PLAY - BADI BUAJI

BY BADAL SARKAR

Pratham Ank
(neeche ke talle ke phlait ka baithane ka kamara. peechhe kee aur daravaaja, saath ke
baraamade mein jaane ka. abhee band . baeen or bheetar jaane ka raasta, daeen or baahar,
jaane ka raasta, peechhe baeen or ek khidakee hai, khulee huee. khidakee aur daravaaje ke
beech ek deevaan. manch par beech mein ek chhota tebul aur do saadhaaran kursiyaan . ek or
gaddee lagee badee kursee . parda khulane ke pahale se hee naayika kee aavaaj sunaee pad
rahee hain. parda poora nahin khulata, donon or thodee aad rahatee hai. durvrtt
aaraamakursee par aaraam se baitha hai, haath mein bujhee huee paip hai jise vah peee ja
raha hai. tebul par sigaret ke toton aur diyaasalaee se bharee huee aish-tre . naayika tebul ke
paas khadee hai, tebul par rakha haath thoda kaanp raha hai. vah snaayavik uttejana ko
chhipaane ka prayatn kar rahee hai. kintu vah usake chehare par spasht hai)

Naayika : Aapko aur kuchh kehna hai?

Durvritt : nahin, jo kahana tha kah chuka. ab tumhaare uttar kee prateeksha mein hoon.
Naayika : Prateeksha karane ka kasht kyon karate hain! mera khayaal hai ki mera uttar
samajhane laayak buddhi aap rakhate hain !
Durvritt : tumhaara pahala uttar main jaanata hoon. naayika : mera pahala aur antim
sab uttar ek hee hai-na. yadi aapako aur kuchh na kahana ho to….
Durvritt : dheere, prameela dheere . ab sachamuch aur kuchh kahane ka samay tum aa
gaya hai. Mujhe na bolana padata to hee achchha hota, par tum yadi vaisa nahin
chaahateen to… ( achaanak svar badalakar) raajeev ko chaahatee ho?
Naayika : (chaunkakar) main…usase…aapako kya?
Durvritt : (pun: aaraam se) mujhe……. Mujhe usase kuchh nahin, jo hai so tumhen hee
hai. Raajeev se mera prem-sambandh to hai nahin, keval usake baaboojee ke saath
kuchh vyaapaarik sambandh hain. Main mitr kee haisiyat se ek baat tumhaare kaanon
mein daal dena chaahata hoon ki raajeev ke baaboojee ke haathon ke saath pulis kee
hathakadee ka sanyog hone mein yadi der hai to keval meree ek sahee kee. Samajheen?
Naayika : ( bahut darakar) jhooth! Ekadam jhooth !
Durvritt : meree baat jhoothee nahin hai, yah tum achchhee tarah jaanatee ho . ho
sakata hai raajeev tumase yah baat chhipae, par usake baaboojee kee maalee haalat se
tumhen vaakiph karaanevaale shubhachintak kee kamee nahin hogee. Phir yah baat
jhoothee nahin hai, isaka, chaaho to, likhit pramaan de sakata hoon. Hisaab seedha-
saada hee hai, mera khayaal hai ki use samajhane laayak buddhi tum rakhatee ho.
Naayika : (dabe kruddh svar mein) jaie, aap phauran yahaan se chale jaie.
Durvritt : (bina jaldee ke) kah rahee ho to chala jaata hoon. Agale mangalavaar ko theek
isee samay ek baar aaoonga. Ho sakata hai, is beech raajeev ya doosaron ke munh se
do-ek baaten tum suno. Mangalavaar ko yadi tumane daravaaja na khola to budhavaar
ko raajeev ke baaboojee ke baare mein pooree khabar akhabaar mein dekh lena .
Naukar : (nepathy se) beebeejee !
Durvritt : ek saptaah ka samay haath mein hai, koee hadabadee karane kee jaroorat
nahin hai (khada hokar) aur yadi pahale hee man sthir ho jae to shanivaar ko raat mein
shashaank baaboo ke yahaan paartee mein bhent hogee hee.
Naayika : jaie. Svar ksheen hota ja raha hai. Durvrtt ek kutil hansee hansata hua
prasthaan karata hai. Naayika kuchh pal khadee rahatee hai. Phir kursee par gir padatee
hai aur tebul par sir rakhakar joron se rone lagatee hai. Naukar ka pravesh .
veshabhoosha naukar jaisee nahin hai-saaph kapade, haath mein ghadee, jeb mein
kalam.
Naukar : beebeejee ! maan bula rahee hain. Aapako khaane ko. Chalie .
(achaanak bahut se logon kee hansee sunaee padatee hai. Is beech parda poora khul
chuka hai. Phutalait ke paas modhe par ya jameen par baithe ya khade paanch yuvak aur
ek yuvatee . sabaka munh naayika kee or hai. Inamen se ek durvrtt hai, ek naayak aur ek
aur sah-abhineta . haath mein kitaab liye stool par baitha yuvak prompatar hai. Ek
abhinetree. Sabhee hans rahe hain, naayika aur durvrtt bhee. Keval ek vyakti ke chehare
par hansee nahin hai- avashy hee vah nirdeshak hai. Naukar ke saamane aa khada hota
hai. )
Nirdeshak : parason naatak hai, beech mein kul ek din bacha hai. Aaj bhee tum maan ko
ladakee khilava rahe ho? Parason sabake saamane kya durgati hogee, samajh rahe ho?
Naukar : : (durbal svar mein) us din theek ho jaega nitaee da . nitaee : itane dinon se to
dekh raha hoon. Jara-sa daayalog hai-maan bula rahee hain aapako. Khaane ko chalie.
So roj golamaal karate ho. Kabhee maan ko khaane ko bulaie, kabhee maan khaane
jaengee-
Naukar : is baar sanvaad to theek hee kaha tha
(nitaee da nitaee gussa rokakar ek or hat jaata hai.)
Naayak : main ek baat kahoon nitaee da! Aapako kaat deejie. Keval kahe ki maan bula rahee
hain, khaane ko chalie. Kam-se-kam maan kanya- bhakshan se to bach jaengee.
Nitaee : achchha. Prompatar, aapako kaat do, donon kitaabon mein kaat dena . doosaree kitaab
kahaan gaee !
(Do-ek log khojate hain.)

Durvrtt: doosaree kitaab mere paas hai !

Nitaee : o, haan. Lo prompatar- (kitaab phenkata hai)
Naukar : (aashaanvit hokar) ek baar aur boloon nitaee da? (naayika se) ek baar yadi-
Naayika : mujhase ab aur roya nahin jaega. Kitanee baar rooon? Batalaie. Chaar seen mein
chhah baar rona- antim seen mein to Shuroo se ant tak rona hee rona hai. Nitaee da ne bhee
achchha naatak chuna hai-kaal baisaakhee .
Nitaee : to main kya karata? Ek sau chhattees phlaibon mein se Mrs Sen Aur tumhaare siva
koee aur stej par utarane ko raajee hua? Do stree – paatr vaale kitane naatak hain, bolo? Naayak
: jaane deejie nitaee da, phir se mat shuroo keejie. Isee kaal Baisaakhee mein aisee taaliyaan
bajengee ki pandaal ud jaega.
Naukar : (mauka dekhakar) rone kee jaroorat nahin hai. Bas vaise hee sir gaadakar baithane se
main-
Nitaee : chalo, kar lo ek baar aur. Anu, ek baar sir gaadakar baitho.

(Anu baithatee hai.)

Naukar : beebeejee, maan bula rahee hain. Khaane chalie. (bolakar khoob khush hokar nitaee
kee or dekhata hai)
Nitaee : theek hai. Bas, , stej par hansana mat aur na hee vings mein mujhe
khojane lagana . chalo aage, ab jyaada samay nahin hai.
Prompter : doosara ank, pahala drshy. shashaank shekhar kee baithak. raat aath baje.
paartee chal rahee hai. shashaank, banaanee, prameela, raajeev, dhruvesh aur lalit .
(sab log milakar kursiyon ko arddh-chandraakaar saja dete hain. tebul ek or rakh diya jaata
hai. nitaee nirdesh deta hai. yaheen baat kah dee jae. raajeev, dhruvesh, shashaank,
banaanee ke ek-ek aur naam hain, maan-baap dvaara die gae aavashyakataanusaar beech-
beech mein unaka upayog bhee hota hai. thietar karate samay thietaree naam hee aise
haavee ho jaate hain ki unheen se sambodhit karane mein suvidha rahatee hai, kam
golamaal hota hai. at: in chaaron ke mool naam ko lekar maathaapachchee karane se
laabh nahin, visheshakar jab parason naatak hone vaala hai.)

Nitaee : prameela (anu baithatee hai), shashaank (sah-abhineta khada hota hai),
dhruvesh (durvrtt baithata hai), raajeev (naayak baithata hai), banaanee- are, aaie misej
sen. (banaanee jhoomate hue jaakar baithatee hai) us par nahin misej sen, vah lalit kee
hai. aapako dhruvesh ke paas baithana hai, yaad nahin? (pichhale riharsalon mein
nitaee bahut hairaan aa chuka hai-atah aaj atirikt mithaas se yah baat kahata hai)
banaanee (muskaraate hue) o, haan! (yathaasthaan baithatee hai)
nitaee : lalit ! lalit kahaan hai? shambhoo abhee tak nahin aaya? anaath, shambhoo ko
bulao to . peechhe ka daravaaja kholakar anaath ka prasthaan .
nitaee : jara us or khisakakar, dhruvesh kee or-nahin-nahin, utana nahin. haan, ab theek
hai. shashaank, jara aur ghoomakar khade ho, haan . lalit nahin aaya? khair hatao,
shuroo karo, lalit ka paart kaaphee baad mein hai. redee ?
(promptar ko ishaara karake ek aur hat jaata hai. abhinay praarambh hota hai.)
Shashaank : aap log aagya den to main ek baat kahoon.
Sabhee : haan-haan, jaroor. aaut vith it! :
Shashaank : mere khayaal mein kuchh gaana-bajaana kiya jae to paartee jame . isalie
yadi mahilaon kee or se-
Anu : (maane prameela) mujhe aaj maaph keejie. meree tabeeyat nahin hai-haan,
banaanee ek-
Banaanee : mera gala to... main sach kah rahee hoon- theek
Dhruvesh: dekhie, gaana shuroo karane ke pahale kee aupachaarikata yadi thodee
sankshipt kar sakie to achchha ho, gaane ka aanand jyaada der tak uthaaya ja sakega.
Banaanee : aupachaarikata nahin, main sach kah rahee hoon. theek hai, main suna
detee hoon ek, par baad mein gaalee mat deejiega. koee yadi organ bajaata to-
Shashaank : organ bajaanevaala to ek vishvajit hee hai, par vah na jaane kyon abhee tak
nahin aaya !
(anaath ka pravesh- haath mein naariyal kee rassee hai.)
Anaath : baans gaadana poora hue bina shambhoo nahin aa pa raha hai. nitaee : ain?
(sab stambhit hote hain-ekaadh log hans padate hain. )
Anaath : do baans baakee hain. shambhoo ne kaha hai-tum log riharsal shuroo kar do,
main aata hoon.
Nitaee : o ! achchha. idhar jao to. riharsal ke beech mein aise phat se mat ghusa karo.
haath mein kya hai?
Anaath : rassee. (nitaee tab bhee dekhata rahata hai) naariyal kee rassee .
nitaee : vah to dikh rahee hai par kyon?
Anaath : shambhoo ne rakh dene ke lie kaha hai, kal savere kaam mein aaegee
Nitaee : o, us kone mein rakh do. Redee? Chalo.
Shashaank : organ bajaanevaala to ek vishvajit hai par vah na jaane kyon abhee tak
nahin aaya !
( baahar ke daravaaje se mistar sen kee aavaaj sunaee padatee hai.)
Mister sen : (nepathy se) aa sakata hoon?
Nitaee : (dabe svar mein ) maee gudanes ! banaanee (ussaah se) aao, aao. Mistar sen
ka pravesh. Nireeh se vyakti .
Mister sen : hain hain, namaskaar. Lagata hai, aap logon ko distarb kar diya.
Banani: nahin-nahin, abhee to sekand aikt ka pharst seen shuroo hua hai, tumane kuchh
mis nahin kiya. Baith jao.
Mister sen : hain hain .
Nitaee : baithie mistar sen ! maaph keejiega, udhar nahin, idhar is kursee par aa jaie,
udhar stej hai. : veree soree! Kaisa chal raha hai riharsal? Main- mistar sen
Nitaee : theek-theek. Redee ? shuroo karo.
Shashank : organ bajaanevaala to ek vishvajit hee hai par vah na jaane kyon abhee tak
nahin aaya !
bhadaak se peechhe ka daravaaja kholakar shambhoo ka pravesh . haath mein ek badee-
see hathaudee hai. Kameej ke jeb se plaas jhaank raha hai. Paseene se tar-batar haaph
kameez, jisake batan khule hain aur istareeviheen paint jo neeche se do-teen baar mod lee
gaee hai.
Shambhu : soree! Baans lagae bina aana sambhav nahin tha. Anaath bhaiya, tum ek
baar daudakar baajaar chale jao. Ser bhar naariyal kee rassee laakar rakh lo, kal savere
hee jaroorat padegee. Kahaan baithana hai? Anaath ka prasthaan .
Mister Sen : (sahaayata karane ke lie utsuk) organ par shaayad….
Shambhu : organ par ? nitaee mistar sen kee or jvalant drshti se dekhata hai. Phir
lalitavaalee kursee dikhalaata hai.
Nitaee : hathaudee rakho. Shambhoo bagal kee tebul par hathaudee rakhata hai. Redee
?
Shashank : organ bajaanevaala to ek vishvajit hee hai. Par vah na jaane kyon abhee tak-
baahar ke daravaaje par dastak. Nitaee ke bojh ka yah maano antim tinaka tha. Baahar
se aavaaj-baaboojee, teligraam . anu: (uthakar) teligraam ! teligraam kahaan se aaya-
(prasthaan) nitaee : (prompatar se durbal svar mein ) us lain ko chhodakar aage kee lain
lo. Anu : (teligraam liye pravesh) abhee aaee. (bheetar kee or prasthaan . bheetar se
usakee aavaaj sunaee padatee hai) baaboojee, teligraam. Main abhee riharsal mein
hoon, baad mein sun loongee kisaka hai. (daudate hue pravesh)
Nitaee : redee? Baad kee lain se lo .
Dhruvesh : vishvaas maanie, main jaroor organ bajaata basharte ki usakee ek bhee
chaabhee kee jaanakaaree mujhe hotee. Yadi upasthit aur sab log bhee ek hee naav par
savaaree kar rahe hon to main kahoonga- bheetar se ghabarae hue anu ke pita yogeen
baaboo ka pravesh. Haath mein khula teligraam
Yogeen : anu, badee deedee aa rahee hain.
Anu : (ghabaraakar) badee booaajee?
Yogeen : tren saadhe saat baje aa rahee hai. Sava saat baj chuke hain-ab to steshan
jaane ka bhee samay nahin raha. Phir bhee ek taiksee lekar daudata hoon, kismat se
tren let huee to . postophis kam der karata aur tren jyaada der karatee to- (achaanak
kuchh dhyaan aata hai) o, aai em ophulee soree, par baat yah hai ki… shaayad tum logon
ko… tumhaare is thietar ko bhee… anu, too in logon ko samajhaakar batala de, mujhe der
ho rahee hai. (baahar jaane lagate hain) frai f
Mister sen : (uthakar muskaraakar) namaskaar prophesar chaitarjee? Achchhe hain na?
Yogeen : ain? O, namaskaar. (jaate-jaate) achchha hoon… aur aap ? (prasthaan)
Anu : badee booaajee aa rahee hain.
Nitaee : (vipatti ka aabhaas paakar) kya hua? Kya baat hai anu ?
Anu : saadhe saate baje …. Kitane baje hain abhee? Do-teen log : (ek saath) sava saat.
Saat satrah . anu : haavada se yahaan aane mein kitana samay lagega taiksee se? do-
teen log : (ek saath) aadha ghanta. Bees minat. Paintaalees minat. Kya kahate ho? Bees
minat se ek sekand bhee jyaada nahin. Haavada steshan se nikalana, taiksee pakadana,
vah sab ? haavada steshan par aajakal taiksee milana- (ityaadi) shambhoo : aah! (sab
stabdh ho jaate hain) aadha ghanta lagata hai. Kyon? Anu : dekh rahee thee kitana
samay hai haath mein (uttejit hokar bolatee jaatee hai) nitaee da, sab golamaal ho
jaega. Maane badee booaajee ke aane par… aane par kya, aa hee gaeen samajhie….
Teligraaph…saadhe saat baje gaadee pahunchatee hai, keval aadha ghanta samay haath
mein hai. Nitaee da, apana sab kuchh mittee mein mil jaega-
Nitaee : (aur ghabaraakar ) kyon… mittee mein mil jaega! Kya kah rahe to tum? Parason
naatak hai, beech mein keval ek din hai- do-ek aur log bhee yahee kahate hain.
Shambhu : nitaee da! (sab chup hote hain. Shambhoo anu ke saamane jaakar khada
hota hai. Shaant kintu drdh svar mein) anu,
anu: baithoon? Main? Par badee buaajee - ? baitho.
Shambhu : (pahale kee tarah) baitho. (anu baithatee hai) haath mein bahut samay hai.
Aadha ghanta . jaroorat hone par aadhe ghante mein poora stej taiyaar kiya ja sakata
hai…. Tumhaaree badee booaajee aa rahee hain. Ve tumhaara thietar karana pasand
nahin karengee, yahee to?
Anu : keval pasand-
Shambhu : (rokakar) thietar nahin karane dengee yahee kahana chaahatee hai. Na? (anu
sir hilaatee hai) suno, (ruk-rukakar) tumhaare aur misej sen ke na hone se, khaasakar
tumhaare itane utsaah se raajee na hone se ham lopharon ka yah dal (haath se ingit
karata hai. Mistar sen sihar uthate hain) hazaar ichchha hone par bhee thietar nahin kar
sakata tha. Ham sabane milakar halla- gulla kiya hai, stej banaaya hai, tripaal lagaaya
hai, chanda uthaaya hai, adosiyon-padosiyon ko bulaaya hai-kahane ka matalab yah hai
ki sabane aanand paaya hai, pa rahe hain aur doosaron ko bhee dena chaahate hain.
Isamen koee dosh to hai nahin! Aur phir ladake-ladakiyaan ek saath abhinay karake
rasaatal mein nahin pahunch jaate, yah baat nitaee da ne itane dinon ke riharsal mein
pramaanit kar dee hai. Tumhaare baaboojee bhee yah baat jaanate hain. Aapatti karane
kee kaun kahe, ve to ulate baraabar hamen utsaah dilaate rahe hain. Theek ?
Anu : (apekshaakrt shaant svar mein ) haan, par…. Mistar sen : haan, main to roj hee…
(shambhoo ko krodhit drshti se dekhakar) nahin bolie.
Shambhu : tum apanee badee buaajee ko ye saadhaaran-see baaten nahin bata
sakogee?
Anu : par badee booaajee to… anu kee baat par logon ko hansee shaayad aa sakatee
thee par is samay vah sthiti nahin hai.
Shambhu : badee hain to kya hua? Badee hain, isalie jyaada hee samajhengee. Phir
tumhaare baaboojee hain tumhaaree or.
Anu: (ab kareeb-kareeb pooree shaant ho chukee hai) meree baat to sunie… main sab
batalaatee hoon. Baaboojee…baaboojee kee baat aur hain. Par badee buaajee ko
baaboojee ne kuchh nahin bataaya hai… bataane se mahaabhaarat chhid jaata.
Phoophaajee aur baaboojee donon bade gahare dost hain par badee booaajee… maane
vadee booaajee…samajh rahe hain na?
Shambhu : kuchh-kuchh andaaz lag raha hai. Isake pahale kabhee tumhaare baaboojee
ko itana pareshaan nahin dekha.
Nitaee : badee buaajee aanevaalee hain, yah pahale nahin pata tha? Anu : nahin, aur
kaise pata hota? Lakhanoo mein rahatee hain, phoophaajee vahaan vakeel hain. Beech-
beech mein bina khabar die aise tapak padane kee badee buaajee kee aadat hai. Mujhe
lagata hai- (tanik idhar-udhar dekhakar)… lagata hai, maan ke jaane ke baad se is ghar
ka matalab mere sambandh mein- jara jyaada hee daayitv-
Shambhu : hoon.
Anu : par-
Shambhu : par baaboojee samajhate hain. Itanee door tak aage badh jaane ke baad
peechhe lautana kitana mushkil hota hai, yah baaboojee samajhate hain. Phoophaajee
bhee hamaara saath denge.
Anu : jaanatee hoon. Bhale hee usase koee vishesh…par sabase badee museebat hogee
daadaajee ko lekar.
Shambhu : daadaajee ?
anu : haan, mere daadaajee. kaashee mein rahate hain. baaboojee ke vilaayat jaane ke kaaran unhen badee gaharee chot pahunchee thee. puraane vichaaron ke
aadamee hain. baaboojee unhen bekaar takaleeph nahin dete, bahut-kuchh daba jaate hain, unhen batalaate hee nahin. ho sakata hai ki is baar apana maan
bachaane ke lie baaboojee badee buaajee se ulajh jaate par badee booaajee ka antim astr hai daadaajee ko bata dene ka dar dikhaana. bas, yaheen baaboojee dab
jaate hain. vaise, baaboojee khud bhee badee booaajee se

kam nahin darate.

shashaank : meree samajh mein nahin aa raha hai ki ek aadamee-maane ek aurat-maane badee booaajee se...itana darane kee...

(baahar se aavaaj sunaee padatee hai- yogeen ! ... yogeen ! ghar mein ekadam shaanti chha jaatee hai. shashaank ghabaraahat ke maare peela pad jaata hai.)

anu : badee booaajee....jaldee....

(jaldee kya karana hai, is baare mein kuchh spasht na hone par bhee log vyast ho uthate hain. prompatar ek modha hataane jaata hai par saamane hee baahar ka
daravaaja dekhakar modha phenkakar bhaagata hai. usake peechhe dhruvesh jaata hai. keval shambhoo shaant hai. vah naariyal kee rassee sametakar deevaan ke
neeche daal deta hai. usake baad dabe svar mein aish-tre kahakar peechhe ka daravaaja band karane jaata hai. shashaank ab tak kursee idhar-udhar karake
baithane ka intazaam karane ke vyarth kaam mein laga tha, ab kaam milate hee aish-tre haath mein liye baahar ke daravaaze kee or badhata hai-saamane hee
badee booaajee se muthabhed ho jaatee hai. jhat-se aish-tre apane peechhe chhipaakar peechhe hatata hai. do sekand baad booaajee pravesh karatee hain aur
daravaaje ke paas hee thamakar ruk jaatee hain. ek baar kamare mein upasthit logon par apanee sarchalait-see drshti daalatee hain. drshti jaakar sthit hotee hai
anu ke oopar. booaajee ke pravesh ke ruaab mein sab aise abhibhoot ho gae the ki unake peechhe haath mein sootakes liye phoophaajee ke pravesh par kisee ka
dhyaan hee nahin gaya.)

booa : yah rahee anu . mujhe lag raha tha kaheen galat makaan mein to nahin ghus aaee hoon. yogeen kahaan hai? lene gae

anu : (pranaam karake) baaboojee? baaboojee aap logon ko

booa : achchha? kahaan? siyaaladaah?

anu : nahin baaboojee to-teligraam-bole saadhe saat baje gaadee aatee hai-

booa : gaadee das minat pahale aa sakatee hai, yah dhyaan mein na aaya

hoga. yogeen vaisa ka vaisa hee raha. khair chhodo, ye log

kaun hain ?

(sab log tanik vichalit hote hain.)

anu : ye log... matalab ye hain nitaee da... nityaanand mukharjee...

nitaee : namaskaar .

booa : (anu se) rahane de, rahane de. vilaayatee tareeke se introdyoos karavaane kee jaroorat nahin hai. jaroorat hone par main khud hee parichay kar loongee.
jaanana chaahatee thee ki ye log adosee- padosee hain ya-

anu : ye log yaheen phlait mein-

booa : yaheen phlait mein?

anu : (ghabaraakar) nahin-nahin, matalab is menshan mein... in sab phlaiton...maane alag-alag phlaiton mein... bahut-se phlait hain. booa : samajh gaee. par ye
log yahaan...?

phoopha : suno, tum-

(buaajee uttar nahin deteen, keval haath ke ingit se param guru ko bolane se rokatee hain.)

nitaee : ham log yahaan...maane..

anu : (bahut ghabaraakar) in sab logon ko baaboojee ne chaay par bulaaya hai.

booa : logon ko bulaakar khud ghoomane chala gaya?

anu : aap logon ko lene-

booa : ham logon ko lene? kyon, hamen makaan ka pata nahin maaloom tha? aur lagata hai tum par in logon kee khaatiradaaree ka bhaar daal gaya hai? (anu
dheere-se sir hilaakar haan karatee hai)

hoon... to chaay-paanee ho gaya?

anu : haan...nahin... matalab ... baaboojee-

shambhoo : nahin... nahin... chaay hataie. ham log baad mein chaachaajee se

mulaakaat kar lenge.

booa : (shambhoo ko aur nimantran ke lie sarvatha anupayukt usakee veshabhoosha ko dekhakar) baitho !

shambhoo main-

booa : baitho ! (shambhoo hataash hokar baith jaata hai) yogeen ne tum logon ko bulaaya hai. usake aane par usase vida lekar tum log jaana. sab log baith jao.

(sab log baith jaate hain. keval shashaank haath mein aish- tre hone ke kaaran baithane mein hichakichaata hai.)

tum bhee baitho.

(shashaank jaldee se baith jaata hai-aish-tre par hee.)

anu, tum jao, jaakar chaay banao.

(anu ka prasthaan .)

phoopha : tum bhee jao na bheetar... train kee thakaan hai... tab tak main in logon se-

booa : tum ruko to.

(phoophaajee rukate hain.)

vahaan baitho !

phoophaajee baith jaate hain.

tumhaara naam ?

shashaank : jee shashaank...nahin-nahin, shashaank nahin, kishor . booa : koee ek naam chun lene ka samay tumhen nahin mila?

shashaank : nahin... maane...shashaank shekhar mera... mera pukaarane ka naam

hai.
booa : pukaarane ka naam jab itana lamba-chauda hai tab achchha naam

kitana bada hoga, kaun jaane !

shashaank : jee, achchha naam hai kishor datt, nambar chaar . booa : nambar chaar? matalab? yahaan kitane kishor datt hain.

shashaank : zyaada nahin. vaise yahaan to main akela hee hoon. ek kishor ghosh

hain, dee blok mein- booa

: tab phir tum nambar chaar kaise hue?

shashaank: main nambar chaar nahin, mera phlait nambar chaar hai. main see blok mein chaar nambar phlait mein rahata hoon.

booa : see blok ?

shashaank: haan, see blok. udhar (yoon hee ek or haath se dikha deta hai) teen talle par. seedhee ke daahinee or hai.

booa : achchha... (raajeev se) tumhaara naam? pata bataane kee jaroorat
nahin hai, hogee to poochh loongee. raajeev : jee... main...ra... pratul kar .

booa : raapratul ?

raajeev : jee nahin, keval pratul .

booa : keval pratul ?

raajeev : haan, ra nahin?

booa : a... mainne socha aajakal shree ke badale ra ka chalan ho gaya. kya ? (shambhoo ko dekhakar) tumhaara?

(shambhoo hansate hue jaakar buaajee ka charan sparsh karata hain, maano dulaara bhaanja mausee ke ghar aaya ho.)

shambhoo : shambhoonaath bandyopaadhyaay (phoophaajee ko pranaam karake) tren mein takaleeph to nahin huee? itanee door kee yaatra... lakhanoo se...

booa : (pahale chaukatee hain phir naaraaj hokar) tum...tum lakhanoo-

shambhoo : (pahale kee tarah) jee haan, lakhanoo. vah kya yahaan hai? phir taiksee mein aana....maare dhachakolon ke... teligraam theek samay se milata to
main bhee chaachaajee ke saath steshan jaata. booa : (aur naaraaj hokar) kyon?
shambhoo : vaah, jaata nahin? itane dinon baad itanee door se aap log aae hain. steshan par koee na mile to bahut kharaab lagata hai. main jaanata hoon. par
main kahata hoon, badee booaajee, teligraam thoda aur samay rahate deteen to-

booa: badee booaajee? (ekadam bipharakar) teree itanee himmat... (sab log ghabara jaate hain. shoragul hone lagata hai. phoophaajee ka durbal virodh suna hee
nahin jaata. mistar sen aur banaanee bahut der se ek-ek inch sarakakar daravaaje ke paas pahunch gae the. booaajee kee antim hunkaar se darakar ekadam baahar
nikal jaate hain. praayah sabhee kursee chhodakar khade ho jaate hain. nitaee maano shambhoo kee raksha ke lie do kadam aage badhata hai. shashaank khada
hota hai par aish-tre kee yaad aate hee turant baith jaata hai. keval shambhoo shaant aur hansamukh bana hai.)

shambhoo : jee...shuroo mein sab gurujan log mujhase isee tarah baat karate hain. hamaare gaanv ke ek maastarajee the. klaas mein aate hee pahale mujhe do
bent jamaate, phir padhaana shuroo karate. baad mein unheen maastar jee ke ghar baraabar mauke-be-mauke nimantran hota mera- booa : (cheekhakar) tum....

shambhoo :jee haan, main unakee maan ko jalaaya tha na mainne, iseelie.

(booaajee bol nahin paateen, aur sab taajjub mein pad jaate hain. shambhoo apanee baat ko spasht karane kee koshish karata hai.)

maane, unake marane par main ghaat gaya tha. vah din bada kharaab tha, koee aadamee hee nahin mil raha tha-dekhie na, main apanee hee baat karane mein lag
gaya. aap tab se khadee hain, baithiega nahin booaajee?

(shambhoo do kadam aage badhata hai, maano haath pakadakar baitha dega. avashy hee toophaan uth khada hota hai, par yogeen ke pravesh se ruk gaya.)

yogeen : yah raheen badee deedee. aa gaeen tum?

(shoombhoo kuchh niraash hokar peechhe hatata hai. phoophaajee ko aisa laga maano doobate ko tinaka mila hai)

phoopha : (bade utsaah se) kaho bhaee yogeen, kya khabar hai? kaise ho? ham log steshan par tumhaare lie gaadee mein aaj ek aisee baat huee-patana ke baad
se-

(booaajee donon ke beech aakar khadee ho jaatee hain, phalasvaroop phoophaajee kee aavaaj dheere-dheere kam hote- hote ekadam ruk jaatee hai.)

booa : yogeen, tumane in logon ko nyota diya tha to- yogeen : nyota diya tha? mainne? nahin to !

sab log koee raasta nahin dekh paate. yogeen sthiti

ko samhaalate hain.

o...haan, haan...nyota diya tha, dopahar ke khaane ka.

(sab log aur niraash ho jaate hain.)

booa : dopahar ke khaane ka nyota? par anu ne to kaha ki chaay par bulaaya hai.

phoopha : anu ne kaha ki chaay par bulaaya hai? anu ne kaha hai?
(drdh svar mein) bilakul galat, anu bhool gaee hogee.

booa : bhool gaee hogee? dopahar mein tumhaara kolej nahin tha?

yogeen tha kyon nahin?

booa tab phir dopahar ke lie nyota kaise diya tha?

yogeen : so to hai. tab phir main hee bhool gaya hooonga .

(chaay liye anu ka pravesh .)

anu : badee booaajee, chaay. baaboojee, aap itana jaldee laut bhee

aae?

yogeen : taiksee milee nahin khade-khade ant mein haarakar-

(is beech chaay kee tre lekar shambhoo sabako deta hai. sabase pahale booaajee ko. gussa aur chavaas kee ladaee mein jeet chavaas kee hotee hai, booaajee
chaay le letee hain. phir phoophaajee, yogeen, anu vagairah sab lete hain. kuchh der chaay-paan ke kaaran neeravata rahatee hai.)

shambhoo (chaay kee chuskee lekar khush hokar) aah!

booaajee gusse se dekhatee hain.

chaay kee jaroorat thee na booaajee?

yogeen : (jaldee se) tab badee deedee, is baar kuchh din rahogee to ? booa : (shambhoo kee or se najar ghumae bina) socha tha ki ek saptaah se jyaada na
rahoongee, par lagata hai aur rahana padega. tumhaaree ghar-grhasthee kee jo haalat dekh rahee hoon, use saat din mein raaste par laana sambhav na hoga.
usamen se teen din to konnagar mein hee nikal jaenge.

yogeen aur

anu: (aasha se) konnagar mein?

phoopha : madhu da ne jab se makaan banavaaya hai tabhee se aane ko kah rahe hain, par jaana hee nahin hua. isalie soch raha hoon, kal subah chala jaoon,
shani-ravi vaheen bita aaoon .

(aanand kee dabee huee abhivyakti. durvrtt ko

khaansee aa jaatee hai, nitaee bade maje se sigaret ka

paiket nikaalakar phir jhat se jeb mein rakh leta hai, anu kee aankhen phail jaatee hain. keval shambhoo shaant rahata hai.)

shambhoo : o ho ! mainne socha tha-khair hataie! par lautakar ek din

aapako hamaare yahaan bhojan karana padega. bhaabhee bahut khush

hongee.

(booa ko kuchh sandeh hua tha. par shambhoo kee baaton se vah sandeh door ho gaya.)

booa : haan-haan.

yogeen : (jaldee se ) haan-haan, ghoom aao, mil-bhent aao. konnagar jagah achchhee hai. aab-hava pharst klaas madhu da ne bahut bada bageecha lagaaya hai.

nitaee : e... to ham log ab chalen sar, kaaphee raat ho gaee hai.

(sab jaldee se uth padate hain. vida-grahan ka ek samavet gunjan sunaee padata hai. yahaan se mukti paane kee hadabadee mein shashaank aish-tre kee baat
bhool jaata hai, atah vah kursee par hee padee rah jaatee hai. any sab baahar nikalane kee jaldee mein rahate hain kintu shambhoo bade hee shaant bhaav se
khada rahata hai.)
shambhoo : ab aaj chaloon booaajee! kabhee koee jaroorat pade to bulava leejiega. ek talle par, theek isake ooparavaala flatt ham logon ka hai. seedhee ke paas
khadee hokar shambhoo pukaarane se turant... (bua ke kuchh kahane ke pahale hee) phoophaajee, chaloon. baat pakkee rahee, konnagar se lautakar aane ke baad
ek din-

(prasthaan )

booa anu, baahar ka daravaaja band karake aa .

(anu ka prasthaan . tanik der baad vah aakar ek kone mein khadee ho jaatee hai.)

yogeen, suno. tumase bahut-see baaten khulaasa karanee hain. abhee sab baaten nahin ho paengee, hamen abhee nikalana hai. yogeen : nikalana hai? kyon?

booa : madhu baaboo kee manjhalee ladakee ke byaah mein nahin aa sakee thee,

par kal koee cheej saath mein le jaanee hogee. yogeen : to jao, ho aao. baaten baad mein aaraam se hongee-jaldee kya hai !

booa : aaraam se kahane ko bhee bahut-see baaten hain. usake pahale ek chhotee-see baat kah doon. anu ab badee ho gaee hai. ghar mein in lopharon ko jutaakar
ho-halla karane kee akl tumhen kisane dee?

yogeen : lophar kyon? vaah, ve sab bhale ladake hain. sab yaheen rahate hain, aas-paas ke phlaiton mein- booa : yahaan rahane se hee sab bhale ho gae? kyon,
yah koee dev-sthaan
hai kya? meree akl to ghaas charane gaee nahin hai. chhote munh badee baat karanevaala vah chaaloo chhokara- yogeen kisakee baat kar rahee ho badee
deedee?

booa : tumhen aankhen hoteen to dikh jaata ki kisakee baaten kar rahee hoon. jaise gande kapade, vaisa hee abhadr vyavahaar-mujhase naata jod liya- booaajee .

yogeen : shambhoo kee baat kar rahee ho, deedee? are, vah yaadavapur ka mekainikal injeeniyar hai. bada achchha ladaka hai. samay- asamay bahut kaam aata
hai.

booa tab phir baat hee kya hai. kaam aata hai. kaun kis malatab se kya karata hai, yah samajh mein aata to pachees saal se kolej mein maastaree hee karate
rahate? sab-ke-sab ek hee thailee ke chatte-batte hain, apana naam tak theek se na bata sake.

yogeen : tum bhool kar rahee ho badee deedee! ye sab bhale gharon ke ladake hain. padhe-likhe hain, kaam-kaaj karate hain. nitaee ko hee lo-

booa : nitaee kaun?

anu nitaee da, jo yahaan par baithe the.

booa : too chup kar to badon ke beech mein bolane kee jaroorat nahin hai. (anu chup ho jaatee hai) bhale hain...kaun kitana bhala hai, sab mujhe maaloom hai.

yogeen : nitaee mera puraana chhaatr hai. buddhimaan ladaka hai, sekand klaas onars mila tha. ham logon ko ummeed thee ki pharst klaas milega par bas, thietar
ke nashe ne use chaupat kar diya.
anu: (saavadhaan karatee huee) baaboojee!

booa : thietar ke nashe ne? iseelie to kah rahee thee. main aadamiyon ko khoob pahachaanatee hoon. thietar na karata phirata to kya-

yogeen : (bhool sudhaarate hue) nahin-nahin, pahale karata tha, ab chhod diya hai. jab kolej mein tha tab- booa : ab nahin karata, so tumhen kya pata? karata
bhee hoga to kya

tumhen tum prophesar thahare aakar batalaega?

phoopha : suno, der karane se, dukaanen sab band ho jaengee- booa : are, to tum baahar nikalakar taiksee to roko, yahaan haath par haath dhare baithe ho !
(phoophaajee ka drut prasthaan) yadi baaboojee ke kaanon tak yahaan ka haal pahuncha to unakee kya haalat hogee? socha hai?

yogeen : (durbal svar mein) baaboojee tak? kyon ve log ..... ve........

anu : badee booaajee, haath-munh dhoiega kya? booa : nahin, aakar dhooongee, abhee samay nahin hai. too yah chaabee lekar sootakes khol, rupe nikaalane
honge. ftai

yogeen : (jaldee se) sootakes bheetar le jaakar ek saath hee-

(sootakes liye bheetar prasthaan )

booa : peechhe ke hisse mein ek baig hai, nikaalakar le aa anu . tanik saans le loon. kal se daud-dhoop phir yahaan aakar yah kaand.

(anu ka prasthaan . booa baithatee hain par durbhaagy se aish-

tre par. uchhalakar khadee hotee hain.)

he bhagavaan! (aish-tre uthaakar) hoon! bhale ghar ke ladake! baithe- baithe beedee phoonk rahe the. vah bhee maastarajee ke ghar mein (hathaudee par najar
padatee hai, use uthaakar sab-ke-sab ek nambar ke uthaeegeere...

(haath mein hathaudee liye booa ek vishesh mudra mein khadee hotee hain. theek usee samay peechhe ka daravaaja kholakar anaath ka pravesh. haath mein
naariyal kee rassee. booa chaankakar peechhe hatatee hain.)

(anaath bhee utana hee chaankakar ghoomata hai.)

kaun?

e, khabaradaar ! khade raho !

(anaath ka ek pair baahar, ek pair bheetar hai.)

bheetar aao!

(anaath ka pravesh.)
anaath : jee, mera naam anaath hai, anaathabandhu chakravartee.

booa : baraamade mein kya kar rahe the?

anaath : baraamade mein kuchh nahin kar raha tha. shambhoo ne baajaar se naariyal kee rassee laane ko kaha tha, vahee lekar aaya hoon.

booa : shambhoo?... o, achchha vahee chhokara ! to yahaan kyon? yah kya shambhoo ka ghar hai?

anaath : sab cheejen yaheen rakhee gaee hain na, iseelie. dekhie na-are, aur rassee kahaan gaee?

booa : shambhoo ne kya yahaan rassee kee dukaan khol rakhee hai?

anaath : dukaan nahin. stej ke lie- booa : stej ke lie? rassee ?

anaath : jee haan. stej aur pandaal ke lie. yaheen rakhane se suvidha rahatee hai.

booa : stej ke lie? kis cheej ke stej ke lie?

anaath : (tanik aashvast hokar) thietar ke lie. aapako nahin maaloom? shreemaapukur menshan naaty sangh kee pratham bhent-kaal baisaakhee. vah raha stej.
(baraamade ka daravaaja kholakar stej dikhalaata hai) kal seedhee taiyaar hogee.

booa : seedhee!
anaath : us baraamade se hokar hee to greenaroom mein jaane ka raasta hai. abhee ham log reling phaandakar aa-ja rahe hain par thietar ke din to vaisa karana
sambhav nahin hoga. vahaan seedhee ban jaegee.

booa : hoon.

anaath : jee haan .

booa : thietar ? thi-e-ta-ra. kaun kar raha hai thietar?

anaath: jee, ham sab hee mein naukar ka paart kar raha hoon, nitaee da daayarektar hain, shambhoo stej mainejar-

booa : nitaee. shambhoo !

anaath : jee haan pratulakar heero aur gagan vilen.

booa : (dheere-dheere aavaaj rukatee ja rahee hai) vilen.

anaath : haan, gagan bada achchha vilen hai. aisee aankhen dikhaata hai ki bas aur ek-ek hansee, poochhie mat.

bua : kab hai thietar ?

anaath : parason, shanivaar ko kyon aapane riharsal nahin dekha ? yahaan to ho raha tha. sab gae kahaan? mainne to socha tha, sab yaheen milenge.

ANU KA PRAVESH.

Anu: yah leejie badee booaajee- (anaathe ko rassee liye bade dekhakar anu ko jaise kaath maar gaya ho)

Anaath : are mis chaitarjee, aur log sab kahaan gae? riharsal band ho gaya kya?
Anu: (bahut ghabaraakar) ain, riharsal ? kaisa riharsal ?

booa : (atyant shaant svar mein maano vajr maar gaya ho) rahane de anu, bahut hua? (anaath se) haan, thietar ka riharsal band ho gaya hai. sab log ghar gae. tum
bhee jao.

anaath : o! (jaate-jaate lautakar) kal kitane baje hoga?

booa : kal nahin hoga, aage bhee kabhee nahin hoga. kam-se-kam yahaan to nahin hee hoga.

anaath : lekin (anu booa ke peechhe khadee ishaara kar rahee hai, yah dekhakar) o-main-

ANAATH SAVEG BAAHAR CHALA JAATA HAI.

yogeen : badee deedee-

booa : (ekadam gambheer hokar) yogeen. itanee umar huee, phir bhee apanee ladakee ke sur mein sur milaakar jhooth bolate tumhen sharm nahin aatee. ab ek
baat sach-sach batao to tumane is kamare mein thietar ka adda jama rakha hai?

YOGEEN ASAHAAY- BHAAV SE ANU KEE OR DEKHATE HAIN PAR KOEE SAHAARA NAHIN MILATA.

batalao

yogeen : ve log-kaee din se-

booa : vah sab band karana hoga.

yogeen : un logon ka parason naatak hai. stej banaaya hai, logon ko nyota diya hai.

booa : un logon ko apana thietar karane do. usase hamen koee lena- dena nahin, bas, yahaan thietar-phietar nahin chalega. aaj to ghar mein riharsal hota hai
tumhaaree ladakee dekharekh karatee hai, un uchakkon ke saath uthatee baithatee hai-kaun jaane kisee din yah sunane ko mile ki anu khud hiroin banakar stej
par utar gaee hai.

YOGEEN AUR ANU DONON CHAUNK PADATE HAIN. BAAT SAMAJHANE MEIN KUCHH SAMAY LAGATA HAI. PHIR JO BHAAV MAN MEIN
AAYA VAH BHAY KA THA YA AASHVAASAN KA, KAHANA KATHIN HAI. SHAAYAD DONON HEE.

yogeen : nahin.. nahin stej par nahin.. a haan

PHOOPHA KA PRAVESH. HAATH MEIN JALATA HUA CHURUT .

phoopha : taiksee aa gaee.

booa : chalo. dekho, mainne kah diya. ve naachate hain to naachane do, par yahaan nahin! abhee samay nahin hai, lautakar aane par aur jo kahana hai,
kahoongee (jaate-jaate rukakar) tumane phir churut le lee? aaj ke kote kee do ho chukee hain na?

PHOOPHAAJEE KA PUST BUJHAATE- BUJHAATE AUR BUAAJEE KA BAKATE VAKATE PRASTHAAN . UGE-SE YOGEEN AARAAMAKURSEE
PAR BAITHANE JAAKAR UCHHAL PADATE HAIN. BOOA VAHAAN HATHAUDEE RAKH GAEE THEEN.

anu : badee buaajee ko mere baare mein nahin pata chala hai.
yogeen : hai.

anu : pata chalane par kya hoga ?

yogeen : hoon. anu ab kya hoga baaboojee ?

yogeen : oon ?... hoon.

SAHASA BOOA KA PUNAH PRAVESH.

booa : aur ek baat kahane aaee. kal anu hamaare saath konnagar jaegee, anu, saath mein jo saamaan lena ho, aaj raat mein hee theek kar lena .

BOOA KA PRASTHAAN . ANU AUR YOGEEN DONON KURSEE PAR PAD JAATE HAIN. BARAAMADE KE DARAVAAJE PAR KHATAPAT .

anu : (chaankakar) kaun?

ANAATH KA PRAVESH. HAATH MEIN RASSEE .

anaath : galatee se rassee liye chala gaya tha.

anu : (gusse se) bahut achchha kiya tha.

pichhalee baar yahaan aakar apane ghar gae hote to naav na doobatee !

anaath : (ghabaraakar) main...to.... na

anu : achchha, aae so aae, par badee booaajee se thietar kee baaten kie bina pet ka paanee nahin pach raha tha !

yogeen : use bura-bhala kahane se kya laabh? us bechaare ko kya pata .

anu : (kuchh shaant hokar) khair, jo hua so hua ! aap jaakar jhatapat nitaee da aur shambhoo da ko yahaan bhej deejie- kahiega, jarooree kaam hai.

anaath : shambhoo stej par parda-

anu : (phir gussa hokar) parda jae choolhe mein abhee jo kah rahee hoon, so keejie. (anaath lautata hai) haan kahiega ki badee buaajee ghar par nahin hain,
samajhe?

anaath: main abhee bula laata hoon.

anu : laane kee jaroorat nahin hai, keval bhej deejiega. aapake aane kee jaroorat nhi hai

anaath : rassee

(anu haath se rassee chheenakar ek kone mein phenk detee hai. anaath aur rukata nahin).

anu : sab chaupat ho gaya keval ek... ek isake kaaran thietar kee baaten karane ke lie aur koee nahin mila tha.

(anu uttejit hokar paayachaaree karane lagatee hai. yogeen donon poketon mein sigaret khojate hain par paate nahin).

yogeen : sigaret ka paiket kahaan rakh diya?

(baraamade ke daravaaje se shambhoo ka pravesh).

shambhoo : kya baat hai? vooaajee kahaan hai? konnagar gaee kya?

anu : nahin, kal jaengee konnagar. aur mujhe bhee jaana hoga unake saath.

shambhoo : tumhen?
anu : haan mujhe. nitaee da kahaan hain?

shambhoo : anaath bulaane gaya hai, abhee aa jaate hain. par-

yogeen : shambhoo, tumhaare paas sigaret hai?

shambhoo : (hansakar) jee nahin, main to sigaret peeta nahin. nitaee da aa rahe hain; unake paas ho sakatee hai. (anu se) kintu tumhaare konnagar jaane se kaise
chalega?

anu: kaise chalega, yah main kya jaanoon? main kya apanee marjee se mauj maarane ja rahe hoon? (nitaee ka pravesh) yah rahe nitaee da sab gud-gobar ho
gaya.

Nitai : kyon, kya hua? buaajee konnagar nahin jaengee?

anu : buaajee aur mujhe bhee saath mein baandh le jaengee. aapake laadale anaathachandr rassee rakhane aakar badee yooaajee ko khoob prem se thietar kee
saaree baaten bata gae .

nitaee : he bhagavaan!

yogeen : nitaee, tumhaare paas sigaret hai? •

shambhoo : o ho baaboojee, is samay sigaret ke bina nahin chal sakata?

anu : chal sakata hai yadi braandee mil jaay to .

nitaee : (sigaret dete hue) yah rahee sigaret. anaath kamabakht sab- kuchh bata gaya!

shambhoo : anaath ke sambandh mein meree dhaarana badal rahee hai. meree himmat to na padatee ki booaajee se thietar kee baaten karata.

anu : himmat nahin kya! ganeemat samajhie ki mere thietar karane kee baat booaajee se nahin kee. karate to kya hota ?- kya hota. jo hona tha so to ho gaya.
mujhe yadi konnagar jaana hee pada to-

shambhoo : tum stej par utar rahee ho, yah booaajee ko nahin pata chala hai?

anu : nahin. basharte ki is beech anaathachandr ne booaajee ko raaste mein rokakar yah shubh soochana na de daalee ho. par usase laabh ?

shambhoo : laabh hai. tumhen konnagar nahin jaana hoga.

anu : kyon? jaana kyon nahin hoga?

Shambhoo : nahin, tum nahin jaogee. tumhaare pet mein dard hoga bheeshan dard. • tum bistar se uth bhee na sakogee.

anu : to phir badee buaajee bhee nahin jaengee.

shambhoo : jaengee. tum stej par utar rahee ho, yah khabar yadi unhen ab tak nahin hai to kal bhee unhen sandeh nahin hoga. anaath ne kya-kya batalaaya hai? is
kamare mein riharsal hota hai, bataaya hai?

anu: bataaya hai.

shambhoo : greenaroom kee baat

anu : pata nahin.

shambhoo: khair chhodo, vah sab anaath se poochhane se pata chal jaega, suno, badee buaajee se kah do (yogeen ko dekhakar) chaachaajee ke kahane se
achchha hoga ki yahaan riseel, greenaroom sab band kar diya jaega. jhapajhat mat kah deejiega dheere-dheere karake ek-ek baat ke lie raajee hoiega jisase
buaajee ko lage ki unake kahane se ant mein baadhy hokar aisa kar rahe hain. chaachaajee, kuchh khayaal mat keejiega. is samay isake siva aur koee upaay
nahin hai.

yogeen : theek hai, theek hai. meree or se nishchint raho. jeevan mein bahut jhooth bola hoon. is jhooth se narakakund kee aag aur tej thode ho jaegee. yahee
chinta hai ki itana jhooth bolakar bhee jhooth bolane kee kala mein paarangat nahin ho paaya hoon. kaheen sab golamaal na kar doon. (shambhoo jhat se
jhukakar yogeen kee charan-dhooli leta hai) yah kya?

shambhoo : (hansakar) kuchh nahin. soch raha hoon agar mere skool ke maastar jee log aapake jaise hote to bent kee maar se chamadee jaatee. na udhad jati.

nitaee : phaalatoo kee baat chhodakar kaam kee baat kar.

shambhoo : tumhen kya nitaee da ? mere jaisa stej mainejar aur chaachaajee jaise prophesar mile hain-bas, aaraam se moonchh par taav die , daayarektar bane
hukum chala rahe ho.

anu : (tanik kshubdh hokar) aisa kahane ka koee tuk hai shambhoo da? nitaee da ek maheene se thietar ko lekar kam khat rahe hain?

shambhoo : (jor se hans padata hai, phir hansee ko rokakar galatee ho gaee.

nitaee da to pakke daayarektar hain. bas, ek mujhe hee kisee laayak nahin bana pae.

nitaee : (naaraaj hokar) too man lagaakar to riharsal karata nahin, hathaudee haath mein liye dauda-dauda aaega, do vaaky kisee tarah bolakar phir bhaag jaega,
aise kaheen ekting hotee hai?

shambhoo : kya karoon, bolo? naam hai stej mainejar, par kaam-stej banaana, tirapaal lagaana aur booaajee ko samhaalana. itane sabake oopar paart karana.
kyon, tumane to iseelie paart nahin liya na ki daayarekshan dene mein asuvidha hogee. mere samay yah subuddhi nahin aaee?

nitaee : chaar lain ka to paart-

shambhoo : chaar lain hee sahee. adhakachara kaam mujhe achchha nahin lagata.

Anu : aap log jhagadate rahiyega yah kam ki baat bhi kijiega
Shambhoo : (banaavatee dukh se jaane deejie nitaee da saare sansaar ko aapane apana bhakt bana rakha hai. main akela kya kar sakata. hoon bhala? oopar se
kaheen hiroin ne naaraaj hokar kah diya ki main paart nahin karoongee, to itane shauk se banaaya mera stej aur pandaal, sab vyarth jaega. khair chhodie ! kaam
kee baat aur kuchh nahin hai jo thee so kah dee. aaj raat se hee karaahana shuroo kar do.

anu : aur vadee booaajee yadi na gaeen to ?

shambhoo : na gaee to bhee kam-se-kam tumhaara jaana to ruk jaega. phir aur kuchh nae sire se socha jaega.

Nitai: aaj ka riharsal jahannum mein gaya. beech mein keval ek din baakee hai. •

shambhoo : to kya hua? kal to sabane chhuttee le rakhee hai. aaraam se ragadakar riharsal karavao na.

nitaee : chhuttee lee hai, kya isee se do din ka kaam ek din mein ho

jaega! vah bhee antim din !

(munna aur munnee ka naachate-naachate pravesh).

munna : chaachaajee, maan khaane ko bula rahee hain, jaldee chalie.

shambhoo : kah do dhakakar rakh den. abhee mera bahut kaam pada hai. aur bhaabhee se bol do, ve kha len.

munnee : maan ne kaha ki deree keejiega to bhaat mein paanee daal dengee.

shambhoo : (hansakar) ja kah de ki dher saara paanee daal den. main bheemasen jaisee bhookh liye pahunchoonga aur sun ! kah dena ki yadi aaj aakar dekha ki
ve bina khae baithee hain to...to.... kya karoonga, bata?

munna : naak kaat leejiega.

munnee : dhat buddh naak kaatakar, kaan kaatakar gadhe par chadhaenge.

shambhoo: theek kaha ja jaakar bol de. aur haan, bolakar turant bhaag jaana.

munna : nitaee chaachaajee, aap log thietar nahin kar rahe hain?

nitaee: ai... nahin, kal karenge.

munnee: aaj kyon nahin kar rahe hain chaachaajee ?

nitaee : aaj bahut gadabad ho gaya... kal karenge.

shambhoo : achchha, ab bhaago to.

(donon ka naachate-naachate prasthaan. bahut der baad museebat kee baat bhoolakar sab log jee kholakar hans padate hain. kintu tanik der ke lie hee. achaanak
baraamade ke daravaaje ke beech se anaath ka sir jhaankata hai)

anaath : (dabe svar mein) boo... aa... jee.

(sir gaayab ho jaata hai. kamare mein halachal mach jaatee hai. nitaee bhaagana chaahata hai).

anu: booaajee! isee beech !

shambhoo : pakka raha. booaajee ke ravaana hote hee khabar dena.

yogeen : nitaee, ek sigaret dete jao.

(nitaee baraamade ke daravaaje ke paas break lagaakar hota hai. poket se jaldee se paiket nikaalakar phenk deta hai).

nitaee : paiket aap rakhie sar .

(antardhaan. peechhe-peechhe shambhoo) .

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shambhoo : jaldee... baraamade mein !

donon ka baraamade mein prasthaan . phoophaajee darate-darate pravesh karate hai. idhar-
udhar dekhakar ek churut nikaalakar munh se lagaate hain-anu ka pravesh, peechhe shambhoo .

anu : o ! aap !

churut gir jaata hai. phoophaajee uchhalakar khade hote hain.

phoopha : o ! too .

anu: aap yahaan kya kar rahe hain?

phoopha : (churut jalaakar pahala dhuaan chhodakar) churut pee raha hoon. apanee booaajee ko
mat batalaana .

anu : (hansate hue) achchha.

shambhoo : haan, to jaldee se batalao .

anu sab theek hai. nitaee da se kah deejie ki jaisee baat thee, dopahar mein riharsal hoga.
phoophaajee, aap log kab tak baahar ja rahe hain?

phoopha : main kaise batalaoon? teree booaajee jaanatee hain. jahaan tak mujhe pata hai ab tak
to ravaana ho jaane kee baat thee. anu: ravivaar ke pahale to nahin lautiega na?
phoopha : nahin-nahin, too dar mat. madhu da aane denge tab na! phir ek maheena pahale hee
unakee majhalee ladakee ka vivaah hua hai. use die gae gahane ka bakhaan, kapadon ka lekha-
jokha, jamaiyon kee vidaee - itanee saaree baaten kya bhaabhee do din mein hee bata paengee !

shambhoo : tum jao, jaakar let jao. dekho, kinaare lagate-lagate kaheen bharee naav na doob jae!
phoopha : haan-haan, too ja bheetar.

anu: (shambhoo se) aap bhee jaie.

anu bheetar jaatee hai, shambhoo baahar baraamade ke raaste .

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phoophaajee jor-jor se churut taanate hain. yogeen ka pravesh .

yogeen : tum yahaan ?

phoopha : (ekadam se chaunk jaate hain par yogeen ko dekhakar) tumhaare yahaan sabhee log
ekadam se aisa aa jaate hain ki-

yogeen : (baithate-baithate) main bhee yahee baat soch raha tha. ladakee thietar karegee aur
jaan meree museebat mein. tumhen bhee aane ke lie aur koee doosara samay nahin mila. itane
dinon baad tum aae, nishchint hokar baithakar do-chaar baajee shataranj kee jamaate, so nahin,
ulate main is koshish mein laga hoon ki kaise tum jaldee se jaldee ghar se baahar jao.

phoopha : aphasos mat karo yogeen. ham logon ka samay gaya. ab

jinaka samay hai, unaka adhikaar adhik mahattvapoorn hai. yogeen : usamen mujhe koee aapatti
nahin thee, basharte ki main un sabase tatasth rah sakata. ve log aate hain, ho-halla karate hain,
ladakee khush rahatee hai aur main bhee maje mein hee rahata hoon.
phoopha : haan, so kyon nahin! tum to maje mein rahate ho par apanee ladakee ko lekar tum
jitanee chinta karate ho, usakee das gunee chinta karanee padatee hai mujhe.

yogeen : kyon, tumhen to ladakee hai nahin?

phoopha : hotee to bhala hota! tumhaaree badee deedee use lekar vyast rahateen, aur main
aaraam se baithakar churut ke do kash le paata. usake badale tumhaaree ladakee ka byaah kyon
nahin ho raha hai, is phikr mein meree chaand ganjee huee ja rahee hai.

yogeen : (hansakar) chaand to tumhaaree anu ke janm ke pahale se hee ganjee hai.

phoopha : ab badh gaee hai. aur aage aur badhegee. tumhaaree badee deedee is baar ailaan
karake aaee hain ki anu ka byaah pakka karake hee kalakatta se jaengee. is beech meree
lakhanoo kee praiktis jahannum mein jae to jae!
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yogeen : nahin, so nahin par anu ke byaah kee baat to kabhee sochee nahin na, isalie. kolej mein
padhatee hai, hansatee-khelatee hai, ghar- grhasthee samhaalatee hai, sab maje mein to chal
raha hai. phoopha aise hee chalate-chalate apane-aap vyaah bhee ho jaega, aisa

sochate ho? yogeen pata nahin, is baare mein kabhee gaur hee nahin kiya. anu yadi usamen
khush hogee to maan loonga ki achchha hee hua.

phoopha tumhen ek baat bataoon, suno- booa (bheetar se) kahaan gae tum phir ?

phoophaajee bijalee kee gati se churut phenkakar pair ke neeche

daba lete hain. booa ka pravesh .

phoopha kyon bhaee, ab aur kitanee der hai? chalo. ham logon ke 8 pahunchane par vahaan
khaana-peena hoga.

booa to tumhen koee jaldee hai, aisa to lagata nahin. aaraam se baithe- baithe churut phoonk
rahe ho aur gappen maar rahe ho.

phoopha : (hakalaate hue) chu...churut? kahaan churut? kaisa churut ?

kaun chust ? booa : tum... churut . gaushaala mein dhoona dene jaisee haalat ho rahee hai aur
aap kah rahe hain- kaun churut ! aaj shaam ka tumhaara churut band .

phoopha : (kaatar svar mein) keval aadha churut pee paaya hoon- booa : baakee aadha kal
peena. jao, ab taiyaar ho lo.
phoopha ka prasthaan .

yogeen !

yogeen : ai?

booa konnagar se lautate hee main anu ko dikhalaane kee vyavastha karoongee, apana bhala
chaaho to ye kuchh din saavadhaanee se raho..

yogeen : anu ko dikhalaana? kya dikhalaana?

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booa : tumhen kya kabhee bhee akl nahin aaegee? kya yoon hee kahate hain ki baarah saal
maastaree karane ke baad main poochhatee hoon, anu ka byaah nahin karana hoga?

yogeen : byaah? haan-haan, so to- booa : haan-haan, so to. main poochhatee hoon itane dinon
tak tumane kya
kiya?

yogeen : (ghabaraakar) mainne...main anu se kahoonga... aaj hee. booa : anu se kahoonga ! aaj
hee anu se kya kahoge?

yogeen : kyon? yahee, byaah kee baat . booa : he bhagavaan, anu kee kismat mein kaisa baap
likha tha! main poochhatee hoon, anu se kahoge, tum kis marj kee dava ho? yogeen : (stambhit)
main?...is umar mein main byaah karoonga. tumhaara dimaag

kharaab ho gaya hai?

booa : (saptam svar mein ) main- (niraash hokar) mera dimaag hee kharaab ho gaya hai, nahin to
tumase yah sab kahatee kyon? saara daayitv to mere hee oopar hai. ek ve hain. unase kuchh
kaho to hoon-haan kar denge aur churut taanane baith jaenge. itanee der mein jaroor ek aur
sulaga lee hogee. (pukaarakar) are, hua? yogeen : (hadabadaakar) main dekhata hoon hua ya
nahin. (drut prasthaan )

booa : he bhagavaan!

sir par haath rakhakar kursee par baith jaatee hain. munna aur munnee ka naachate-naachate
pravesh .

munnee : anu maasee, anu maasee! (booa ko dekhakar ruk jaate hain) booa : anu kee tabeeyat
theek nahin hai. kya hai, bolo?

bina dare donon paas aakar booaajee ka nireekshan karate hain.

munnee : aap kaun hain?

booa : (atyant aashchary se) main? (achaanak ruk jaatee hain. pahalee
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baar chehare aur gale ko komalata ka sparsh milata hai) main

tumhaaree anu maasee kee badee booaajee hoon. munnee: a-nu-ma-see-kee-badee-boo-aa-jee?

(aankhen badee-badee karake) baap re!

munna : aap kahaan rahatee hain?

booa : kyon? yaheen .

munna : yahaan? is makaan mein?

booa : haan re haan, yaheen .

munnee *: jhooth. ham log to roj aate hain. aapako to nahin dekha ? booa : pahale nahin thee. kal
aaee hoon.

munna : kal kab aaeen?

booa : shaam ko .

munna : ham log to raat mein chaachaajee ko khaane ke lie bulaane aae the, tab to nahin dekha ?

booa : us samay main ghar mein nahin thee. tumhaare chaachaajee kaun?
munna : shambhoo .

munnee : : e, shambhoo kaha? maan ne us din kya kaha tha, yaad nahin

yogeen : shambhoonaath bandyopaadhyaay .?

booa : shambhoo tumhaare chaacha hain. tum log isake ooparavaale phlait mein rahate ho?

munna : haan.
booa : shambhoo ko bulaane yahaan aae the?

munna : haan, roj hee to maan bulaane ko kahatee hain aur roj hee chaachaajee kahate hain-
dhakakar rakh dene ko kah .

munnee : maan hansatee hain aur kahatee hain aag lage thietar ko !

munna : aap thietar nahin dekhiega?

booa : thietar? kab hoga ?

munnee: are, aapako nahin maaloom? shanivaar ko kal hee to !

munna : udhar maidaan mein- kitana bada stej bana hai ! aapane nahin dekha ? munnee : (munh
banaakar) bhaiya, anu maasee kee badee buaajee yahaan nahin
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rahatee hain.
munna : isee kamare mein to roj riharsal hota hai. main bhee bada hokar thietar karoonga, nitaee
chaacha ne kaha hai. munnee: too nahin kar sakega.

munna : nahin kar sakoonga? vaah-vaah dekhegee? (aage badhakar peej leta hai) prameela,
chalo. ham log bhaag chalen. yah jagah chhodakar bahut door ... vahaan, jahaan hamen koee
nahin pahachaanega. vaheen chalakar ham log ghar basaenge. isake baad prameela kahatee hai
- nahin raajeev da, nahin. yah nahin ho sakata.

booa : (aashchary se aankhen phail gaee theen. yah sunakar tanik aashvast huee) ganeemat hai !

munnee : (munna ko hataakar) dur, kaheen aise kahatee hain? (donon haath masalate hue,
aankh oopar chadhaakar) nahin raajeev da, nahin. yah nahin ho sakata. aise hee to anu maasee
bolatee hain. booa : (ekadam chaunkakar) kaun? kaun bolata hai?

munnee : anu maasee. usake baad aur bhee kya-kya to kahatee hain, rote- rote .

booa : anu maasee ! ( uthatee hain)

munna : anu maasee ko bahut rona padata hai na re ? jab dhruvesh bolata hai (veeron kee tarah)
main tumase antim baar kahata hoon prameela-

booa : anu maasee ! (baith jaatee hain)

nepathy se aavaaj-munna-munnee

munnee: are baaba, maan bula rahee hain.

munna : aaya maan.

donon ka naachate-naachate prasthaan .

booa : (vihval svar mein) anu maasee...anu! (sahasa uthakar jor se) anu! anu! idhar aa to .
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phoophaajee ka pravesh .

phoopha : kya hua? anu so rahee hai? dimaag kharaab ho gaya hai kya? booa : haan, dimaag
kharaab ho gaya hai. an so rahee hai kya? anu suna?

phoopha : o ho, hua kya? bechaaree pet ke dard ke maare-

booa : pet ka dard nahin, tumhaara sir. abhee sab motaee jhaaratee hoon usakee. anu !

dheere-dheere anu ka pravesh .

anu : (durbal svar mein ) kya badee buaajee ?

booa : paanch minat ka samay detee hoon jhatapat taiyaar ho ja. mere saath

konnagar jaana hai.

anu : konnagar ? par... main...to....

booa : chup. munh ekadam band ! kal se bahut jhooth bolee ho, ab ek shabd bhee nahin. chalo
jao. tumhaara thietar karana sab nikaalatee hoon.

anu ka vihval roop mein prasthaan .

phoopha : kisane thietar kiya hai?

booa : aur kisane? tum logon kee laadalee anu ne. (pukaarakar) yogeen !

phoopha : anu ne? he bhagavaan! usane thietar kiya hai? to jab kar hee liya hai to is baar ke lie
kar lene do .

booa : (garajakar) tum bhee un logon ke dal mein mil gae ho?

yogeen ka pravesh.

aur tum ! tumhaaree ladakee, usakee dekharekh karana to door raha, tum khud us dheengadee
ke saath milakar kal se ek rang jhooth bolate gae ho . chhi:-chhih sharm nahin aatee is umr mein
yah sab karate?
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yogeen main? mainne kya kiya hai?

booa tumane kya kiya hai, nahin maaloom? itane saare lophar chhokaron ke saath milakar itane
saare logon ke saamane stej par naachegee harihar chaitarjee ke vansh kee ladakee? baaboojee
theek hee kahate the-kaala paanee paar karate hee buddhi ka baarah baj jaata hai. yogeen :
kisane kaha tumase ki anu-

booa dekho, ab bekaar dhappaabaazee mein kuchh nahin rakha hai, yogeen !
shambhoo ke bhateeja-bhateejee ke munh se mainne sab sun liya hai.

in logon ne to tumhaaree tarah jhooth bolana abhee seekha nahin

hai.

yogeen : badee deedee, suno-

booa ab aur kuchh nahin sunana hai. anu isee pal mere saath konnagar ja rahee hai. (phoopha se)
tum khade-khade kya dekh rahe ho? taiksee bulao jaakar.

phoopha ka prasthaan .

lautane ke baad pandrah din ke andar anu ka byaah na kar diya to main harihar chaitarjee kee
ladakee nahin. anu ! yogeen : badee deedee, meree baat suno. anu yadi chalee gaee to in logon
ka sab kaaryakram chaupat ho jaega. yahaan par ham kisee ko munh dikhaane laayak nahin rah
jaenge. yah ghar chhodana padega.

booa : ghar chhodana padega? bahut achchha! yah makaan chhodakar ped ke neeche rahana
pade so achchha! par khair, vah naubat nahin aaegee. anu ka vyaah ho jae, phir tum apane chele
- chotiyon ko lekar stej par naacho-gao, mujhe usase koee lena-dena na hoga.

yogeen : (haarakar) anu, anu nahin jaegee. (baith jaate hain.) booa : nahin jaegee?

yogeen : nahin-nahin, jaegee. kal ke baad jo kahogee, sunoonga. usse

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taale mein band karake rakhane ko kahogee to vah bhee karoonga.
par is baar to use rahana hee hoga.

booa theek hai. anu rahe. mujhe jo karana hoga, karoongee. main baaboojee

ko likh doongee main jo kar sakatee thee, mainne kiya. ab tum

jaano aur tumhaare beta-potee jaanen!

yogeen (aartanaad karake) badee deedee...!

booa bas, mainne kah diya.

anu ka pravesh. haath mein baig hai.

booa na ghaseetana pade so hee achchha! abhee bhee kuchh nahin bigada hai. par haan, yadi
anu ko tumane itana sir chadha rakha hai ki vah stej par naachegee to mujhe baaboojee ko
likhana hee padega. upaay bhee kya hai! sab kuchh kee ek seema hotee hai.

phoopha ka pravesh.

phoopha : taiksee aa gaee.

booa : kyon, anu jaegee ya nahin?

yogeen koee javaab nahin dete. haathon se sir pakade baithe rahate hain.

chalo anu !

anu aur booa ka prasthaan phoophaajee jhat se laut aate

hain.

phoopha : yogeen !

yogeen pen :

phoopha : himmat mat haaro. shambhoo ko bulao. jahaan tak mainne samajha hai, yadi vah lain
par chalata to maastar kriminal hota.

yogeen shambhoo ? vah kya karega?

phoopha kya karega, yahee pata hota to kya main vakeel hone jaata? koshish karake dekhen.
tumhaaree badee deedee ko yadi koee pata
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sakata hai to vahee.

booa : (baahar se) main poochhatee hoon, tum kahaan rah gae?

phoopha : baap re! aaya. (drut prasthaan )

yogeen : shambhoo ! ( ekadam hataash hokar) shambhoo kya karega?

naachate-naachate munna-munnee ka pravesh .

munna : yogeen daadaajee, ve log sab kahaan gae ? anu maasee, anu maasee kee badee
booaajee-

yogeen : ve log? ve log ghoomane gaee hain.

munnee : ghoomane gaee hain! thietar nahin karengee?

yogeen : nahin.

munna : tab kaun karega?

yogeen : koee nahin. thietar nahin hoga.

munna-munnee: (ek saath) vaah, hoga. hoga kyon nahin? ham log thietar

nahin dekhenge? vaah re ! yogeen : thietar ? (thoda svasth hokar) achchha jao, aur jaldee se
apane chaachaajee ko yahaan bhej do. aur nitaee chaacha kya kar rahe hain, yah bhee dekho.
unhen bhee aane ke lie kah do. daudakar jao.

"naachate-naachate munna-munnee ka prasthaan . peechhe ke daravaaje se shambhoo ka

pravesh."

shambhoo : chaachaajee !
yogeen : are, tum khud hee aa gae?

shambhoo : anaath ne batalaaya ki anu bhee badee booaajee ke saath taiksee mein baithakar
chalee gaee hai. kya baat huee?

yogeen : o, to tumhen sab pata chal gaya hai? shambhoo : ab tak sabhee ko pata chal gaya hoga.
anaath chaaron or daud raha hai. hua kya chaachaajee?
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peechhe ke daravaaje se nitaee, raajeev aur shashaank ka

pravesh. sabakee aisee haalat hai jaise murdanee mein jaane ke

lie aae hon.

nitaee : kya baat hai sar? anu kahaan gaee ?

yogeen : konnagar . sab : (ek saath) konnagar ?

yogeen : munna-munnee se badee deedee ne sab kabulava liya hai. mainne...mainne phir bhee
use jabaradastee rok lene kee koshish kee par deedee ne baaboojee...baaboojee se...shambhoo,
nitaee tum log vishvaas karo mainne bharasak-

nitaee

shambhoo : (hansakar) yah kya ham nahin jaanate chaachaajee? khomeen : tum hans rahe ho?
hans sakate ho?
shambhoo : hanroonga nahin? adhakachara kaam kiya tha so uchit dand mil gaya. sab din ke lie
shiksha mil gaee-aage phir kabhee aisa nahin hoga.

nitaee : aage! (baith jaata hai) itana sab hone ke baad bhee tum aage phir thietar karane kee
sochate ho ? shambhoo : yah khatm ho jaane ke baad tum bhee sochoge. sabhee daayarektar

aisa karate hain. nitaee : yah khatm hone ke baad? par yah khatm hoga kaise ? kaun

karega? shambhoo : yahee to jaanana hai! chaachaajee, konnagaravaalon kee ladakee ka abhee
naya-naya byaah hua hai na?

prompatar ka pravesh .

nitaee : tumhen gappen maarane ka aur koee samay nahin mila !

shambhoo : (achaanak kathor hokar) nitaee da, tumane jab riharsal mein
daayarekshan diya, toh mainne usamen kabhee bhee koee dakhal diya?
nitaee : ( tanik lajjit hokar) nahi.
ANAATH KA PRAVESH .

Shambhoo : main stej samhaalata hoon-usamen tum kisee din kuchh bole ho?

Nitaee : nahin .

Shambhoo : theek. ise kahate hain diveejan oph lebar evan teem vark. vahee, jisakee baat tum har riharsal mein das baar karate ho. to ab mere ek prashn ka
seedha sa javaab do-booaajee kisakee hain?

Nitaee : anu kee.

Shambhoo : so to maaloom hai. mere poochhane ka matalab hai-unaka bhaar kis par hai? tum par ya mujh par? yadi tum lo to main ekadam aaut, stej ka parda
taangoon, tumhaare beech mein koee taang nahin adaoonga . par haan, yadi vah daayitv mera hai phir tum phaalatoo kee baaten mat karo. itana hee nahin, main
jab jo karane ko kahoonga so karana padega, sabake saath taal se taal milaakar chalana padega. samajhe, ab bolo, booaajee kisakee hain?

Nitaee : (sankuchit hote hue) tumhaaree.

Shambhoo : gud ! soree chaachaajee ! yah bheetaree vyavastha kee baat thee. (baithata hai) phoophaajee kah rahe the ki konnagaravaalon kee ladakee ka byaah
pichhale maheene hee hua hai. kahaan hua hai, maaloom hai?

Yogeen : maaloom kyon nahin hai? kalakatta mein hee hua hai. aur

Shambhoo : kalakatta mein kahaan? pata maaloom hai? (poket se notabuk kalam nikaalata hai)

Yogeen : pata to nahin maaloom. kaaleeghaat mein kaheen-

Shambhoo : utana hee kaaphee hai. ladakee ka naam?

Yogeen : aruna .

Shambhoo : a-ru-na (likhata hai) pukaarane ka koee alag naam ?

Yogeen : aru pukaarate suna hai.

Shambhoo : aru. gud . daamaad ka naam maaloom hai?

Yogeen : daamaad ? daamaad ka naam to nahin yaad aa raha hai.

Shambhoo : tab mare. (tanik sochakar) byaah ka kaard hai?

Yogeen : ho sakata hai. vah bhee na hota par anu ko byaah ka kaard jama karane ka shauk hai. main dekhata hoon. (prasthaan)

Shambhoo : nitaee da, samay kya hua?

Nitaee : saadhe das .

Shambhoo : saadhe das . budabudaate hue na jaane kya hisaab lagaata rahata hai.

YOGEEN KA PRAVESH .

Yogeen : yah raha. kaaleeghaat nivaasee shree aghorachandr mukhopaadhyaay ke jyeshth putr samarakumaar mukhopaadhyaay. pata bhee hai isamen.

Shambhoo : deejie, kaard mujhe deejie. anu se kah deejiega ki use sahee-salaamat vaapas mil jaega. aapako thoda aur tang karoonga chaachaajee. yahaan par
aap konnagaravaalon ka naam, pata- thikaana sab likh deejie.

NOKABUK DETA HAI. YOGEEN LIKHATE HAIN.

trezarar, phand mein kitana ghaata hai?

Prompatar : ghaata kyon hoga? kuchh bachega hee lagata hai.

Shambhoo : ain...bachega? tab to toone amechar thietar ka naam samajho . kitana bachega? dubaaya

Prompatar : kitana bachega, yah abhee kaise batalaoon! das-baarah rupe honge. (khaata nikaalakar) ab tak ek sau ekyaavan rupe .

Shambhoo : he bhagavaan! das-baarah rupe. khair chhod, poora hisaab dene kee jaroorat nahin hai. too jaldee se lejar mein ek aur khaata khol too le.

Prompatar : (usee khaate mein ek naya panna kholakar) kis naam se?

Shambhoo : booaajee .

Prompatar : booaajee likhoon ya aantee .

Shambhoo : nahin-nahin, aantee-phaantee nahin, booaajee. bee-yoo-e-je- aaee . is samay booaajee ko aantee banaane chale to khopadee se sabgolamaal ho jaega.
aantee bada halka lagata hai. varan tum likho badee buaajee .
Prompatar big?

Shambhoo : nahin bhaee, badee. nitaee da, das-baarah rupe mein kaam nahin chalega. emarjensee. udhaar lekar ho, choree karake ho, pachees- pachaas rupe jo
bhee lagen, usaka intajaam karana hoga.

Yogeen : yadi rupe se kaam ho jae to jo lagega, main doonga.

Shambhoo : ghabaraie mat chaachaajee. sab chande ka kaarabaar hai, aapake saamane bhee haath phailaoonga par aapaka akele ka nahin, sabaka daayitv hai.
achchha anaath kee mujhe jaroorat padegee. nitaee da, tumhen koee aapatti to nahin hai?

Nitaee : bilakul nahin. bilakul nahin.

Shambhoo : anaath mein ek bahut bada gun hai ki yah savaal poochhe bina kaam kar sakata hai. par anaath, booaajee ke saamane ab aur munh na khule, samajhe
!

Anaath : baap re! phir se. (kaan malata hai.)

Shambhoo : tujhe abhee ek baar kaaleeghaat jaana hoga, taiksee lekar.

NOTABUK SE EK PANNA PHAADAKAR US PAR KUCHH LIKHATA HAI. SAB EK-DOOSARE KEE OR DEKHATE HAIN.

Yogeen : (prashansa ke svar mein) jeejaajee theek kahate the.

Shambhoo (likhate-likhate) kya?

Yogeen : ki sakega to keval shambhoo . aur... aur.... kah rahe the....

Shambhoo : kya?

Yogeen : baat theek se meree samajh mein nahin aaee. kah rahe the-theek lain par chalane se tum maastar kriminal hote.

Shambhoo : (likhana chhodakar joron se hans padata hai) phoophaajee jaj logon ko charaaya karate hain unhen aadamee kee pahachaan hai. anaath, too jara
baahar aa to.

(shambhoo aur anaath ka peechhe ke baraamade mein prasthaan )

Nitaee : kuchh samajh mein nahin aaya sir?

Yogeen: na. par aisa lagata hai ki kuchh hokar rahega. ek sigaret do to.

CIGGERATE DETA HAI.

Nitaee : yah thietar yadi ho gaya to kaan pakadata hoon aage se phir kabhee - (shambhoo ka pravesh)

Shambhoo : kah lo abhee jo kuchh kahana hai. agale ravivaar se hee nae naatak kee khoj shuroo ho jaegee, pata hai (nitaee kee aapatti ko rokate hue) hatao, vah
baad kee baat hai. suno, yadi koee khaas gadabad na huee to anu aaj shaam ko, aur nahin to kal subah to jaroor hee aa jaegee. magar booaajee saath aaengee. use
nahin roka ja sakega. samavet : anu aaegee?

Shambhoo : usaka aana kareeb-kareeb nishchit hai. magar asalee kaam to usake baad ka hai aur vah utana aasaan bhee nahin. chaachaajee, aapako abhee tak
kaaphee pareshaanee rahee hai. aap jaakar khaie peejie. nitaee da ko chhodakar aur sab log jaen. do baje riharsal hai, tab sab log aa jaiega.

SABKA BINA KUCHH POOCHHATAACHH KIE PRASTHAAN. YOGEEN BHEETAR, BAAKEE SAB PEECHHE KE DARAVAAJE SE BARAAMADE
SE HOKAR BAAHAR .

(apane-aap) savaal hai booaajee aur anu! anu aur - booaajee ! anu mainas booaajee anu plas... anu plas kya ?

BAAHAR SE BANAANEE AUR MISTAR SEN KA PRAVESH.

Banaanee: suna, mis chatarjee chalee gaee.

Shambhoo : haan, par koee baat nahin, phir aaengee. Mi. Sen : o phir aaengee. mainne socha... yaanee unakee....booaajee.... :

Shambhoo : aapane kuchh galat nahin socha.

Mi. Sen : tab ?

Shambhoo : tab bhee hoga.

Mi. Sen : hoga ! kaise hoga?

Shambhoo : vahee soch raha hoon.

Banaanee : baaba ! main to is sab jhamele se pahale hee mukt ho chukee hoon. ek baar mere saath bhee bilakul aise hee hua tha. maan kisee tarah nahin karane
de rahee theen. tabhee mere man mein yah baat aaee thee ki mera byaah kisee aise vyakti se ho jise aart mein test

shambhoo : byaah... byaah . anu plas-

Banaanee : tumhen nahin bataaya tha? us baar, jab baaleeganjavaale makaan mein rahate the, tab pooja ke samay-

Shambhoo hua.

Banaanee Aur Mi. Sen : (ek saath) kya hua?

Shambhoo : hua nahin abhee, par hoga. ho sakata hai, hona sambhav hai-aisa lagata hai

Mi. Sen : ain?

Shambhoo : sorry. kuchh nahin. mi. sen, aap kuchh kahane aae the?

Mi. Sen : main... nahin... maane kuchh khaas nahin. mera... matalab...ek sujhaav tha.

shambhoo : kya?

Mi. Sen : main kah raha tha ki.... yadi ant tak mis chatarjee nahin aa saken to... in kes oph emarajensee...( ruk jaate hain)

Shambhoo : haan, kya?

Mi. Sen : mera matalab, prameela ke rol mein yah kisee tarah chala legee. (nitaee stabdh) maane, ise to maaloom hee hai. paart bhee kareeb- kareeb yaad-

Shambhoo : aur banaanee ka paart?

mi. sen : voh kisee bhee aur se-

Shambhoo : kisase ?

Banaanee : meree ek chacheree bahin hai. koshish karane se vah-

NITAEE KEE HAALAT KHARAAB HO RAHEE HAI.

Shambhoo : yah baat ham logon ke dimaag mein pahale hee aaee thee. (banaanee aur mi. sen utsaahit hote hain, nitaee vajraahat) in phaikt, mainne hee prastaav
rakha tha par nitaee da bole-prameela ka paart na hoga, kisee se bhee karavaakar kaam chala liya jaega, par banaanee ke paart ke saath khilavaad nahin kiya ja
sakata. ham log yahee soch rahe the ki kaheen anu kee booaajee ke badale misej sen kee booaajee aa jaateen tab kya hota !
Mi. Sen : o, haan...haan samajh gaya. haan, so avashy hee-

Banaanee : tab kya keejiega?

Shambhoo : anu hee karegee ant mein nahin hee hua to kisee tarah bhaabhee se kaam chala loonga .

Banaanee : bhaabhee se?

Shambhoo : haan, bhaabhee, nitaee da vaalee.

LAGATA HAI, NITAEE KE SIR PAR KISEE NE DANDA MAAR DIYA HO. MAGAR SHAMBHOO USAKEE AANKHON MEIN SEEDHE EKATAK
DEKH RAHA HAI. MAANO KAH RAHA HO-YAAD HAI?

bhaabhee kab aane ko kah gaee hain?

Nitaee : o-haan aane ko-

Shambhoo : jitanee jaldee hoga aa jaengee, to ?

Nitaee : haan, jitanee jaldee hoga... jitanee jaldee...

Mi. Sen : aapakee stree? mera aaidiya tha ki aap anamairid

Nitaee : haan, maane... nahin- -

Shambhoo : mistar sen, bura mat maaniega, yah jara paarivaarik maamala hai (aankh maarata hai) samajhe?

Mi. Sen : aaee em ophulee-

Shambhoo : to phir tay raha misej sen. do baje riharsal hai. dere matkeejiega, haan.

AT: MISTAR AUR MISEJ SEN KO BAAHAR JAANA HEE PADA.

Nitaee : o naalaayak, yah kya kiya?

Shambhoo : nitaee da, baat tay hai na ki yoo aar not too kveshchan ?

Nitaee : (bahut naaraaj hokar) not too kveshchan ka kya matalab? meree beevee kahaan se aa gaee? meree saat pushton mein kisee ne vyaah nahin kiya aur tum -
Shambhoo : chhi:, nitaee da! tum kaisee baat munh se nikaal rahe ho !

Nitaee : mainne mainne... kya kaha aisa... mera matalab...

Shambhoo : to mainne hee bhool suna hoga.

Nitaee : mera matalab... mera matalab yah tha ki mainne byaah kiya hai kya jo meree bahoo hogee?

Shambhoo : kyon nahin kiya? jara sochakar dekho . yadi tumhaaree bahoo hotee ka to kya aaj booaajee ke kaaran is tarah museebat mein padana padata? ek ke
baad ek aaraam se thietar karate jaate, bina kisee kee paravaah kie-

Nitaee : kaun saala ab aur thietar karega ?

Shambhoo : (kaan par haath rakhate hue) chhi:, nitaee da ! tumhen aart mein test hai na? (nitaee phata chaahata hai, use rokate hue) nahin nitaee da, ab aur
kuchh nahin kahoonga. tum bade ho. (gambheer hokar) kintu ek baat kahoon-seeriyasalee?

Nitaee : kaho .

Shambhoo : tum logon kee yah anu-main jitana hee dekhata hoon utana hee mera 1 dimaag kharaab hota ja raha hai.

Nitaee : kyon, anu ne kya kiya?

Shambhoo : anu ne kya kiya? kya nahin kiya? thietar ke pahale din chalee gaee konnagar . zimmedaaree ka tanik khayaal nahin! saare muhallevaalon ke
saamane ham logon kee kya haalat hogee ? ye nahin socha !

nitaee : anu kya apanee marjee se gaee hai? vah to booaajee-

Shambhoo : (achaanak gussa hokar) booaajee kee dohaee mat do. jise zimmedaaree ka khayaal hota hai, jisake baikabon hotee hai, vah booaajee ke dar se is
tarah kachcha padakar bhaag nahin jaata !

Nitaee : (hathaat kshubdh hokar) dekho shambhoo, tumhen vachan diya hai to tumhaare plaan mein koee rukaavat nahin daaloonga. par isaka matalab yadi
tumane yah samajha ho ki tum jisake baare mein jo marjee aae kahate phiroge aur-

Shambhoo : (atyant shaant hokar) ek haath apana hua.

Nitaee : (achakachaakar) ain?

Shambhoo : do haath aur jeetana hai. teen haath jeet lene se chautha haath apane aap banega. chaar haath mein gem! (hansakar) yah plaan ka hisaab hai nitaee
da. isamen naaraaj hone kee koee baat nahin hai. suno, ek baat kahoon!

Nitaee : kya ?

Shambhoo : anu aaegee. booaajee bhee aaengee. aaj dopahar ke baad se yah kamara chhod dena hoga. yah keval thietar ke samay greenaroom ho sakega
basharte ki booaajee ko theek se samhaala ja sake. anu ab aur riharsal nahin kar sakegee, use seedhe stej par utarana hoga. anu par utana bharosa hai?

Nitaee: vah hai usake rol ko lekar mujhe kabhee chinta nahin karanee padee.

Shambhoo : bahut badhiya ! kraisis aaegee, ho sakata hai naatak ke dauraan aae. ho sakata hai is kamare mein, isee greenaroom mein ek aur naatak chalata rahe
yavanika ke antaraal mein ya aisa hee kuchh kahate hain na? us samay ka poora bhaar tum par hoga.

Nitaee : mujh par ?

Shambhoo : ghabarao mat, tumhen pooree tarah breeph kar diya jaega par keval breeph. baakee kee buddhi tumhen vakt par svayan kharch karanee padegee. yah
koee ganit to nahin ki do-do chaar hee honge.ab aaj munna-munnee ne aakar ek jhamela khada kar diya. aisa phir ho sakata hai. us samay tumhen apanee
pratyutpann buddhi aur abhinay kaushal ka sahaara lena padega. sen- dampatee ke saamane tumane jo kiya, usakee aasha apane daayarektar se nahin thee .

Nitaee : ab batao to sahee, tumane achaanak aasamaan se bahoo tapaka dee-

Shambhoo : isase bhee adhik achaanak kal ghat sakata hai, taiyaar raho. seedhee-see samasya ho to seedha-sa samaadhaan hota hai, par yahaan to vaisa hai
nahin. pahala kaam hai anu aur booaajee ko vaapas laana. phir anu ko booaajee se alag karake manch par bhejana aur booaajee ko darshak mandalee mein
baithae rakhana .

NITAEE SIHAR JAATA HAI.

samajh mein aa raha hai ki kaisa pecheeda maamala hai? aur iseelie samaadhaan bhee pecheeda hee hoga. is samaadhaan ka hisaab kahaan tak baith paega,
mujhe nahin pata. tumhen to aur bhee nahin pata. yah nirbhar karata hai any do haathon ke oopar.

Nitaee : any do haath? kya phaalatoo bak rahe ho ?

Shambhoo : kuchh nahin . taash ke khel ka hisaab .

Nitaee : tumhaara taash aur tum, donon hee jahannum mein jao, mujhase matalab nahin. mujhe kya karana hoga, so batalao .

Shambhoo : (banaavatee dukh se) nitaee da, tum bade akrtagy ho ! tumhen kya maaloom ki tumhaare lie mainne kya-kya nahin kiya hai! phoophaajee ne mujhe
maastar kriminal kaha-
Nitaee : tum ek baat bataoge?

Shambhoo : par usake pahale tum batalao to, bharose ka koee pres hai tumhaaree jaan mein?

Nitaee : pres?

Shambhoo : haan, pres, chhaapaakhaana. aisa pres jo bade-bade kaam kar de,phaalatoo ke prashn na poochhe, baat kam kare aur paisa khoob le?

Nitaee : hai .

Shambhoo : gud! tumhaare haath kee chitthee chaahie ki patr-vaahak jo kahega vahee karana hoga. chhota-sa kaam hai, tumhaare thietar ke nimantran-patr se
bhee aasaan kaam. aadha ghanta bhee nahin lagega. tees rupe doonga .

Nitaee : tees? kya kahate ho?

Shambhoo : jyaada lagega to vah bhee doonga. thietar kampanee rupe nahin degee to main apanee ghadee bech doonga. par vishvaas karo, yah kie bina kaam
nahin banega .

Nitaee : nahin-nahin, yah baat nahin . sochata tha, aisa kaam-

Shambhoo : sochana chhod do. ghar jao. jaakar chitthee likho, nahaana- khaana karo. theek dedh baje tumhaare paas aaoonga. baakee baaten tabhee hongee.

Nitaee : tum nahin khaoge?

Shambhoo : baad mein. mujhe chaachaajee se baaten karanee hain.

NITAEE KA PRASTHAAN |

pahala haath nitaee da . doosara haath chaachaajee. teesara haath anu . chautha haath booaajee. (bheetar kee or badhata hai.)

PEECHHE KE DARAVAAJE SE GHABARAE HUE EK YUVAK KA PRAVESH . YUVAK KA NAAM JAGAT HAI.

Jagat : rassee . rassee kahaan hai shambhoo da ?

Shambhoo : (ghoomakar) us deevaan ke neeche hai.

JAGAT RASSEE LEKAR JAANE LAGATA HAI.

jagat, sun to .

Jagat : kya?

Shambhoo : baahar kya khabar hai?

Jagat : sab laga aaya hoon. bas, teen-chaar vings baakee hain.

Shambhoo : tujhe ek kaam karana hoga. niteesh gupta ko jaanata hai?

Jagat : niteesh gupta ? vahee jisane pichhale dinon byaah kiya hai?

Shambhoo : khabar sab rakhata hai, kyon?

Jagat : vaah, khabar nahin rakhoonga? sivil mairej... romaantik kaarabaar . ham logon ke menshan mein aise kitane log hain?

Shambhoo : jyaada nahin hain. too jaldee se jut ja, ek se do ho jaenge. par abhee to too ek baar usake paas ja. usase ek cheez udhaar laanee hai.

Jagat : kya cheez ?

Shambhoo : unake byaah kee sartiphiket .

Jagat : mujhe denge?

Shambhoo : mere naam se de denge? main unake byaah mein gavaah tha.

Jagat : tum gavaah the shambhoo da ? kabhee to- ( utsaahit hokar) shambhoo da, sab kaise hua tha, batalao na?

Shambhoo : abhee us kisse ke lie samay nahin hai, baad mein sunaoonga . par dekh, kisee se kahana mat, khabaradaar ! tere pet mein baat pachegee bhala !

Jagat : tum dekhana .

Shambhoo : theek hai, too ja . aur haan, dopahar mein mujhe ek baar baahar jaana hoga .

Jagat : ain! tumhaare chale jaane se yahaan ka kya hoga ?

Shambhoo : mujhe der nahin lagegee. bas, ek baar chhaapaakhaana jaana jarooree hai. tum log samhaal nahin loge?

Jagat : kab tak lautoge?

Shambhoo : shaam ke pahale. chal, . nau-do gyaarah ho. main jara der baad aata hoon.

JAGAT KA PRASTHAAN .

do nambar, chaachaajee .

SHAMBHOO BHEETAR JAANE LAGATA HAI. MISTAR SEN KA PRAVESH.

sain -Nitai babu hai kya ?

Shambhu -Nitai daa khane gaye h ai kyo ?

Mis sain -Oo!koi baat nahi ! Fir -

Shambhu-Mai kuch kar skata hu ? Nitai daa abhi bhot vyast h theatre bua ji sab unhi k sir par to h

Mr sain- haa so to hai hi so to hai hi tab for varan mano koi itni jruri baat to hai nhi kevel-

Shambhu -Keh daliye na!

Mr sain- Mai keh Raha tha ki .. mai sch Raha tha ki mis chetarji ko ek ...Mane ek medal Dene k lie ..gadi aap logo ko appati n ho to

Shambhu -Vaah yeh to badi baat h ! Par aapne theatre to abhi dekha nahi h

Mr sain- usse kya hua? Reharsel to dekha hai

Shambhu-yadi pramila ka part Anu na krke nitai daa vali bhabhi kre to ?
Mr sain- to kya hua ? Vesa hua to unhe hi dunga ! Nitai daa ki stree h to acting jrur hi badhia kregi

Shambhu - sach to! Mene yeh to socha hi nhi tha tb mtlb yeh ki medal app Anu ko nahi pramila ko Dena chahte h

Mr sain- nahi mtlb haa batt kuch asi hi h mano batt yeh h ki mere 2 ek mitr kh rhe the ki bnani ko medal Mane uhi baat baat me kh rhe thee to mne socha yadi
vesa hua to manee Miss chaterji ko baat dekar atpata lgega so

Shambhu - oo yeh batt h tb to prstaav atti uttam h misses sain ka reharsals me jo abhinay dekha h usi pr mere pass pessa hota to Mae bhi ek medal anounce kar
deta uske uppr se bnani -jesa kathin part !

Mr sain- app majak kr rahe hai !

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shambhoo : majaak ? achchha, nitaee da se poochhiega, mainne kaha hai ya nahin. nitaee da bhee to yahee kahate hain.

mi. sen : (vigalit hokar) nitaee baaboo bhee kahate hain?

shambhoo : kitanee baar kaha hai. isalie to nitaee da ne kaha ki banaanee

ka paart main apanee beebee ko dekar naatak chaupat nahin karoonga. mi. sen : achchha, achchha, kolej mein thee tab aur bhee achchha-maanamee garls skool
mein chapala ka paart .
shambhoo : bahut achchha !

mi. sen : ain.

shambhoo : mera matalab bahut achchha paart kiya tha. mi. sen : (aashchary se) aapane dekha tha?

shambhoo : haan, nahin. mainne suna tha. sabhee kahate the-mistar sen, chaachaajee

se mujhe kuchh jarooree baaten karanee hain so-

mi. sen : haan-haan, jaroor.

donon do or jaate hain. mi. sen ghoomakar .

a... shambhoo baaboo !

shambhoo : kahie .

mi. sen : (sakuchaate hue) main kah raha tha ki.... bura mat maaniega... yadi paise ke kaaran hee ruk raha ho to-
shambhoo : kya?

mi. sen : (dharatee mein gadate hue se) vahee...maane medal kee baat, jo aap

kar rahe the.

shambhoo : (stambhit hokar) o ! (samhalakar) o, achchha-achchha. us baare mein baad mein baat karoonga .

mistar sen ka prasthaan. shambhoo garadan hilaakar deergh nihshvaas phenkata hai. phir chaachaajee do nambar budabudaate hue jaane lagata hai. jagat ka
pravesh.

jagat : shambhoo da, anant poochh raha hai, shashaank kidhar marega?

shambhoo : kidhar marega?

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jagat antim drshy mein dhravesh shashaank ko golee maarata hai na? anant kar raha hai ki baeen taraph peechhe kee or bachaakar udhar kee ek chaukee kamajor
hai.

shambhoo : o... bhaee vah sab nitaee da jaanate hain. khadiya se nishaan laga do. baad mein nitaee da ko dikha dena. (bheetar jaane lagata hai) jagat aur
shambhoo da, see blok ke bankoo baaboo poochh rahe the ki auraton

ko alag baithaane ka intajaam ho raha hai kya? shambhoo : (lautakar gusse se) kyon, auraton kee sabakee booaajee aaee hain kya?

jagat : (achakachaakar) booaajee? nahin to !

shambhoo : tab jaakar kah de-alag intajaam nahin ho raha hai. aur yadi kisee kee booaajee aa jaen to ve konnagar chalee jaen.

jagat : konnagar ? (shambhoo bheetar ja chuka hai) konnagar? booaajee?

anant ka pravesh .

anant : shambhoo da !

jagat : (dapatakar) shambhoo da ko abhee tang na kar. raat-din isamen jaan khapa rahe hain-maane aisee haalat hotee to nepoliyan ka maatha bhee theek na
rahata . chal, baahar chalen.
aashcharyachakit anant ko thelakar baahar le jaata hai.

[ parda ]

dviteey drshy

vahee kamara. samay sandhya ke 6 baje ke aasapaas. yavanika uthane se pahale hee durvrtt kee hansee sunaee padatee hai. stej par dhruvesh haath mein pistaul
liye khada hai, chehare par hansee-aur

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shashaank golee khaakar pada hai. kamare mein nitaee, shambhoo, raajeev, prompatar, banaanee, mistar sen aur anaath bhee hai. nitaee : theek hai. (shashaank
uthata hai) dekho, stej par pojeeshan theek kar lena. jagat ne jahaan khadiya se daag diya hai, us jagah ko bachaakar girana. (dhruvesh se) tumhaaree hansee
abhee bhee- jaane do, use lekar ab aur maatha khapaane se koee laabh nahin. jo hai, theek hai.

prompatar : raajeev aur prameela ka pravesh. nitaee : o, tab aur karane se koee laabh nahin. aage to praayah poore

mein prameela hai. ab jo hona hai, stej par hee hoga.

raajeev: matalab ab bas? isake baad seedhe stej par hee ?

nitaee : haan, isake baad ekadam stej par hee kal shaam tak ghar par apana-apana paart achchhee tarah dekhana. (meethe gale se) misej sen, aap yadi paartee ke
seen mein apana kaichavard achchhee tarah dekh len to aapaka abhinay adbhut hoga.

raajeev : prameela kee kya khabar hai? vah-

shambhoo : pratul tumase ek baar kaha hai na ki thietar ke pahale prameela kee charcha karake nitaee da ko tang karana kaanoonan band kar diya gaya hai !

raajeev : (naatakeey bhangee se) aparaadh kshama karo prabhu ! nitaee da kee dimokresee ka abhyast ho gaya tha. ab maarshal lo jaaree kiya gaya hai, yah
smaran hee nahin rahata.

shashaank : riharsal khatm ho gaya hai, to phir ham log yahaan kyon ruke hain? kya pata, kab booaajee tapak paden!

shambhoo : (hansakar) darane kee jaroorat nahin hai, anant pahare par hai. : tumhen dar na ho, mujhe hai. konnagar se booaajee ko prameela kaise kheenchakar
yahaan la rahee hai yah ya to bhagavaan jaane ya tum, mujhe usase koee matalab nahin, par ve aa rahee hain, yah khabar sunane ke baad se mere to hosh
phaakhta ho rahe hain. golee khaakar marane ke samay aankhon ke saamane andhera aane ke bajaay

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aajee aa khadee hotee hai. main chala bhaee. kaee din se girate-
girate aur marate-marate mere baen ghutane mein dard hone laga hai,

baad mein bhaagadaud na kar paoonga.

shambhoo : ek minat ruko. sab log hain, do-ek jarooree baaten kar loon. (jeb se list nikaalate hue) stej kee sab cheejen aa gaee hain. bas, sharaab kee do aur
botalen baakee hain. vhait hors kee ek hai. jin ya braandee kee khaalee botal koee la sakata hai?

mi. sen : main la doonga. mere ek dost ke bhaee militaree mein hain- shambhoo : gud. bahut-bahut dhanyavaad mistar sen. haan, anu ne kaha tha, vah do tebul -
klaath degee. ab usake sir yah jhanjhat na chhodakar yadi koee aur- mi. sen tebul- klaath bahut hain. kitane chaahie?

shambhoo : do, bas aur kuchh nahin. kal ghadee ke kaante se theek saat baje parda uthaakar amechar thietar kee parampara todane kee ichchha hai. isalie paanch
baje tak sabaka aa jaana jarooree hai. yah militaree ka hukm hai. mekap yahaan nahin hoga, stej ke peechhe jagah gherakar hoga. yah kamara keval naatak ke
beech mein kapada badalane ke lie istemaal kiya ja sakata hai. vah bhee pakka batalaoonga kal subah na hua to doosara intajaam karana hoga. ab nitaee da aur
anaath ko chhodakar baakee sab log- atenshan abaut tarn kvik maarch !

sabase pahale shashaank ka prasthaan usake peechhe raajeev, prompatar, banaanee, mistar sen aur dhruvesh ka.

anaath, postophis mein kya kaha re?

anaath : kaha to ki taar teen-chaar ghante mein pahunch jaega. par unakee baat ka kya bharosa?
shambhoo : chalo, abhee to kal tak ka samay hai. kal tum jitanee der stej se baahar rahana anaath, utanee der mere aasapaas hee rahana. main yadi kisee or
bhaagoon to tum bhee mere peechhe-peechhe bhaagana .

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kab kya jaroorat aa pade, kaha nahin ja sakata. haan, sabako ek baar aur yaad dila dena ki thietar ke samay kal chaahe jo bhee ghate, sab log maatha thanda
rakhen, uttejit na hon. yadi koee booaajee ke saamane pad jae to unase jyaada baatacheet na karake, ek meethee see muskaan chehare par laakar jaldee se

sarak jae. anaath : achchha! aur kuchh?

shambhoo : nahin! ab too ja! jagat se kah de baraamade kee seedhee jaisee taiyaar hone kee baat thee, vaisee taiyaaree hogee.

anaath ka prasthaan .

kya itana soch rahe ho nitaee da?

nitaee : kahane se tum gussa ho jaoge-par mujhe yah sab achchha nahin

lag raha hai.

shambhoo : kya achchha nahin lag raha hai?

nitaee : tumhaara plaan, jo tumane dopahar mein batalaaya. yah sab ra jyaada hee hua aa raha hai. dimaag kharch karake tum koee aisa upaay nahin soch sake ki
anu ko beech mein daale bina hee kaam ho jaata?

shambhoo : anu ko beech mein daale bina kaam karane ka ekamaatr upaay hai, banaanee se prameela ka paart karavaana aur unakee chacheree bahin se bina
riharsal banaanee ka paart karavaana.

nitaee : kaee baar lagata hai, vahee shaayad achchha hota! ple doobata par

ple hota. logon ko bulaakar vaapas lautaana na padata. shambhoo : utana sab mat socho nitaee da. isamen chaachaajee ke sabase adhik aapatti karane kee baat
thee, par ve ek baar kahane se hee raajee ho gae. kyon, jaanate ho?

yogeen ka pravesh.

o, chaachaajee. vahaan kya hua so batalaie?

yogeen : (baithate-baithate) oh, is budhautee mein ! nitaee, ek cigarette

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do to. (nitaee deta hai, donon sigaret sulagaate hain) anu kee mausee aur unakee ladakiyon ko sab kuchh kholakar batala diya.
shambhoo nitaee : (ek saath) sab kuchh !

yogeen nahin-nahin, sab maane sab nahin. jitana kahane ko kaha tha utana hee. anu kee mausee aur unakee ladakiyaan kal subah aaengee. sab log badee deedee
ko suna-sunaakar kahengee ki anu ke na karane se koee naatak dekhane nahin aaega. yah kahakar anu ko lekar ve log apane ghar chalee jaengee. usake baad
theek 6 baje anu chupachaap aa jaegee. : kahaan aana hoga, vah bata diya hai na?

shambhoo

yogeen : bata diya hai. tumhaare bhaiya-bhaabhee ko to koee etaraaj nahin hoga?

shambhoo : nahin-nahin! bhaabhee to bahut khush hain ki unake kamare mein hiroin ka mekap hoga. shadyantr mein logon ko itana utsaah ho sakata hai, yah
pahale socha hee nahin tha.

yogeen : bhaee, sach poochho to mujhe hee bura nahin lag raha hai. anu kee mausee ke yahaan to ise hee lekar achchha-khaasa ho- hullad mach gaya. par bhaee,
sab theek-thaak ho jae, tab kee baat hai.

shambhoo : baakee sab anu ka kaam hai. vah aaj raat se hee chaaron or kahane lage ki paart na karane se vah kisee ko munh dikhaane laayak na rah jaegee. vaisa
kie bina, booaajee kee najar bachaakar mauseejee ke yahaan jaana mushkil hoga. nitaee : vah anu kar legee.

baahar ke daravaaje se anant ka drut pravesh.

anant : taiksee aaee hai. (kahakar daravaaje kee taraph jaane lagata hai) anant : utana sab nahin dekha. phoophaajee ko dekhate hee daud pada.

shambhoo : taiksee ! booaajee?

is baar phir baraamade kee taraph jaata hai.

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shambhoo : ham log bhee chalen chaachaajee. udhar nahin nitaee da, idhar- nitaee ko lekar baraamade ke raaste jaata hai. phoophaajee va anu ka pravesh.

yogeen : (banaavatee aashchary se) kya baat hai? tum log itanee jaldee ...?

phoopha : batalaata hoon, ruko ! (baithakar aaraam se churut jalaane lagate hain)

yogeen : o...(dheere se) badee deedee ?

phoopha : aa rahee hain.

yogeen : o ! (tatasth ho jaate hain)

phoopha : (tirachhee najar se dekhakar) aa rahee hain yaanee itanee jaldee nahin. yogeen : ain? o ! (tanik svaabhaavik ho jaate hain)

phoopha : madhu da kee manjhalee ladakee kee tabeeyat achaanak khoob kharaab ho gaee hai. aaj shaam ko taar mila-aru seeriyasalee il, kam shaarp .

yogeen

: ( satark hokar) achchha! tab ?

phoopha : tab kya ? taar milate saath madhu da aur bhaabhee turant ravaana hue. bas, ham log phir riphyoojee ho gae. yogeen : achchha! kya beemaaree huee
hai?

phoopha : kya pata, taar mein to keval seeriyasalee il likha hai. yogeen : o ! (tanik der maun. phoophaajee tirachhee najaron se dekhate hain) to...yaanee, badee
deedee?

phoopha : badee deedee ko thodee der dekhe bina tum aise baichan ho uthoge, yah to nahin pata tha.

yogeen : nahin... maane... .

phoopha : tumhaaree badee deedee madhu da ke saath gaee hain. yogeen : ( uchhalakar) ain! ab mare.
aane ke baad se anu ek or thakee-thakee see baithee hai. is baar kuchh kahana chaahatee hai par haath hilaakar

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karavaane ja raha hoon.

anu: aapane roka kyon nahin?

phoopha : he bhagavaan! ek din jab too apanee bhateejee ka vivaah karavaane chalegee, tab usake phoophaajee vah vivaah kahaan tak rok sakenge, yah to tera
mijaaj dekhakar hee samajh raha hoon. anu : ( lajjit hokar) phoophaajee, aaj mera maatha thikaane nahin hai.

phoopha : koee baat nahin, koee baat nahin. (poket mein khojate hue) yogeen, mera churut to khatm ho gaya. tumhaare paas sigaret hai? yogeen : bheetar hai,
aao. deta hoon.

donon ka prasthaan .

anu : idhar kee kya khabar hai shambhoo da ?

shambhoo : ham logon ne bahut soch-vichaarakar dekh liya, jo haalat hai usamen buaajee ko batalae bina tumhaara naatak karana
asambhav hai. anu : ( chehare ka rang utar jaata hai) tab

? shambhoo : do upaay hain. pahala- booaajee ke virodh ke baavajood karana. isase tumhaare daadaajee, baaboojee aur khud tumhen bahut takaleeph hogee.
doosara upaay usase aasaan hai, yadyapi usase naatak doob jaega.

anu : kya upaay hai?

shambhoo : tumhaara naatak na karana. anu : tab phir vah rol kaun karega?

shambhoo : nitaee da kee bahoo .

anu : nitaee da kee bahoo !

shambhoo : aashchary ho raha hai na? mujhe bhee pahalee baar sunakar aashchary hua tha. kaee kaaranon se nitaee da kee bahoo yahaan nahin rahateen aur-aur
bhee kaee kaaranon se ham logon ko abhee tak nitaee da ke byaah karane kee baat ka bhee pata na tha .

anu : kin kaaranon se?

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shambhoo pooree baat nahin pata. kevan itana maaloom hai ki nitaee da kee ek stree hain, ve pahale do-chaar baar abhinay kar chukee hain, jaroorat padane par
aage bhee kar lengee. ham logon ke lie itana hee jaanana kaaphee hai. kyon, theek na?
anu : (gussa hokar) aapake lie kaaphee ho sakata hai (sahasa ruk jaatee hai)

shambhoo : (meethe svar mein) bolo, kya kahate-kahate ruk gaeen? anu : kuchh nahin. kah rahee thee mujhe vishvaas nahin hota.

shambhoo : to kya matalab, main gapp haank raha hoon? anu : haan. aur aap nahin to nitaee da gapp haank rahe hain.

shambhoo : (hansakar) theek kahatee ho. par yahee baat kahakar sen-dampatee se lekar tumhaaree booaajee tak ko dhokha dena hoga.

anu : aur mujhe bhee ?

shambhoo : nahin. tumhen batalaane ka kaaran kuchh aur hai. vah mera plaan sunakar samajh jaogee. paart tumheen karogee, par booaajee ko bolane ka na
rahega. kyonki paart tum nahin, nitaee da kee bahoo karengee.

anu : phir vahee ulatee-pulatee baat ?

shambhoo : are baaba, pooree baat to suno pahale. kal dopahar se anu anu na rahakar nitaee da kee bahoo ho jaegee.

anu : (kadee najar se) matalab?

shambhoo : ghabarao mat. yah bhee abhinay hoga-booaajee ke lie. anu : o, (tanik baad) yahee aapaka plaan hai?

shambhoo : haan.

anu : nitaee da ko maaloom hai?

shambhoo maaloom hai.

anu : baaboojee ko ?

shambhoo maaloom hai.

anu : booaajee ko itana bevakooph samajha hai? is tarah kya chupachaap byaah hota hai?
Page no.79
Shambu : hota hai - civil marriage.
Anu : usmein bhi toh notice ki jarurat hoti hai ?
Shambu : notice pehle se nahi di gayi hai , yeh toh buaji se nhi kaha Gaya hai ?
Anu : buaji certificate dekhna chahengi.
Shambu : tum par meri bhakti badhti jaa rahi hai anu ! Fufa ji , chacha ji , kisi ne bhi ye baat nahi
uthaayi.
Anu : chahengi ya nahi , boliye.
Shambu : jarur chahengi .
Anu : tab ?
shambhu : tab sartiphiket dikhaaya jaega. (jeb se sartiphiket nikaalate hue)

anu: (ek najar daalakar) yah kya kiya hai?

shambhu : jaalasaajee-ek pres kee sahaayata se. do naam likhane honge aur jaalee staamp
maarana hoga. usake lie raat-bhar ka samay hai.

anu : nahin, shambhoo da, yah sab hoga nahin. thietar hoga par ek- na-ek din to buaajee ko pata
chalega hee. tab phir daadaajee ko pata chalega. itana hee nahin, isake saath aur bhee bahut-
see baaten unake kaanon tak pahunchengee. isase to kaheen achchha hai. ki booaajee kee
paravaah na karake naatak kiya jae.

shambhu : yeh lo. itanee seedhee-see baat tumhaare dimaag mein aaee, par chaachaajee ya
nitaee da ke dimaag mein nahin aaee.

anu : matalab, aapake dimaag mein aaee thee.

shambhu : (rusht hokar) dekho, tumhaare vakeel fufajee ne mujhe master criminal ka certificate
de rakha hai. aur tum tujhe ekadam gaavadoo samajhatee ho?

anu : phir fhaltu baat karane lage. kya upaay socha hai , so batlaayie.
Shambhu: batlata hoon . Aa..tum..baitho.
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anu : kyon?

shambhoo : aise hee.

anu : baat kya hai?

shambhoo : socha tha, ekabaaragee jhat se bol doonga. par-

anu : par kya ?

shambhoo : kuchh nahin. achchha suno. (apane ko samhaalate hue praayah ek jhatake mein bol
jaata hai) yadi sachamuch nitaee da ke saath tumhaara byaah ho jae to- anu : kya?

shambhoo : ( anu ke svar mein kuchh aisa tha jisase shambhoo ka aatmavishvaas hil utha, phir
bhee vah ek saath bol gaya) nitaee da ke saath baatacheet karake mujhe aapatti nahin hai.
tumhaare baaboojee ko koee aapatti hogee, isaka koee kaaran samajh mein nahin aata. tum
bhee nitaee da kee bahoo kee baat sunakar jara der pahale-

anu : (daantakar) chup keejie. (shambhoo ruk jaata hai. zara der nistabdhata rahatee hai. anu
doosaree or ghoomatee hai. phir bhee ruk- ruk kar bolatee hai) sabakee baaten sun-sunakar
mujhe lagane laga tha ki aap mein buddhi hai. par bhool. aap mein tanik bhee buddhi nahin hai,
rattee bhar bhee nahin, ekadam nahin. (antim baaten kareeb-kareeb cheekhate hue kahatee hai)
shambhoo : (durbal svar mein ) par tum... tum to-
anu : (bina dhyaan die) aap kuchh nahin samajhate. sab bhool, shuroo se hee sab-

bheetar chalee jaatee hai. shambhoo hat- chakit-sa baith jaata hai. tanik der baad bheetar se
phoopha ka pravesh .

phoopha : anu kahaan hai? (shambhoo nahin sunata) are o, maastar kriminal !

shambhoo : ain?

phoopha : shadyantr kahaan tak pahuncha? tum to bhale aadamiyon kee tarah
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pareshaani mein pade dikh rahe ho ? Kya hua ?
shambhoo : (vihval bhaav se) teen nambar kee chaal... sab mittee mein mil gaya.

phoopha : kya mittee mein mil gaya? shambhoo : (bade dukh kee hansee hansakar) aapakee
bhool thee phoophaajee .
maastar kriminal hone laayak tattv mujhamen nahin hain. phoopha : uhoon! main saaree
jindagee kriminal kod ka vakeel raha hoon.

mujhase bhool ho nahin sakatee. par hua kya? shambhoo : sunakar kya keejiega ! par mera saara
plaan, shadyantr sab barbaad ho gaya bas ek bhool ke kaaran. chaal ke hisaab mein

bhool. maanav-charitr ko samajhane kee bhool . phoopha : kis maanav-charitr ko samajhane

mein bhool kar baithe?

shambhoo : anu ke. phoopha : stree charitr ! baaba !

shambhoo : ba... ba... kyon?

phoopha : abhee tak ghabaraahat nahin huee thee par ab hone lagee hai. avastha kya bahut jatil
hai? tumhaara chehara dekhakar to lag

raha hai ki tumase samhal nahin rahee hai. (churut sulagaate hain) shambhoo mujhe bhee aisa
hee lag raha hai.

phoopha : himmat mat haaro bhaee. socho, achchhee tarah hisaab lagaakar socho. main jaata
hoon kaasheepur, tum logon kee booaajee ko liva laane. deree karane se nahin chalega. yah lo,
ek churut sulagaakar socho. (churut aur diyaasalaee dete hain)
shambhoo : main nahin peeta phoophaajee . phoopha : aaj pee lo. tej churut hai, kaam ho sakata
hai. shok theraipee.

(jaate-jaate lautakar) vrddh vakeel kee chhathee indriy kya kah rahee hai, jaanate ho! (shambhoo
khush hai) yadi stree-charitr ko samajhane mein bhool ho gaee ho to stree-buddhi kee sharan jao.
shambhoo : kahaan milegee stree-buddhi ?

phoopha : vah nahin maaloom. jo laga so kah diya, churut tha de diya.
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mujhase aur kuchh kee aasha mat karana.

phoopha ka prasthaan . shambhoo baithakar sochata hai, uthakar sochata hai, paayachaaree
karate hue sochata hai. phir churut sulagaakar sochane kee cheshta karata hai par khaansee aa
jaatee hai. anu ka pravesh .

anu shambhoo da! (haalat dekhakar) kya hua? (paas aakar peeth sahalaatee hai) kuchh kam hua?
(shambhoo garadan hilaakar bataata hai ki kam hua) kya hua tha? (shambhoo churut dikhaata
hai) yah peene kee buddhi kisane dee? (shambhoo baahar ke daravaaje kee taraph dikhalaata
hai) phoophaajee ne? (shambhoo sir hilaata hai. anu churut lekar aish-tre mein phenkatee hai)
buddhi ko dhuaan diya ja raha tha ?

shambhoo : (saral bhaav se) haan. anu : kuchh malatab siddh hua?

shambhoo : nahin.

anu : hone kee aasha hai?

shambhoo : kam hai.

anu : (achaanak kathor hokar) tab phir aur cheshta karane kee jaroorat nahin hai. aap stej
samhaalie. main jara paart dekh loon.
shambhoo : tum paart karogee?

anu : karoongee.

shambhoo : booaajee ke baavajood ?

anu: haan, booaajee ke baavajood ?

shambhoo : tumhaare daadaajee ?

anu : ab jo chaahe ho?

munna-munnee ka naachate-naachate pravesh.

munna : chaachaajee, maan khaane ko bula rahee hain. munnee : kah rahee hain, khaana
khaakar meree jaan bakhsho.

shambhoo : chal bhaag yahaan se. shaam hote na hote khaana. (baraamade kee or
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jaate-jaate) bol de, thodee der baad aata hoon. anu : aaj abhee se khaana kyon re munnee ?

munna : chaachaajee ne dopahar mein khaaya jo nahin hai.

shambhoo : (daantakar) kah raha hoon na, oopar ja ! sunaee nahin padata? munna : (chillaakar)
haan, maan ne kaha hai yadi abhee turant na aae to- shambhoo bhagaata hai, donon naachate-
naachate bhaagate hain. shambhoo

phir baraamade kee or jaata hai. anu : aapane dopahar mein khaana nahin khaaya hai?

munna : khaaya kaise nahin hai. ghar par na khaane se kya kalakatta shahar mein aur kaheen
nahin khaaya ja sakata?

shambhoo ka prasthaan . anu jara der cheejen idhar-udhar karatee hai . jaalee sartiphiket tebul
par thee. uthaakar jara der dekhatee hai, phaadane jaate-jaate kuchh sochakar ruk jaatee hai.
phir aish-tre se churut uthaakar use marodatee hai aur badee berahamee se phenk detee hai.
theek isee samay shambhoo kee bhaabhee ka pravesh .

bhaabhee : kya hua? itana gussa kyon? anu : (samhalakar) aaie bhaabhee. (churut ko phir se
uthaakar aish-

tre mein daalatee hai)

bhaabhee : kya hai?

anu : kuchh nahin, churut .

bhaabhee : churut? churut yahaan kaun peeta hai?

anu : phoophaajee . par yah churut sulagaaya tha aapake laayak devar ne.

bhaabhee : shambhoo ne churut peena shuroo kiya hai? anu : shuroo nahin kiya hai par karane
kee koshish kar rahe hain. churut

peee bina dimaag nahin khulata. bhaabhee : dimaag ho tab to khule ?

anu : (jal-bhunakar) shambhoo da ko dimaag nahin hai? shambhoo da poore

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paade ke dimaag hain. jitanee samasyaen hain, sabako sulajhaane ka bhaar unheen par hai.
thietar ke kshetr mein dal ke sabhee log unakee buddhi ka loha maanate hain-yahaan tak ki
baaboojee aur phoophaajee

bhee. bhaabhee : (hansakar) par tum bhee maanatee ho, aisa to nahin lagata!

anu : ba... ba ! maanatee nahin kaise? shambhoo da kee akl ke bina mera naatak karana nahin
hoga. booaajee ko thanda nahin kiya ja sakega.

bhaabhee : kya upaay socha hai, sunoon jara ! usakee to yah haalat hai ki khaana khaane tak ka
thikaana nahin. usake chelon se savere se sun rahee hoon-shambhoo ne koee bahut bada plaan
banaaya hai. par kya plaan hai, yah koee nahin jaanata.
anu : (sartiphiket uthaakar ) yah hai plaan . bhaabhee : yah kya hai? byaah ka sartiphiket lagata
hai. naam-dhaam to is par kuchh hai nahin .

anu : jaalee sartiphiket hai. ise dikhaakar booaajee ko dhokhe mein rakha

jaega. bhaabhee : achchha! par baad mein jab pata chalega unhen, tab ? anu : seedha-sa upaay.
sachamuch byaah kar lene se sab jhanjhat chuk

jaega. bhaabhee : bhaee, usakee buddhi kee daad denee hogee- upaay bura nahin socha hai.

anu : (naaraaj hokar) aap bhee aisee baaten karatee hain bhaabhee? naatak karana hai, kya
iseelie jis-tis se byaah karatee phiroongee? bhaabhee : aa ha, keval naatak ke lie kyon? aur phir jis
-tis se byaah karane kee baat bhee to nahin hai.

anu : aur nahin to kya? main kya khilavaad karane kee cheez hoon? booaajee mera byaah
karavaane par tulee hain-ek kaath ke ulloo se, aur shambhoo da tule hain nitaee da se-main
maano-

bhaabhee : (chaunkakar) kya kaha? nitaee se?

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anu main maano-main maano ek- bhaabhee : (daant peesakar) gadha, ekadam gadha hai, bilakul
gobar . vah

gaya kahaan?

anu baahar lagata hai, stej banava rahe hain.

bhaabhee : bas utane hee kee akl hai (peechhe ke daravaaje kee or jaakar) shambhoo !
shambhoo !
shambhoo (baahar se) kya? abhee mujhe phursat nahin hai. bhaabhee abhee sab phursat nahin
hai nikaalatee hoon tumhaara. phauran aa

jao, nahin to pachhataoge .

anu: kya hua bhaabhee? unase kya kahiega? bhaabhee : kahoongee-tum ekadam gadhe ho.

shambhoo ka pravesh .

shambhoo hua kya? itana chilla kyon rahee ho? bhaabhee : tum ekadam gadhe ho.

shambhoo gadha ?

bhaabhee : ekadam gadha. chalo, khaana khaane chalo.

shambhoo : main...

bhaabhee : chup! ek shabd bhee nahin. seedhe oopar jaakar haath-munh dhoo. main aatee hoon.

shambhoo chupachaap baahar ke daravaaje se nikal jaata hai.

anu : kya hua bhaabhee? meree samajh mein kuchh nahin aa raha hai? bhaabhee : (achaanak
hansakar) tumhen samajhane kee jaroorat bhee nahin hai.

booaajee kahaan hain?

anu : kaasheepur. mujhe phaansee par chadhaane ka intajaam karane gaee hain. main aaj
booaajee se kah doongee.

bhaabhee : kya?

anu : kahoongee main naatak karoongee, aapakee jo ichchha ho keejie. bhaabhee : (hansakar)
achchha, kahana. par aaj nahin kal. haan, badale

mein yaad rahe to yah kah dena ki kal dopahar mein tumhaare baaboojee,
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booaajee, phoophaajee ka khaana mere yahaan hai. tum to rahogee nahin,

subah mausee ke yahaan ja rahee ho na ! anu : ab mausee ke yahaan jaakar kya karoongee ?

bhaabhee : nahin-nahin, jao. mere yahaan khaana baad mein kha lena .

anu : bhaabhee !

bhaabhee : haan, bolo .

anu : mujhe lagata hai, aapake dimaag mein kuchh aur hai. anu : pata nahin, par lagata hai.

bhaabhee : kaise laga ?

bhaabhee : (hansakar) yadi kuchh hoga bhee to us gadhe ke dimaag mein jo hai usase to
achchha hee hoga. (sartiphiket uthaakar ) yaad karake kah dena. main bhee kal subah aakar
khud kah jaoongee. sartiphiket phaadate-phaadate prasthaan . anu dekhatee rah jaatee hai.

[ parda ]
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trteey ank

pratham drshy

shanivaar. dopahar . shambhoo tebul par kuchh nakshe bana raha hai. baraamade se anaath ka
pravesh.

anaath : nitaee da ne kaha hai-abhee aa rahe hain.

shambhoo : achchha. sun, is list se milaakar sab cheejen stej ke peechhe do bade tebulon par
sajaakar rakh de. seen baee seen alag karake rakhana. aur kya-kya aana baakee hai, mujhe

jhatapat bata jaana.

anaath ka prasthaan . shambhoo phir naksha banaane lagata

hai. tanik sochata hai, phir lambee saans chhodata hai,

phir banaata hai. nitaee ka chupachaap satarkataapoorvak

pravesh- baraamade ke raaste se .

nitaee : yahaan kyon phir? apane ghar ya mere ghar jaane se hee to hota?

shambhoo mera ghar nahin raha.

nitaee : kyon, kya hua? bhaabheejee ne nikaal baahar kar diya? shambhoo : haan, bhaabhee
booaajee logon ko khila rahee hain. is samay yahee kamara niraapad hai.

nitaee : (aashvast hokar) achchhee baat hai. (sigaret sulagaakar) kya kah rahe the, bolo !

shambhoo : nitaee da, hamaara sab plaan chaupat ho gaya. mainne shuroo se hee bhool soch
liya tha. anu raajee nahin hai.
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nitaee : raajee nahin hai? ye kuchh thodee see baaten kahane ko raajee nahin

hai ? shambhoo : kuchh thodee-see baaten kahane se hee to baat khatm nahin ho jaatee.
achchha nitaee da, ek baat poochhoon?

nitaee : kya baat?

shambhoo : tum anu se byaah karana chaahate ho? nitaee : main anu se? tumhaara dimaag
kharaab ho gaya hai!

shambhoo : shaayad . ya phir bhaabhee jo kahatee hain, vahee sahee hai.

nitaee : kya kahatee hain bhaabhee? shambhoo : kahatee hain- main ekadam gadha hoon.

nitaee : gadha ? shambhoo : haan.

nitaee : bandar nahin ?

shambhoo : nahin. nitaee : ghoda nahin?

shambhoo : nahin. nitaee : gadha ?

shambhoo : gadha.

nitaee : theek suna tha ?

shambhoo : theek suna tha .

anaath ka pravesh .

anaath : cheyar aa gaee hain shambhoo .

shambhoo : lagaana shuroo kar do. stej se tees pheet kee dooree rakhana. bachchon ke baithane
ke lie shataranjee aa gaee?

anaath : abhee tak nahin.

shambhoo : paal kampanee mein phon karo-kaho, abhee chaahie.

anaath ka prasthaan .
nitaee : tab kya karoge?

shambhoo : kuchh tai nahin kar pa raha hoon. phoophaajee yadi ek baar booaajee
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ko lekar ghoomane chale jaen to baat bane. bas, yahee aakhiree

cheshta hai.

nitaee vah hoga?

shambhoo : lagata nahin.

nitaee : anu kya kahatee hai?

shambhoo : anu ne kaha hai-naatak karegee. booaajee ko jo karana ho,

karen.

kuchh der maun .

nitaee : tumhaaree bhaabhee ne tumhen gadha kaha hai?

shambhoo : yah ek baat kitanee baar sunana chaahate ho?

nitaee : nahin, soch raha tha kyon kaha?
shambhoo : theek hee kaha. aur yah bhee kaha hai ki ise lekar main vyarth

maatha na lagaoon .

nitaee : tab phir kaun lagaega?

shambhoo : bhaabhee ne kaha jo karana hai, ve karengee.

nitaee : woh ? Woh maane kaun?

shambhoo : ve maane bhaabhee. mere bhaiya kee bahoo, munna munnee kee maan, naam

pratima bandyopaadhyaay .
nitaee : (aur bhee golamaal karate hue) ve kya karengee?

shambhoo : nitaee da, tum to mujhe paagal banaakar chhodoge. mainne tumhen phir se bulaaya
hai raay karane ke lie. : tum naaraaj kyon ho rahe ho? yah kya maatha garam karane kanitaee :

samay hai?

prompatar ka pravesh .

prompatar : nitaee da, main kis or prompt karoon?

nitaee : ain? baee or se.

prompatar : kisakee baeen or se?
nitaee : apanee baeen or se. is samay ja. kaam kee baat ho rahee hai.