh no! -S**t!
-Oh no,brother! -S**t!
You've fallen in a grave. Take my hand and come up.
Come on up.
-Are you hurt? -No. I'm fine.
I have to wash up.
-There's canal up ahead. -Damn.
I think there's a skeleton.
No, no. That's a freshly dug grave.
Take a look.
This Phalu is a strange guy.
He digs graves in advance.
-Digs in advance? -Hmm.
What do you mean? And who is Phalu?
Phalu is the grave digger.
He's a little mentally unstable.
Although the locals of Sundarpur like him.
They think he's very useful.
If someone falls ill, their family treats Phalu to good food.
So that, Phalu doesn't dig a grave in advance.
You can call it a bribe too.
Do you believe in all this?
What to do?
He somehow always knows when someone is going to die in the village.
So the old people in the village get nervous when he digs a grave.
And the people who are bedridden...
they start s**ting bricks.
They keep checking if Azrael is at the gate.
Phalu has never been wrong about death.
Looks like he's going to be wrong today.
It's quite late but still no news of death.
How much farther?
Here's the canal.
And you can see master's house there.
Can you see the light inside the room?
Hmm.
He has a very interesting name.
Ramakanta Kamar.
Master, Rashed. The worst has happened.
What happened?
The Pakistani military has taken over the Zamindar's mansion.
But that happened in March in Dhaka.
Not just in Dhaka.
It's spreading like wildfire in the entire country.
They're not sparing anyone.
They're raping the women.
If you want to live, you must flee with Rashed.
But my family is there. I must get them.
-No, Rashed. You won't go anywhere. -But Mother...
Listen...
We'll cross the border at Sundarpur and escape.
-We'll take shelter in the zamindar's house. -We can't flee.
I have to get my family.
We don't have time. They'll be here any moment.
-We'll hide in the cemetery. -But my family...
-Let's go... Come on. -My parents...
And that's how...
the life of the most influential zamindar across the border...
Aloknath Basu ended.
He accepted his daughter Anjali's marriage
with Saeed Zuberi for their son, Rashed.
But the happiness didn't last long.
On that fateful night in April...
the Pakistani military destroyed everything.
I see.
So that day, only Rashed Zuberi and you could escape.
Rashed couldn't cross the border.
But he did escape.
I couldn't.
I was captured by the military.
They tortured me a lot.
They converted my religion.
What could I do?
Otherwise, they'd kill me.
Without a way out, I read the 'namaz' five times a day.
And became a Muslim.
But still there was no respite.
The torture continued.
Ultimately, I crossed the border and came here.
Once I was here, I got all the necessary papers.
And stayed back here.
Living in the Basus' heritage... Their zamindari...
That's all...
Hmm...
And Rashed Zuberi?
After he escaped, Rashed joined the war.
After the war ended...
All the property belonging to Aloknath and hence Rashed...
was confiscated by the government.
I tried very hard to get it all back.
But I couldn't.
They had a lot of property.
They had the zamindari here.
And across the border in Banani, they had a huge mansion.
They lived very comfortably on the rent they received from that house.
Till around 1993-94
they were still in touch with the people here.
They had come here a few times.
In 2006, we came to know...
that Rashed was very ill.
He had prostate cancer.
Oh!
They had brought him here for treatment.
I went to meet him too.
Prostate cancer.
Which hospital?
Umm...
Orient.
Oh! Interesting.
Orient Hospital.
So, did he survive?
No.
Moreover...
Two months after his death...
Mushkan Zuberi crossed over to this side.
She had a purpose.
To take over all the unclaimed property of Aloknath And Rashed
as the granddaughter-in-law.
My last question. I promise.
Is there any specific reason why this restaurant is called...
Any historic reason or...
That's an easy one.
That woman... I mean that lady...
is a fan of Tagore.
No, no. It's not that.
Actually, Aloknath Basu's father was Triloknath Basu.
He was Rabindranath Tagore's contemporary.
At some point...
I think...
Rashed must have shared that story with Mushkan.
Anyway, thank you so much.
I have taken up a lot of your time.
Take care. Goodbye.
Bye.
You didn't have to lie to me.
-I was not-- -Don't say anything.
I know you're not looking to buy land here.
Who are you? Why have you come here?
I don't want to know at all.
That's all. Goodbye.
(singing)
How do you cook so well?
Do you want to know?
How did Picasso paint? How did Nazrul write?
Who doesn't want to know?
The way sound can be broken into notes...
Taste can be broken into sour, spicy, sweet, salty and bitter.
And the way the notes come together to create music...
these five flavours come together to create new taste.
Sweet with sweet to maintain symmetry.
Or for contrast sour with spicy.
Just like this beef curry.
Hmm.
Correct.
And the pressure cooker is the biggest enemy of flavour.
Because it reduces the art of cooking with pressure.
Very dangerous for sensitive palettes. Get it, my love?
Got it.
But yes...
There has to be a sense of balance between the flavours.
Otherwise, it'll be a disaster.
In 2008, that woman came to Sundarpur.
She claimed all rights to Aloknath Basu's property and stayed back.
She had no trouble getting the property thanks to the MLA.
Although, the MLA also had a lot to gain.
Like what?
Listen.
Apart for the mansion there was a lot of land in the will...
which the MLA took.
But now he wants the woman too.
Isn't Ashim Karmakar married?
What are you talking about?
Don't married men have affairs?
Although that woman is not going to give in very easily.
Dear God!
Don't think Phalu was wrong about digging the grave in advance.
Let's go.
Does Mushkan Zuberi live alone in the mansion?
No, a girl lives with her. Runs errands for her.
And dumb Yadav, the gatekeeper.
-Anyone else apart from these three? -No.
Do you want to take a look at the mansion?
Now?
Hmm.
It'll be on the way.
-Let's go. -Come.
That's where the property starts. And ends all the way there.
It's a huge house.
You can't run across it in one go.
Does she have a car?
She is the zamindar's wife. How can she not have a car?
She has two cars.
One for supplies. She drives the other one.
Why?
Nothing.
Hmm? What happened?
What is it? What's the matter?
Looks like that man is going to the mansion.
So what?
Don't want him to see us.
Who is that?
Who is that man?
Can't figure out.
What is this boy doing here?
This is Phalu.
Oh!
The one who digs graves in advance.
You're right.
Tools?
It's all there.
Hurry up. There's a lot of work.
A witch? Are you sure?
Can you tell me in details?
Then listen up.
After hearing a lot of rumours and gossip
I mustered up courage and broke into the mansion one night.
What?
And the gatekeeper?
He was too busy wooing the girl.
You know about that too?
There's a local dispensary.
He bought rubber from there.
Rubber?
Anyway.
That day...
(singing)
SHE IS FROM DHAKA
TOP CONNECTIONS
ZAMINDAR MANSION - WHY IS IT LIKE A FORTRESS?
BLOODTHIRSTY WITCH
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHY IS THE FOOD IS ADDICTIVE?
ZAMINDAR MANSION - WHY IS IT LIKE A FORTRESS?
Sir, can I borrow a cycle?
Thank you.
TAGORE GAVE IT A MISS
Lift it up.
(singing)
Yadav.