গুপি গাইন ও বাঘা বাইন Gupi Gayen O Bagha Bayen

উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী Upendra Kishor Roy Chowdhury

Genre: Child, Classic

Language: Bengali

Gupi Gayen O Bagha Bayen was written by Upendra Kishor Roy Chowdhury, a Fantasy story for children. The characters Gupi Gayen and Bagha Byne made their first appearance in the Sandesh magazine in 1915. The story revolves around Gopinath Gyne alias Goopy, the son of a poor grocer Kanu Kyne from a village called Amloki. Goopy wants to become a singer, but unfortunately, he sings terribly without melody, rhythm, or tune. The village elders wanting to have fun, persuade him to sing for the king in the early morning hours right under His Majesty's bedroom window. Goopy does so and is driven out of Amloki on a donkey for waking up the king with his terrible singing. Exiled to a forest, he meets Bagha Bayen, another exile from the nearby village Hortuki. Bagha has been exiled for playing the drum badly. They soon make the team after encountering a tiger and start singing and drumming, initially to scare off the tiger, but in the process attract a group of ghosts who are fascinated by their music. Happy with their performance, the king of the ghosts (Bhooter Raja) grants them three boons, all of which are only available to both as a pair (they cannot use them individually