Cruse in tiger
Title: “Curse of the Tiger Bride”
Genre:
Romantic horror drama | Mythical folklore | Jungle noir
Setting:
Modern India – royal palace ruins, deep forest (resembling Kanha or Sundarbans), ancient tiger goddess temple
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🌿 Plot Summary (Short Story Arc)
Act 1 – Arrival and Romance
Russian photographer Eva Volkova arrives in India for a historical shoot.
She meets Prince Victor Rathore, a descendant of warrior kings now turned conservationist and estate caretaker.
Their chemistry sparks quickly. She is fascinated by his royal bloodline, and he by her boldness.
They plan a pre-wedding photoshoot in the jungle — inspired by The Jungle Book.
Accompanied by two servants and a guide, they set up camp near the ruins of a Tiger Goddess temple.
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Act 2 – Blood in the Jungle
At night, screams echo. A tiger attacks the camp and kills two servants.
Victor grabs his antique gun and vows revenge.
He tracks and kills a tiger — but it's not the real beast. It was a sacred weretiger mid-transformation.
Victor interrupts a ritual in the temple where the weretiger was becoming fully human, witnessed by his tiger companions who mourn him.
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Act 3 – The Curse Begins
The moment Victor shoots, the ritual collapses. The blood merges with the goddess idol.
The jungle shakes. The priestess (or goddess in human form) appears and curses Victor:
“You killed the last sacred guardian who sought redemption. Now you shall become what you destroyed.”
Victor's hands begin to tremble. Pain surges. His eyes glow amber. The curse begins.
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Act 4 – Beast Within
As days pass, Victor starts showing tiger traits — heightened senses, rage, stripes on his skin.
Eva sees the changes and is torn between love and fear.
Villagers whisper legends of the cursed bloodline returning.
Victor isolates himself in the temple trying to reverse the curse.
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Act 5 – Tragic Climax
On a blood moon night, Victor fully transforms into a tiger-like beast.
He flees deep into the jungle to avoid harming Eva.
Eva, brokenhearted, stays near the temple — keeping his memory alive through art and photos of that last pre-wedding shoot.
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🕯️ Epilogue:
Years later, Eva publishes a book titled “The Tiger Bride”, with the jungle temple on the cover. Locals claim a lone tiger still roams those ruins — guarding it, never harming anyone, always watching.
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🪷 Themes:
Colonial echoes (inspired by A Passage to India)
Clash of modernity vs. sacred tradition
Love that defies the human-animal boundary
Mythic punishment and redemption
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