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                                                                 AN ODYSSEY TO DIGBOI

PLOT ONE: ECONOMICAL DIGBOI

SCENE 1: STORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF THE OIL, FOLLOWED BY THE COMING OF THE TERM ‘DIGBOI’ (AN ELEPHANT RIDING BY A BRITISH OFFICER, FOREST, WORKERS CUTTING TREES)

SCENE 2: TITLE… (THE MODEL OF DIGBOI TOWN)

BACKGROUND SPEECH… (INFORMATION ABOUT DIGBOI)

SCENE 3: THE EPITAPH ‘WELCOME DIGBOI’, FARMERS THROWING NEW SEEDS IN THE PADDIES.

SCENE 4: THE VIEW OF REFINERY (FROM CENETARY PARK TOP)

SCENE 5: THE WALL OF DIGBOI REFINERY.

SCENE 6: THE MODEL OF OIL INDUSTRY.

SCENE 7: THE FIRST ‘RIG’.

SCENE 8: THE ELEPHANT STATUE AND THE FOREST.

SCENE 9: THE STATUE OF BRITISH SAHEB OF OIL INDUSTRY.

SCENE 10: STATUE OF OTHER BRITISH OFFICERS.

SCENE 11: IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS, ALBUMS FROM MUSEUM (THE PAST OIL MONGERS, SOLDIERS, DIGGERS ETC.)

SCENE 12: THE OTHER RELICS AND MEMORABLES FROM MUSEUM INSIDE.

SCENE 13: OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM; OBJECT OF ATTRACTION.

(a)    THE RUSTED TRAIN.

(b)   THE GODOWN OF MACHINES.

(c)    THE OLD CAR.

(d)   THE BRITISH LADY AND THE GENTLEMAN.

(e)   THE BOAT.

(f)     THE DIGGING MACHINE.

SCENE 14: TOWN MARKET: CHARIALI/NEWMARKET

(a)    FISH MARKET.

(b)   GROCERIES AND OTHERS AROUND. (VIEWS OF DWELLERS ABOUT DIGBOI MARKET)

PLOT TWO: SOCIAL DIGBOI

SCENE 1: THE DIGBOI SIGHT FROM TANK 1 TOP.

SCENE 2: THE SIGHT OF FAR VILLAGE AND PADDIES AROUND PANBARI FROM TANK 1 TOP.

SCENE 3: THE COMING OF A TRAIN HEADING TOWARDS DIGBOI STATION FROM CENETARY PARK TOP.

SCENE 4: (a) ZOOMING CLOSE THE SCENE OF THE MOVING TRAIN

SLOW MUSIC…

(b)   A POOR SMALL BOY GAZING AT THE TRAIN FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE (CONTINUOUS SHOT FROM a TO b)

SCENE 5: POOR LITTLE CHILDREN PLAYING AND RUNNING; A SCENE FROM TOWN ROAD AND DIGBOI STATION.

SCENE 6: INDIA CLUB: BOYS PLAYING TENNIS AND GIRLS PERFORMING DANCE PROGRAMME.

SCENE 7: A MAD MAN IN TATTERED CLOTHES ROTATING IN THE MARKET PLACE.

SCENE 8: DIGBOI CLUB: FAMILIES OF HIGH RANKING OFFICERS HAVING PARTIES; CHILDREN SWIMMING ON THE POOL.

SCENE 9: FLAMING OF FIRE FROM THE HUGE GAS PIPE; TRAMP SLEEPING ON THE FOOTPATH.

SCENE 10: LIONS CLUB OF DIGBOI: MEMBERS OFFERING THE POOR, CLOTHES AND BLANKETS.

SCENE 11: INDIA CLUB FIELD: TEENAGERS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND CRICKET IN THE FIELD.

SCENE 12: CHILDREN MERRY-MAKING INSIDE THE PARK ALONGWITH PARENTS.

SCENE 13: WATERFALL IN THE CENETARY PARK.

SCENE 14: COUPLES BOATING ON THE POND IN THE CENETARY PARK.

SCENE 15: COUPLES AND OTHERS ENJOYING THE SCENE OF DIGBOI FROM THE CENETARY PARK TOP SITTING ON THE BENCH AND GRASS.

SCENE 16: VILLAGE SCENE; VIEWS OF FARMERS AND VILLAGE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PADDIES AND CROPS, THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE OF DIGBOI.

SCENE 17: VIEWS OF POOR BEING ABOUT THEIR LIFE STYLE, EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN AND OTHER SOCIAL FABRIC.

SCENE 18: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION:

(a)    JANATA SCHOOL.

(b)   SOWMAR VIDYAPITH.

(c)    LITTLE STAR.

(d)   DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL.

(e)   WOMENS COLLEGE.

(f)     DIGBOI COLLEGE: INSIDE VIEW OF DIGBOI COLLEGE.

SCENE 19: CHILDREN HEADING TO SCHOOL, BUYING ICECREAMS, EATING TIFFINS FROM HAWKERS AND OTHER VENDORS. (JANATA HIGH SCHOOL)

SCENE 20: OUTVIEW OF JANATA CINEMA HALL.

SCENE 21: SHILLONG ROAD: THE NATURAL SCENE AND BUNGLOWS OF HIGH RANKING OFFICERS.

SCENE 22: DIGBOI ARBORETUM. (SOME VIEWS FROM FOREST OFFICER ABOUT ARBORETUM)

SCENE 23: NATURAL RESOURSE: LAKHIPATHAR RESERVE FOREST.

SCENE 24: HERBAL SITE (MULIABARI) (A SHORT VIEW FROM THE MEMBERS ABOUT HERBAL SITE)

SCENE 25: WAR CEMETRY: EPITAPH AND RECORDS OF MARTYRS.

PLOT THREE: CULTURAL DIGBOI

SCENE 1: JYOTI PRASAD AGARWALA STATUE.

SCENE2: SATI JOYMOTI STATUE.

SCENE 3: LUIT SHILPI SAMAJ; BIHU DANCE, RABINDRA DANCE, ART COMPETITION, SINGING COMPETION.

SCENE 4: AOD PRIMARY SCHOOL (OLD), DYNAMIC SOUND: CHILDREN HAVING LESSONS ON MUSIC.

SCENE 5: I.O.C FESTIVE …JUBILEE FIELD, ANNUAL SPORT: CRICKET/FOOTBALL.

SCENE 6: FUNCTION BY A RENOWNED SINGER; SWARM OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE FUNCTION.

SCENE 7: BIHU TALI; PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY.

SCENE 8:  ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATION (VIVEKANANDA ACADEMY: GOLAI)

SCENE 9: GURUDWARA: THE VIEW OF DIGBOI FROM THE TOP OF THE SPOT AND THE PROCESSION.

SCENE 10: MOSQUE: PROCESSION OF MOHARAM.

SCENE 11: CHURCH: CHRISTMAS SCENE OF THE CHURCH.

SCENE 12: BUDDHA MANDIR.

SCENE 13: DURGA PUJA AND KALI PUJA.

SCENE 14: NAMGHAR (SHANTIPARA): SATRA AND BHAWANA.

SCENE 14: KATI BIHU: FARMERS MOWS CROP AND A WOMAN LIT PRADIP AND PLACE NEAR A SMALL ALTAR OUTSIDE IN THE DARK AND LEAVES…

SONG OF BHAWANA…                                  

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