A Millionaire's Love Story

Before i tell u another story, i need to thank everyone who read my blog. your comments push me harder to keep my postings going on. since i wasnt in a mood to write about myself, i have another story for u, which took place in the early 1990s. Read on for some magical twists.



The protagonist in this story is Mr. Bright. Since i cant give out his real name, let this assumed name be used for now. This person, Mr. Bright was a millionaire (and still is ...) had a cocktail of things going good for him. He was well connected with the political establishment, ministers were his cronies, even the biggest names in the crime circuit were personally known to him. He was running a Bar in the commercial heartland of bangalore. Those days bands were allowed in the bars. there were singers who assumed dual roles, in these bars. A very beautiful bengali girl was the singer in Mr. Bright's bar, those days. this singer had quite a role in increasing the business for her owner. she had a very sweet voice, and her attributes and beauty were envied upon.



Our Mr. Bright fell for this singer. he had a successful romance going strong with his beautiful singer. this relationship both working and otherwise went on for some weeks. one fine day, this well endowed singer went missing. Mr. Bright ordered his body guards to search for her at all the leading bars in bangalore where bands were being played. all his efforts and money power came to naught. He realised that she had gone for more greener pastures; as though his pocket wasnt deep enough. He was hell bound on getting her back, whatever it may take. he consulted some occulists and tantriks to find her. These occulists and tantriks only were successful in gulping his money, which he poured like quick sand. atlast someone referred him to a tantrik in kerala, whose exploits were much lauded. He wanted to give it a try.



The new tantrik from kerala was consulted. The tantrik ordered some bizarre rituals to be undertaken. These rituals needed things as vague as a chameleon, and a living bat, among others. Everything was procured except the bat. To find a bat in bangalore posed a challenge at the first rung itself. somehow people were sent as far as possible in the country side to fetch a living bat. A few people were even sent to neighbouring tamil nadu to catch a bat. Little did he know that they were having a paid holiday in tamilnadu, while thanking his craziness. Mr Bright lost a good amount of money in his pursuit of a living bat. his people atlast managed to catch a live bat from within bangalore city itself, in an old building. Somehow, most rituals were successfully done. the last one was involving the bat, and was quite a tricky one. There wasnt any guarantee with the ritual involving the bat. The bat after being tied with a holy thread, was to be released. if it flew in a particular direction (let's take it as north direction), the lady singer would return without fail, in just a few days (exact number of days not sure, but less than a month). If the bat took any other direction after being released, then the case was hopeless.



The bat was atlast taken to the great lungspace of bangalore, i.e. cubbon park. The millionaire Mr. Bright, his close group of bodyguards and the trantrik were praying for luck. Finally they decided to release the bat tied with the long holy thread. Once left free, the bat soared to the sky, and then it circled around them over their heads, as if to gain its orientation. Mr. Bright was praying intensely in his mind for the bat to fly northwards. After the bat completed two circles over their head, it headed for north and kept flying in that direction till it disappeared from sight.



It can only be called magical, that the singer girl who wasnt in touch with Mr.Bright for all these days, returned back within the stipulated period. Mr. Bright had got back his love interest. Their romance lasted until he lost interest in her.



(Last heard, our protagonist had left for U.S.A. He was notorious for having bedded actresses from kannada tv serials being aired in those days. My effort here is not a figment of imagination, but authenticated inputs.)