shubhror bari theke dkeha jai oi mahabir mandir. colony te cholchhe gato ekmas dhare kash phul er utsab. samner gate perolei "youth corner" club, pratibar er motoi ebar cholechhhe ekmas age theke pandal er bansh ponta er dhum. tarpor
thakur er myar bandhar kajj, tate mati para ek ek sab step. chhoto shurbo eto kichhu bojhe naah. kintu ki jeno ekta utsab er hatchahni take nara dei. se bujhte pare ekta usab aschhe bole. colony er bakira anekei or theke  baro tabe indu or samabaosi kintu bachcha meye bole o ato berote pare naah.  school er ek bandhu achhe deep. o ar deep ekdin chupi chupi gehchilo thakur e mati dewa dekhte.
kono ekdin naki thakur er chokh phutbe. ar enar naki tinte chokh.. puro ta o bojhe naah.
 hatath colony r prathom phatka ta phatlo..  aj thek usab er shuru colony er sab chhele ra jara or thek baro phakta phatate shuru korehchhe. kali phakta theke shuru kore chocolate ar dodoma sab. oi to shibu ar debu sathe shibani o achhe baroder dall.
hatath maa daklo: Shubhro! ei shurbhro edike shune jaa. aaj mahalaya.

shubhro: mahalaya ki maa?

maa: aaj mahalayr gaan shunte hoi. ajito maa durga aschhen. aaj thekeidebir bodhon mane durga pujor shuru.

shu: maa durga pujoi sabai khuub maja kare naah?
ma: hyaan!
shu: deep bolchhilo or maa, babar sathe o ghurte jabe purjor chhuti te.
maa amara keno jai naah? baba keno asena?

chheler prashno shune reba o ektu onnyamanaskyo hoye jai

Last scene: RABINDRASANGEET: DURE KOTHAO DURE DURE

Reba sindoor khele bari phireche.  subhro ekhono phereni. Club-er bodo dada-der sange mile shea bikele-r bijaya dosomi function-er natak-er jonnno rehersal korche. tar part ta choto kintu unimportant noi. Reba-r sashudi anima, pasher barir kakima-ke bijaya doshomi-r subheccha janate geche. tai bari ekhon phanka.  emon shob bishesh dingulote se sankar-ke khubi miss kore.... tai  aaj shokal thekei se emon ekta samay-er opekha korchilo. purono chithi-r bundle-ta reba abar khule boshlo... last chithita-y sankar Canada-r autumn-er ek adbhut life-like bornona diyeche.... Reba can literally visualize the treelined cobblestone streets, the side-walks dotted with yellow and red  autumn leaves that sankar has so vividly described.... and as she reads his letter for the nth time her mind floats into those silent boulevards where shankar often goes for his morning walks....... (The Music starts: dure kothay.... dure dure.....)

next we see shankar in a half sweater.... pocket-er kona theke ekta envelope uki marche.... he starts jogging in those lanes that reba has just imagined.... then sits by a wooden chair.... ghaam muchte muchte he takes out the envelope from his pocket.... he smiles at his sons drawings of the hills and the beaches.... background-e we hear reba's voice saying..... tomar chile impatiently tomar jonno opekha korche.... and he is drawing pictures of all the beautiful places that we shall visit together.... perhaps next pujo-r chuti-te when you are here..... with a fading smile on his lips   onnomanushko hoye shanker stares at infinity..... just then a whiff of wind blows.... and the drawing escapes shankar's hands and as he chases....  the letter vanishes into thin air while the autumn leaves creek under his feet..... then the song resumes..... dure kothay dure dure....

scene i+1:

sankar gari drive korte korte bhabche:

his first real conversation with Reba: about his dream which he thinks might just remain as a dream......

scene i:

location: canada-r kono university coffee lounge. sankar notun bangali post-doc tanmoy-er sange kotha bolche.

kagojer coffee-er cup-e chumuk diye sankar :
ma jokhon reba-r kotha amake bollo tokhon ami 4th year-e. notun pay-commision-er proposal was in the air. kintu tokhon-o officially kichu jana jayni. abar odeke kaaj jemon bhebechilam temon-ta hocche na... ekta pace-e egocche bote kintu ami completely satisfied noy. aei obosthay arekjoner daitto neioyar chintatao besh scary chilo. nanan ojuhat diye biye-ta postpone korar chesta korlam... kintu ma-r kotha tai sesh kotha roilo. biye amake kortai holo.....

pichon theke aawaz :
sankar-da mone aache to... aaj sandhe sath-tay amader barite. deri korben na kintu. thanda beguni khete amar ektu-o bhalo lage na !

sankar:
aare already charte baaje... amar ektu kaaj-o baki aache. sandhe belay dekha hobe.... jaihok... biye te mana korona. aaj amake je position-e dekhcho tar praey sob credit-e tomar boudi-r. arranged marriage isn't that bad after all...

“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”

Hafiz of Persia quotes

sometimes i can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives i'm not living...