SAPUREY
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Jahar (Manoranjan
Bhattacharya) is the survivor of ninety nine snake bites through
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rigorous
discipline and abstinence and requires just one more to establish
supremacy
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over the snake
world whereby snake poisons would have no effect on him. He is the
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undisputed leader
of a nomadic tribe of snake charmers although Bishun (Ratin
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Banerjee) wants
to head the group….. Jahar saves a young girl from snake bite and
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finding her
helpless from loss of memory, provides her shelter but his acquired
dislike
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for women makes
him raise the girl disguised as a boy-he calls her Chandan
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(KANAN)
and even administers herbs to subdue female traits in her………..
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Jhumro (Pahari
Sanyal) is Jahar’s favourite disciple and he trains Chandan to be a
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worthy member
of the group and also likes “him”…….Moutushi (Menoka) is a girl
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in the group
and is attracted to Chandan…In course of time Jahar feels attracted by
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Chandan-he
finds it difficult to pursue his cherished dream of lording over the
snake
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kingdom, he
starts losing self control ….Over a trivial matter, a fight develops
between
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Bishun’s son
Tentul(Shyam Laha) and Jhumro one evening and with the former
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insulting and
getting violent with Jhumro, Chandan cannot stay quite and jumps
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between the
two to intervene and in the tussle that follows her chest covering is
torn
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displaying to
shocked spectators that she was a girl …..Bishun excites the members
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that they
have been cheated by the leader who while advocating celibacy on one
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hand was
sheltering a girl in disguise on the other. Jahar meanwhile tries to
come to
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terms with
himself , when he is informed that Jhumro has eloped with Chandan. Mad
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at the
possibility of losing his beloved, he lets the deadliest snake,
the kaal nagini, free
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with
instructions to bite Jhumro .Chandan has no way but to come back to
Jahar with
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appeals to
save Jhumro. She agrees to be sold to the great patriarch in return of
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Jhumro’s
life, for only Jahar can save Jhumro from the effects of the bite…..
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Satisfied
that Chandan will be his forever, Jahar chants the mantras to revive his
one
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time
favourite disciple .…… With Jhumro gaining consciousness, Chandan bids
him
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farewell and
asks him to leave ….she now belonged to Jahar….There is a change
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in Jahar when
he finally realizes the inseparability of his two disciples and he asks
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Jhumro to
leave with Chandan-it was time to receive his hundredth snake bite…….
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Jhumro leaves
with chandan while Jahar takes up the deadly snake to be bitten,
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but does not
chant the mantras to counter the poison …..for him there is no other
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mission but
to reach God, he has to perform penance, he chants
Shiva Swambhu…
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