Sapurey (1939)

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Country: N/A
Genres: Drama
Release:
Director: Debaki Bose
Writers: Debaki Bose , Kazi Nazrul Islam
Language: Bengali
Stars: Pahadi Sanyal , Kanan Devi , Menaka Devi , Shyam Laha , Satya Mukherjee , Manoranjan Bhattacharya , Ratin Banerjee , Ahi Sanyal , Prafulla Mukherjee , Krishna Chandra Dey
Runtime: 123 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Snake-Charmer (India) , Sapurey
Plot: Primitivist love story and popular musical set among the Shaivite clan of snake-charmers. Renouned snake-charmer Jahar (Bhattacharya), the survivor of 99 snakebites thanks to rigorous self-discipline including sexual abstinence, rescues a young girl from snakebite and raises her as a boy called Chandan (Kanan Devi). As he starts feeling sexually attracted to 'him', the clan discovers that Jahar is sheltering a young woman and so they seek to depose him as chief. Meanwhile, the young Jhumro (Sanyal) elopes with Chandan and in a fit of fury Jahar sends a deadly snake in pursuit of the couple. The snake bites Jhumro and only Jahar's powers can save the boy...
IMDB:tt0157002