The Money Plant

Subir Mondol is a man in his late 30s. He has wife, Manashi Mondol and a daughter Tutul. Though Subir and his family lives in a very remote village (Sundarban) of West Bengal, but he a man of progress. Subir wants her daughter to be educated just like every other girl in Kolkata. For Subir, the meaning of progress is to get out of his village and getting settled in the city of Kolkata. His highest priority in life is to see her daughter speaking English fluently.

Tutul on the other hand is very fond of trees. She used to plant small trees on the courtyard of her house. She is a very smart and sensitive child. She learn things very quickly.

Subir’s family condition is not good. He is a fisherman by profession, but he don’t want to do fishing for the rest of his life. Subir is struggling with monetary problem, the school has even rusticated his daughter Tutul because Subir was unable to pay the fees for six months. Only Amar Sir, a young gentleman from Kolkata, who had a posting in this village as a school master, is fighting for Tutul’s re-admission with the school authorities.

Meanwhile, Subir discovered a note (letter) from his grandfather written to his father about a hidden treasure that he has kept somewhere beneath their own land during 1971 Bangaldesh liberation war. After discovering this note, Subir went crazy. He was so obsessed with this idea of hidden treasure kept by his grandfather that he digged all of his land and house, but, he found nothing. Slowly in greed and hope Subir started loosing his sanity.

In the middle of all these, Subir meets Shefali Gupta, Managing Director of Peters company. Shefali offers Subir a handsome amount of money in exchange of all his lands and ponds, as Shefali’s company is going to build a factory production unit in the village, for that they need these lands.

Subir falls in his trap, as he is now desperate to get out of this village with his wife and daughter. He gives all his consent and property papers to Shefali’s in exchange of a job as labour in Kolkata and few lakh rupees. Subir lost the hope of getting his grandfather’s treasure. Meanwhile Amar Sir’s constant fight with the school authority for Tutul’s readmission is successful. The school authorities agrees to take her back to the school, but now, Subir is reluctant to get her daughter in that school as he thought after taking the money from Shaymolendu he would be able to teach his daughter in some English medium school in Kolkata.

This madness of his father effected Tutul psychologically. And thus, she planted a Money plant (Taka Gach) in the courtyard of her house so that her family can gain some money, as there is a myth that Money Plant can bring wealth to a household. Meanwhile, Manashi (Subir’s wife) died of tuberculosis.

Now, Subir has no reason to stay in that village after his wife’s demise and finally decides to go out of the village selling off everything at a very low cost to Shefali.

Thus, after selling everything to him, Subir and his daughter leaves for Kolkata in the hope of a better future. Shefali’s company started digging Subir’s house and suddenly one of the worker stabbed the TAKA GACH planted by Tutul just to find out Subir’s grandfather’s hidden treasure beneath the ground.