Nagin (1976 film)

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Nagin

Produced by	Rajkumar Kohli
Written by	Inder Raj Anand
Starring	Sunil Dutt Reena Roy Jeetendra Feroz Khan Sanjay Khan Vinod Mehra Kabir Bedi Yogeeta Bali Mumtaz Rekha
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Release date(s)	January 19, 1976
Running time	180 mins
Language	Hindi
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Nagin (English translation: Female Snake) is a 1976 Bollywood horror fantasy thriller film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli. It features a huge ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Jeetendra, Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Vinod Mehra, Kabir Bedi, Rekha, Yogeeta Bali and Mumtaz. The film became a "superhit" at the box office. ^[1]

The film was later remade in Telugu as Devatalaaraa, Deevinchandi! (1977) with Jayamalini in the "nagin" role. It was also remade in Tamil with Sripriya playing the "nagin" role in the film Neeyam.^[2]

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 References
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[edit] Synopsis

A myth goes that when a snake reaches a certain age, they are able to transform into human beings. After a group of six friends (Vijay, Raj, Rajesh, Uday, Kiran and Suraj) stumble upon a pair of lovers they are shocked when one of them named Vijay (Sunil Dutt) (who is a professor researching snakes with ability to turn into humans) tells them that the lovers are in fact snakes who have the ability of changing into humans. Out of the gang, Kiran (Anil Dhawan) does not believe Vijay and then kills the male serpent (Jeetendra) after he reverts to his snake form thinking he was going to attack the female serpent (Reena Roy) who was still in her human form. The female serpent then vows to avenge her lover's death by killing the six men one by one using her powers which give her the ability to transform into any human form.