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Jol Nupur is a Bengali language television serial that aired on Star Jalsha by Magic Moments Motion Pictures. It stars Lovely Maitra, Souptik Chakraborty (later replaced by Fahim Mirza) and Aparajita Adhya in lead roles. Jol Nupur replaced Sansaar Sukher Hoy Romonir Guney from 21 January 2013. After running successfully for almost 3 years and airing 901 episodes, the show went off-air on 5 December 2015 to make way for Punyi Pukur.
This is the second serial in Star Jalsha by Magic Moments Motion Pictures and the third longest running among all the serials produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures after Ishti Kutum and ETV Bangla's (now Colors Bangla) Binni Dhaner Khoi.
Kaju and Arin meet on the sea-beach when Arin went there on a holiday. Neel develops feelings for Kaju. When Neel and Kaju accidentally and unintentionally perform some of the Hindu marriage rituals, the pujaris of the Jagannath temple threat to turn Kaju into a Devdasi and so Kaju becomes forced to marry Neel.
When the two come to Kolkata, Neel's family members are not ready to accept Kaju and she has to face many hurdles, especially the ill-intended Bhumi, Neel's elder sister-in-law. But she also has some supportive people by her side – Neel's uncle, Chhoton, who is the third son of Purnendusekhar Basu Mallick, head of the family, Neel's aunt, Aparajita (also called Pari) who is a mental patient and a special child, Anjana, Neel's aunt aka Boro Maa. Pari also sings beautifully. Pari's music teacher and mentor is Amartya. However Neel's father Shubho has a cheap mentality and often humiliates everyone and supports wrong people. He at times assaulted Pari. Srimoyee supports every wrong of Shubho
Eventually the family members accept Kaju and Kaju wins an Odissi dance competition, defeating Bhumi. But Bhumi is actually Kaju's cousin and Kaju is the daughter of the dance maestro Surjya Panigrahi, who is now dead. Kajal's mother, Urvashi and Bhumi's mother, Srishti Mukherjee, are sisters. The power hungry Srishti had succeeded in establishing herself as an Odissi dancer.
But soon circumstances demand Neel and Kaju to get divorced due to Arin's friend, Arshi, who in turn marries Neel. Kaju happens to leave the Basu Mallick house and seek refuge in the house of an old Odissi dancer. He is Surjya Panigrahi and Srishti had planned to kill him in order to emerge as an unparalleled dancer. So now, Kaju's birth details are unveiled. Kaju begins training in Odissi vigorously by her father and wins a national-level dance competition. On the other hand, Neel becomes physically weak and ill.
In the meantime, other affairs creep in – Pari wins a national-level singing competition with the help of Amartya, who had married her also. At the same time, both Neel's family and Kaju have to face various calamities due to the ill-intended Bhoomi and Arshi. Raghubir a criminal who tried to make Kaju a Dasi is often hired by the villains for immoral work. He mainly targets Kaju. Pari has to face major hurdles, as Amartya's sister-in-law was not ready to accept her. Due to certain calamities like Amartya falling sick and losing his voice, force Pari to earn money by singing following which she is blamed by Amartya's sister-in-law that Pari was a thief. Eventually she is proved wrong and her son, Judo, marries Neel's sister, Mimi.
Another character, Minu, enters at this point. She happened to be neighbour of the Basu Mallick family when the family used to live in the village. She stood by the side of the Basu Mallick family and helped them in their crisis and later married Chhoton, third son of Purnendusekhar.
Discrepancies creep in even in her married life, when it is revealed that Minu was a widow and this was her second marriage. But Chhoton stands by her side and helps her in every such incident. Even in some cases Kaju helps her and the Basu Mallick family. In spite of all these affairs, Kaju's love for Neel or Neel's love for Kaju has not come to an end. The soap explores their relationship.
However, Kaju faces many ups and downs in the Basu Mallick residence. Srishti eventually repents and gets forgiven after she goes through a deadly disease. After Lal's death, a devastated Bhumi blames herself. She regrets her misdeeds and reforms. Bhumi changes her attitude towards Kaju, leaving Arshi agitated. After Amartya's tragic death, the family changes their mindset. The family regrets for their behaviour towards Kaju and Pari and Shubho and Srimoyee start loving Kaju and Pari. Later, Arshi is pregnant with Neel's child and Bhumi marries Samrat, taking care of his children, Toppa and Thumri. Chhoton, after many struggles and taunts, becomes a professor of a college, leaving the family in joy. Kaju leaves Neel's home and insists to sign a legal notice of Kaju not staying with him. The family stops Kaju from leaving their house but Kaju leaves and Neel Arshi remarries, on Kaju's insistence.
5 years later
Kaju is now an established dancer worldwide and Arshi brings up Shankha, her son. On Parijat's birthday the family appreciates Arshi for being compassionate. Kaju returns to the Basu Mallick home after being successful as a famous dancer. The family appreciates Kaju for her success and Arshi changes her attitude towards Kaju and the family insists Kaju to forget the past and stay with them. The show ends on a happy note of Kaju's journey from being the disaster of the family to being the lovable member of the family, where the whole family is now supportive towards Kaju and Kaju stays back.
| Bengali language | Jol Nupur জল নূপুর | 21 January 2013 | Star Jalsha | 5 December 2015 | Original |
| Hindi | Gud Se Meetha Ishq गुड़ से मीठा इश्क | 18 April 2022 | Star Bharat | 1 October 2022 | Remake |
| Hindi | Jhanak Season 1 झनक | 20 November 2023 | Star Plus | 8 June 2025 | Inspired |
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