The film’s narrative follows Manohar (Mithun), a former great Chhou perfomer and an icon in Purulia district. In his prime he loved the village girl Malati. But when he was away on a dance tour, Malati was forced into marrying the rough-edged Shib. Another blow is dealt to her as she gives birth to a boy child, Felai, who is a mute and deformed in one leg. Meanwhile, Manohar who still cares for Malati, finds that his dance speciality is fast losing ground to the entertaining and popular form called Jatra. The decline in his status and demand leads to depression and he takes to drinking.

In the village, the disgruntled Shib decides to be rid of his life-long responsibility of his handicapped son. He tries to smother the boy in the jungle. An inebriated Manohar finds the unconscious boy. He raises Felai (who refuses to divulge where he is from) and finds solace in doing so. The two move to another village, where staunch admirer Madhab persuades Manohar to take up Chhou once again.

Felai is happy in his new home, with Madhab’s bubbly daughter Ganga, as a friend. When Manohar trains his students, Felai starts reacting to Chhou rhythms, and Manohar encourages him. As Felai grows up, he turns into a graceful performer. Manohar now has a full-fledged dance troupe. But a new threat endangers both Chhou and Jatra - and that is television and the cinema.

A Chhou competition is arranged in the town where both Manohar and Felai originally lived. Manohar’s dance troupe decides to participate in the hope that it would launch Felai. Realising that Felai is the son he tried to kill, the panicky Shib tries to implicate Manohar in his son’s disappearance, which Malati subverts. A confident Felai enters the dancing arena amidst a cheering crowd.

Lal Pahare’r Katha vividly brings to life Bengal’s landscape, life style and language, and the beauty of its disappearing countryside. The Dubai festival has publicised this film as one of its prized film premieres, and programmed it on its opening day as the first to be seen in its exciting Indian package. The film is looked forward to by the local Bengali community and delegates and director Remo’s presence is eagerly awaited.