Shujon Beder Ghat

It was like a traditional jatra atmosphere found in the rural areas. The audience was seated on a mat on the ground to watch the show on a typical Chaukona Khola Mancha (a stage open on all four sides). At first the orchestra played a rhythmic composition using conventional instruments like Cornet, Bongo, Mondira and Harmonium. And then the jatra artistes presented a patriotic song.

The show started from the middle of the story when Pushpokumar, a crown prince, falls in love with Mala a snake charmer. The snake charmer chief Shujan Sardar is also in love with the girl and a conflict arises between the prince and Shujan and the latter dies as a consequence.

In a flashback it is revealed that Mala is in fact the daughter of the king of that country while Pushpokumar is originally the son of the king's general. Through a conspiracy, the general had managed to become the king. At last, the parents of both the hero and heroine approve of their love and the pala ends with a poetic justice.

The audience, the average run of the people of the city, enjoyed the performance of the professional jatra group.