The Man with the Axe (পরশুরাম)

..read by Pamela Singh.'

Where is he?

'Elections have been discontinued

Where is the rascal?

'Mr. Swaran Singh said he is

..differences on the Sikh

'The Sri Lanka president Mr.

'Has arrived in Madras

You can't hear me, right?

Come here! -'lndia and Sweden ..

..have

You can't walk indeed!

The Garabos have won the

..title.' -Where's my wallet?

What?

Wallet! Money bag! My bag of cash!

'The government..'

Tell me where is it?

You steal and try to act innocent?!

No.

'Renewal of the gold sale policy.'

No!

'The government said because

..didn't steal.

You didn't steal, you didn't steal?

Thief! Robber! Get out! Out!

Get out, you scum!

Brother, why are you shouting?

Here's your wallet. lt was

'lt will be recalled here that..'

Hey what are you doing,

You're my servant.

Servant indeed.

Hey, hey!

l'll beat you up in such a way..

Come one, come all. Take a look!

See how the magic man

Son!

Will you show us some new tricks?

What tricks?

Ways of the world!

Yes, ways of the world!

Gentlemen, ladies and children,

..a strange man.

A checked shirt, a loin cloth

You can all recognize this man.

Son, can you recognize this man?

Who is this man?

A simple villager.

Yes, a simple villager.

He has come to the city

lt's been 4 months now. Am l right?

He did get a humble job at

To swab, wash the car,

Do this, that and the other.

Son.

Why did he leave his job?

He was beaten up often.

Kind people, compassionate folk.

The sky is above and

Listen children, ladies

He is a simple villager. A hungry,

He has nothing in the world.

He has no one!

No land to call his own.

No home. This is the

His father had everything.

He had a home and land.

The land was written for

At 1 0%%% interest, 1 0 years back.

He had to repay Rs. 25

ln order to repay this he

The moneylender said, 'Khetu,

..burden of this loan? lts better

''You'll be rid of loans and all.''

Then he became a marginal farmer.

He began tilling this very land,

Every year that field

..1 6 short hundredweights of grains.

This was shared equally between

..the farmer. 8 short

Absolutely equal.

Son!

The landlord took 8 short

How many would he take in 1 0 years?

80 short hundredweights.

How much rice will that give?

40 short hundredweights.

..will 40 short

At least Rs. 2000.

This is the way of the world!

Son!

Where is that man? -He ran away?

Ran away?

Now get up high and look

Did you see him?

Where is he?

ls he alone?

There are crowds of hungry,

They come from far and wide, their

The city is filling up fast.

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

Hoards of hungry, impoverished

'West Bengal government presents.'

'A creation of Mrinal Sen

'Parashuram.'

'Direction: Mrinal Sen.'

Hey Parashuram! Yes,

Parashuram is out with

Are you in the city

Parashuram will chop the forest.

Come here, look at him.

Why are you going that way?

Hey sonny! What are you doing there?

You can't take that spot.

Oh no! Hey Nayan, look at this

The spot's been given.

lt's been what?

Distributed. lt's been

Go to your left. Beyond the rail

..have come up. Go try over there.

Police, the police are here!

Hey, they've come!

Hey leave that!

They broke our house!

They took the bed! They've

lt's been distributed!

How did you find this place?

Do you want to say something?

l mean to say, how did you

The way you did.

l went all over. At least

l hope no one just barges

They won't come, right?

They may just come. This

Don't try to empathize at that time!

Just tell them straight away.

l understand.

l understand that this place

There are people milling around

..a little space.

What aren't they fighting

Till this morning, l was

ln the space of half a

What do you do?

l told you, l was working

You lost the job?

Let's see.

My word! You've quite

A glass, a tumbler. A plate.

A lamp!

What do you do?

Whose pickaxe is it? Yours?

lt's yours.

When l carry that pickaxe l

..universe. Get it?

l get it. -No!

l'm not showing off. Everyone

That time. That time when the

They summoned everybody

Go to the forest and chop wood.

So, l got into a train and

A very deep jungle.

l started chopping wood, suddenly

lt's a rat.

What did you see in

A tiger.

Yes. A tiger.

Staring straight at me.

l froze in terror.

l just kept staring unblinkingly

What else could l do?

The one who is out to eat me, won't

He won't understand if you tell him.

Either he'll eat me.

Or you'll eat him!

Suddenly, something

l picked up the pickaxe and..

Killed him?

When l think of him even now..

..shivers run down my spine.

Go have a look! See

Brother Toak, brother Toak!

Brother Toak!

Brother, seems like your Parashuram.

Hope he hasn't been run over!

No, he escaped!

Check whether he is injured or not.

Hey you, you there, you!

Brother Parashuram,

Are you new in Kolkata? Can't

What can l do? He

He just came on to me indeed!

Just the other day a

Hey!

What's this?