Sanga brings the head to the body behind the old temple and rejoins it in a gruesome ritual, making Samri whole. Samri's undead head mesmerizes him putting him into a trance. Sanga, already biased with self-created visions of treasure, yields to his temptations (believing the treasure is within the box) and detaches the trishul. Unfortunately Sanga and Durjan notice the whole incident. Misinterpreting the head to be potentially that of a brave soldier who incurred the king's displeasure, they head back with the intention of sealing the wall the next day. Various other sinister events (creaking beds, flaming torch lamps and random winds) somehow lead Anand and Sanjay to smash the wall behind the painting and uncover the strong box that holds Samri's head. The haveli has a painting of Raja Harimansingh this painting shifts its gaze when Suman looks at it and the eerie likeness of Samri appears through it. There is also a deformed woodcutter Sanga (Satish Shah) who makes fast friends with Durjan but secretly believes there is a treasure buried somewhere in the haveli. After their car blows a flat, they are met by an old toothless hag Mangli and her mysterious son Durjan (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) who is the cook and chowkidar (caretaker) of the Harimansingh haveli. They undertake a frightening journey to Bijapur. They head down to Bijapur accompanied by Sanjay's bosom buddy Anand (Puneet Issar) and his wife. However Suman leaves her home in the middle of the night and convinces Sanjay to accompany her to Bijapur where they can track and, if possible, to investigate the sordid tale put an end to the demonic barrier to their love. Sanjay finally understands the father and walks out on Suman.
They try to confront the intractable Thakur and the latter succumbs and reveals the curse which has been terrorizing their families for 200 years. Suman is unaware of the ancient curse and resolute in her love, and Sanjay is steadfast in standing by her. (The real reason is that any man who marries Suman must endure her inevitable death when their child arrives.) One the Thakur learns about their relations, he severely disapproves of their relationship ostensibly because Sanjay is not of royal birth. Suman, now a college student, has a boyfriend Sanjay (Mohnish Behl) and they spend most of their young love frolicking in pools, the beach and nightclubs. Ranvir Singh's wife died at the birth of his daughter Suman (Aarti Gupta). His evil legend is passed from father to son in the Harimansingh clan, and his sinister curse occurs with each generation. Samri pronounces his curse upon the Raja: "So long as my head is away from my body, every woman in your line shall die at childbirth and when my head is rejoined to my body, I will arise and wipe out every living person in your dynasty."Īs the years pass, the princely states merge into the Indian republic, and the great-great-grandson of Raja Harimansingh, Thakur Ranvir Singh (veteran actor Pradeep Kumar, known for his royal roles), now resides in the city. The strongbox is chained with a trishul (trident, the weapon of the Hindu God Shiva) to hold the evil in thrall.
to be cremated, the Raja proposes another sentenceSamri is to be decapitated, with the headless body to be buried behind the old temple at Kalighat and the head secured in a strong-box to be kept at the Raja's haveli (mansion). While the rajpurohit (royal priest) suggests Samri be subjected to pure Agni i.e. He has raped and disembowelled newly-wed brides he has mutilated and cannibalized young children he has it shocks the crier as he reads out this charge exhumed corpses for sacrifice and eating and he has terrorized the hamlets surrounding Bijapur with his reign of evil. He has performed various heinous acts to please his demonic spirit masters and enhance his own evil powers. Samri is put on trial, where his terrible litany of crimes is read. Raja Harimansingh catches Samri in this terrible act and orders the soldiers to capture him.
During this process, Samri's eyes gleam blood red. His trademark attack is mesmerizing the hapless victim apparently sucking out their life force through the eyes, causing their natural eyes to be replaced with demonic white shades. The princess wanders into the ruins of an old fortress and is promptly captured and tortured by the villainous Samri. The Raja is concerned because his daughter Princess Rupali has disappeared near the lair of the devil-worshipper Samri (Ajay Agarwal). The film opens with a scene taking place some 200 years ago, with the royal procession of Raja Harimansingh of the sultanate of Bijapur, stranded near the Kali Pahari (literally, black mountain).