War Master Dhruv as planned by Shamik Dasgupta
By Avi Rapstar in Indian comics universe fan club (Files) ·
Many people want to know how Shamik Dasgupta had planned the parallel series of Dhruv.
This War Master Dhruv an idea of Mr. Dasgupta but it was not developed as a series. On the request of Aman Kumar, I sharing the story of the first three issues of this planned series.
Before I share this story, I want to make it clear that I DID NOT write this story. Shamik Dasgupta wrote this story.
Young Dhurv was born and brought up in Empire Circus. His parents were the legendary trapeze artists whose skills became a myth. When Dhruv was eight years old he started performing with his parents, and with time became even better than them. Dhruv’s father Jagdish was a gem of a man with his entire soul dedicated to the Circus, the owner Mr. Arora had a lot of affection and confidence on the family and they became the star attraction of the circus. But time went by Circus as an industry suffered serious set back as the new generation are no more interested in the antics and shifted their interests in other modes of entertainment. The show of live animals was restricted by the government and the responsibility of keeping the show on fell heavily on Jagdish and his family. Jagdish was getting old and too much strain started taking a toll on him. One day an exhausted and stressed Jagdish made a mistake while swinging on the ropes and plunged to the ground. Dhruv tried to save his father but he was too young and his strength was not enough. Jagdish became paralyzed after that incident.
The Circus was already suffering from heavy losses, and Mr. Arora was being unable to keep it alive anymore. Moreover he could not put Jagdish on a pension payroll for the rest of his life since he became useless. The Circus was dissolved and Dhruv and his family found themselves in a distressful situation. There was no money no shelter, nowhere to go. Dhruv’s mother had to start all over as a maid servant to support and keep her family alive.
A few years later Dhruv finally got a job in a supermarket in a mall somewhere in Rajnagar. Since he did not receive any education as he never had the chance to go to school this was the best career option he had. But Dhruv started educating himself. He spent hours in the book section of the mall reading every single book of all the sections on the other hand handling the customers. Among all the books he found instruction manuals of martial arts and physical and mental wellbeing the most useful and interesting. Unknown to anyone he stated practicing in whatever free time he managed for himself.
One day a bunch of Robbers attacked the supermarket with intention of looting it. Dhruv with his superb training in acrobatics and martial arts fought against the robbers and defeated them. Police came and arrested the robbers and Dhruv became an instant hero among the employees and the officials of the store. Unknown to everyone a man had been observing Dhruv and the way he moved and fought against the robbers. This man is Colonel Robert D’souza a legendary military personnel who is involved in a secret government project. After seeing Dhruv he immediately decided to recruit him.
Robert visited Dhruv’s house which is a meager place in a chawl, and after seeing the condition of his ailing paralyzed father and overworked mother he gave Dhruv an offer to serve his country. He saw what an excellent physical specimen Dhruv is, by the way he fought and he wants to draft him in the army. His yearly salary will be Rs. Twenty five Lakh. Dhruv cannot believe his good fortune, not only he finds a proper job but he is being able to serve the nation and then again such a huge salary for his services and he is just twenty years old. His family becomes very happy and as Dhruv leaves for the training his mother gives him a star shaped locket with the pictures of his parents inside.
Dhruv begins his training, under the tutelage of the finest professionals in the commando force. He is taught six different forms of Martial arts including, Taikwando, Hapkido, Jeet kun Do, Kallari Payat, Burmese Boxing, and Krav Maga, Dhruv with his acrobatic skills and past training mastered in all of them. He is trained to use all sorts of weapons and survival tactics. But Dhruv is tormented because he is not allowed to go on a leave to meet his parents. A year passes by with his training and then he is initiated to the final phase of the program. He is taken to a secret facility with his eyes blindfolded and led into a laboratory under strict surveillance. Dhruv is distressed and fights back and then Colonel Robert arrives.
He tells Dhruv to calm down so he can explain why he is there. He tells him in the recent years the Government of India is neck deep in trouble dealing with the various Terrorist organizations and cells operating within the country. The Army most of the time fails to deal with such nuisances and there are many parameters, protocol and decorum that bind the hands of the armed forces in India to aggressively wipe out the terrorist organizations operating all across the nation. They have tried and failed several times. Now it is time to unleash a force that can match the ferocity and tactics of the terror cells.
‘North Star’ is a covert operative paramilitary cell, a black ops sanction the Indian govt. has employed to sweep out the terrorist organizations in and outside India who poses a threat to the country. They search and hunt out terrorists and kills them, with extreme prejudice; no arrests, no trials no judiciary ruckus. Colonel Robert is the head of this military cells and he personally has selected Dhruv to join the ranks. But before he joins the rest of the team he must go through a series of tests which are routine and harmless. Dhruv trusts the Colonel and the tests begin.
Unfortunately the tests were not routine neither harmless. The scientists start injecting serums in Dhruv’s body which genetically enhances him, making him stronger, faster and more aggressive anf finally they brain wipe him. Dhurv remembers nothing of his past life.
As a puppet of the Colonel, Dhruv joins the rest of the North Star team. We find Chandika, Bona Vaman (who is a short stout midget, but extremely dangerous warrior and engineer, he makes weird toys to kill his enemies in his spare time, the North Star benefits from his inventions hence he is a valuable asset. But Bona Vaman lives with an inferiority complex due to his ugly features, and hates Dhruv for being good looking), Natasha (The daughter of Colonel Robert), Mahamanav a man with a super powered brain who has telepathic abilities and telekinesis. The other members of the North Star team are also physically enhanced human beings and they are called ‘The War Masters’ Dhruv is given the new Title, ‘War Master Dhruv’. The North Star is not answerable to any govt. or military officials and they act independently, the only person they are answerable to is the President him/her self.
Hence these new age super commandos are engaged into extensive sweeping operations, but Dhruv one day finds out there is too much collateral damage engaged with this work as he accidentally killed a little girl while raiding a terrorist cell in Ladakh. Before this incident Dhruv was just a machine only obeying commands of the Colonel, because he had been brain wiped, but this incident brings back his emotions. One day he takes off the locket on his neck and opens it. He can see the photo of his parents. He cannot recognize them but this pictures brings forth a plethora of emotions. He cannot remember and the frustration is almost driving him mad added to the guilt of the death of the little girl.
He tries to run away from North Star, but that is simply not allowed Colonel Robo wants him back because he is a very valuable soldier in this war, and moreover his monumental ego will not let him pardon any soldier who is AWOL.
Dhruv runs away one day and he is attacked by his own team mates before he escapes on a running train he is shot. However he loses consciousness after that, and later finds himself drenched in rain, sitting in a railway Platform somewhere near Benaras. His pulls out the bullet with his own hand and slowly it starts healing.
The next part of the story starts from the railway station where the station master will find him sitting there...he looks lost, and helpless. The station master asks where does he want to go, and what’s his name Dhruv answers he cannot remember anything his mind is fogged. The sympathetic station master gives him tea to drink, by that time a train comes and Dhruv gets on it. As the train starts leaving he can here someone shouting 'stop' 'stop'.
He sees a girl running towards the train with a lot of luggage...she is about to fall when he pulls her inside the compartment. So this girl tells him her name is Tanaya and she has run off from her family and travelling to Haryana where her boyfriend is waiting for her, she is a Hindu Brahmin girl, and he is Sikh, so her family is not allowing her to get married to the guy.
On the other hand we can see a military vehicle approaching the station. Natasha, chandika, Bona Vaman and a few other agents of North Star gets down and starts questioning the timid station master about Dhruv. He says he saw the guy but he caught the train to Haryana and after that he doesn't know anything. Since he has seen Dhruva's face Colonel Robo immediately orders via satellite com link to kill the poor man. Natasha does not want to kill the guy but Bona Vaman who is a midget freak and extremely evil and jealous of Dhruva kills the man happily.
After that we can see some incidents in the train, this girl Tanaya buys Dhruv his ticket since he has got no money and tells him he can come with her to Haryana to her boyfriend’s estate, they are very nice people and they will give him a job in the farm. Dhruv has nowhere to go and his mind is too confused and hence he agrees.
So they arrive in Haryana, Manjeet, Tanaya's boyfriend and his whole family welcomes her and is sympathetic towards Dhruv. Manjeet has got a big family and a farm he gets a job there and Manjeet's family finds out that he is a very hard worker, he is strong like an ox, and do the chores of five men alone. Though Dhruv is a loner they welcome him as one of their family members with love and affection, Dhruv who never had a family finds out how valuable such a possession is. But in the night he cannot sleep, whenever he tries to sleep he is haunted by the dreams of his misdeeds in Ladakh, the residues of the memories sticks to him like a leech, he has forgotten but in the subconscious mind those memories haunt him, torment him. Tanaya finds out his miserable state is symathetic towards him, he seems to be lost, and his hidden guilt is eating him alive and slowly a bond forms between them.
The day comes with a week after their arrival to Haryana when Tanaya is about to be engaged, and there is a great family party thrown for the soon to be wed couple Manjeet and Tanaya. And then in that fateful night the war masters attack the farm and the family in search of dhruva. The family of Manjeet are surprised by the sudden attack of these mysterious assailants but they also starts fighting because they are Jaats of Haryana, a fierce and warrior race. But they are no match for the high tech physically advanced War masters and they fall like chaff to scythe. Manjeet is killed before Tanaya’s eyes. Dhruva cannot understand who these people are, but he is surrounded and he fights back trying to save Tanaya’s life. Slowly he starts remembering who he is and what he has become.
This series did not see the light of day and considering current scenario, it would not be published.
This War Master Dhruv an idea of Mr. Dasgupta but it was not developed as a series. On the request of Aman Kumar, I sharing the story of the first three issues of this planned series.
Before I share this story, I want to make it clear that I DID NOT write this story. Shamik Dasgupta wrote this story.
Young Dhurv was born and brought up in Empire Circus. His parents were the legendary trapeze artists whose skills became a myth. When Dhruv was eight years old he started performing with his parents, and with time became even better than them. Dhruv’s father Jagdish was a gem of a man with his entire soul dedicated to the Circus, the owner Mr. Arora had a lot of affection and confidence on the family and they became the star attraction of the circus. But time went by Circus as an industry suffered serious set back as the new generation are no more interested in the antics and shifted their interests in other modes of entertainment. The show of live animals was restricted by the government and the responsibility of keeping the show on fell heavily on Jagdish and his family. Jagdish was getting old and too much strain started taking a toll on him. One day an exhausted and stressed Jagdish made a mistake while swinging on the ropes and plunged to the ground. Dhruv tried to save his father but he was too young and his strength was not enough. Jagdish became paralyzed after that incident.
The Circus was already suffering from heavy losses, and Mr. Arora was being unable to keep it alive anymore. Moreover he could not put Jagdish on a pension payroll for the rest of his life since he became useless. The Circus was dissolved and Dhruv and his family found themselves in a distressful situation. There was no money no shelter, nowhere to go. Dhruv’s mother had to start all over as a maid servant to support and keep her family alive.
A few years later Dhruv finally got a job in a supermarket in a mall somewhere in Rajnagar. Since he did not receive any education as he never had the chance to go to school this was the best career option he had. But Dhruv started educating himself. He spent hours in the book section of the mall reading every single book of all the sections on the other hand handling the customers. Among all the books he found instruction manuals of martial arts and physical and mental wellbeing the most useful and interesting. Unknown to anyone he stated practicing in whatever free time he managed for himself.
One day a bunch of Robbers attacked the supermarket with intention of looting it. Dhruv with his superb training in acrobatics and martial arts fought against the robbers and defeated them. Police came and arrested the robbers and Dhruv became an instant hero among the employees and the officials of the store. Unknown to everyone a man had been observing Dhruv and the way he moved and fought against the robbers. This man is Colonel Robert D’souza a legendary military personnel who is involved in a secret government project. After seeing Dhruv he immediately decided to recruit him.
Robert visited Dhruv’s house which is a meager place in a chawl, and after seeing the condition of his ailing paralyzed father and overworked mother he gave Dhruv an offer to serve his country. He saw what an excellent physical specimen Dhruv is, by the way he fought and he wants to draft him in the army. His yearly salary will be Rs. Twenty five Lakh. Dhruv cannot believe his good fortune, not only he finds a proper job but he is being able to serve the nation and then again such a huge salary for his services and he is just twenty years old. His family becomes very happy and as Dhruv leaves for the training his mother gives him a star shaped locket with the pictures of his parents inside.
Dhruv begins his training, under the tutelage of the finest professionals in the commando force. He is taught six different forms of Martial arts including, Taikwando, Hapkido, Jeet kun Do, Kallari Payat, Burmese Boxing, and Krav Maga, Dhruv with his acrobatic skills and past training mastered in all of them. He is trained to use all sorts of weapons and survival tactics. But Dhruv is tormented because he is not allowed to go on a leave to meet his parents. A year passes by with his training and then he is initiated to the final phase of the program. He is taken to a secret facility with his eyes blindfolded and led into a laboratory under strict surveillance. Dhruv is distressed and fights back and then Colonel Robert arrives.
He tells Dhruv to calm down so he can explain why he is there. He tells him in the recent years the Government of India is neck deep in trouble dealing with the various Terrorist organizations and cells operating within the country. The Army most of the time fails to deal with such nuisances and there are many parameters, protocol and decorum that bind the hands of the armed forces in India to aggressively wipe out the terrorist organizations operating all across the nation. They have tried and failed several times. Now it is time to unleash a force that can match the ferocity and tactics of the terror cells.
‘North Star’ is a covert operative paramilitary cell, a black ops sanction the Indian govt. has employed to sweep out the terrorist organizations in and outside India who poses a threat to the country. They search and hunt out terrorists and kills them, with extreme prejudice; no arrests, no trials no judiciary ruckus. Colonel Robert is the head of this military cells and he personally has selected Dhruv to join the ranks. But before he joins the rest of the team he must go through a series of tests which are routine and harmless. Dhruv trusts the Colonel and the tests begin.
Unfortunately the tests were not routine neither harmless. The scientists start injecting serums in Dhruv’s body which genetically enhances him, making him stronger, faster and more aggressive anf finally they brain wipe him. Dhurv remembers nothing of his past life.
As a puppet of the Colonel, Dhruv joins the rest of the North Star team. We find Chandika, Bona Vaman (who is a short stout midget, but extremely dangerous warrior and engineer, he makes weird toys to kill his enemies in his spare time, the North Star benefits from his inventions hence he is a valuable asset. But Bona Vaman lives with an inferiority complex due to his ugly features, and hates Dhruv for being good looking), Natasha (The daughter of Colonel Robert), Mahamanav a man with a super powered brain who has telepathic abilities and telekinesis. The other members of the North Star team are also physically enhanced human beings and they are called ‘The War Masters’ Dhruv is given the new Title, ‘War Master Dhruv’. The North Star is not answerable to any govt. or military officials and they act independently, the only person they are answerable to is the President him/her self.
Hence these new age super commandos are engaged into extensive sweeping operations, but Dhruv one day finds out there is too much collateral damage engaged with this work as he accidentally killed a little girl while raiding a terrorist cell in Ladakh. Before this incident Dhruv was just a machine only obeying commands of the Colonel, because he had been brain wiped, but this incident brings back his emotions. One day he takes off the locket on his neck and opens it. He can see the photo of his parents. He cannot recognize them but this pictures brings forth a plethora of emotions. He cannot remember and the frustration is almost driving him mad added to the guilt of the death of the little girl.
He tries to run away from North Star, but that is simply not allowed Colonel Robo wants him back because he is a very valuable soldier in this war, and moreover his monumental ego will not let him pardon any soldier who is AWOL.
Dhruv runs away one day and he is attacked by his own team mates before he escapes on a running train he is shot. However he loses consciousness after that, and later finds himself drenched in rain, sitting in a railway Platform somewhere near Benaras. His pulls out the bullet with his own hand and slowly it starts healing.
The next part of the story starts from the railway station where the station master will find him sitting there...he looks lost, and helpless. The station master asks where does he want to go, and what’s his name Dhruv answers he cannot remember anything his mind is fogged. The sympathetic station master gives him tea to drink, by that time a train comes and Dhruv gets on it. As the train starts leaving he can here someone shouting 'stop' 'stop'.
He sees a girl running towards the train with a lot of luggage...she is about to fall when he pulls her inside the compartment. So this girl tells him her name is Tanaya and she has run off from her family and travelling to Haryana where her boyfriend is waiting for her, she is a Hindu Brahmin girl, and he is Sikh, so her family is not allowing her to get married to the guy.
On the other hand we can see a military vehicle approaching the station. Natasha, chandika, Bona Vaman and a few other agents of North Star gets down and starts questioning the timid station master about Dhruv. He says he saw the guy but he caught the train to Haryana and after that he doesn't know anything. Since he has seen Dhruva's face Colonel Robo immediately orders via satellite com link to kill the poor man. Natasha does not want to kill the guy but Bona Vaman who is a midget freak and extremely evil and jealous of Dhruva kills the man happily.
After that we can see some incidents in the train, this girl Tanaya buys Dhruv his ticket since he has got no money and tells him he can come with her to Haryana to her boyfriend’s estate, they are very nice people and they will give him a job in the farm. Dhruv has nowhere to go and his mind is too confused and hence he agrees.
So they arrive in Haryana, Manjeet, Tanaya's boyfriend and his whole family welcomes her and is sympathetic towards Dhruv. Manjeet has got a big family and a farm he gets a job there and Manjeet's family finds out that he is a very hard worker, he is strong like an ox, and do the chores of five men alone. Though Dhruv is a loner they welcome him as one of their family members with love and affection, Dhruv who never had a family finds out how valuable such a possession is. But in the night he cannot sleep, whenever he tries to sleep he is haunted by the dreams of his misdeeds in Ladakh, the residues of the memories sticks to him like a leech, he has forgotten but in the subconscious mind those memories haunt him, torment him. Tanaya finds out his miserable state is symathetic towards him, he seems to be lost, and his hidden guilt is eating him alive and slowly a bond forms between them.
The day comes with a week after their arrival to Haryana when Tanaya is about to be engaged, and there is a great family party thrown for the soon to be wed couple Manjeet and Tanaya. And then in that fateful night the war masters attack the farm and the family in search of dhruva. The family of Manjeet are surprised by the sudden attack of these mysterious assailants but they also starts fighting because they are Jaats of Haryana, a fierce and warrior race. But they are no match for the high tech physically advanced War masters and they fall like chaff to scythe. Manjeet is killed before Tanaya’s eyes. Dhruva cannot understand who these people are, but he is surrounded and he fights back trying to save Tanaya’s life. Slowly he starts remembering who he is and what he has become.
This series did not see the light of day and considering current scenario, it would not be published.
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