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| Directed by | Nandlal Jaswantlal |
| Produced by | Mahendra Shah |
| Written by | Bijon Bhattacharya (story) Hamid Dutt (screenplay) |
| Starring | Vyjayanthimala Pradeep Kumar Jeevan |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
| Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
| Editing by | Babu Lavande |
| Release date(s) | 1954 |
| Running time | 139 min |
| Language | Hindi |
Nagin (Devnagari: नागिन) is a 1954 film directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal, starring Vyjayanthimala and Pradeep Kumar.
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Two Adivasi tribes are in conflict for some local economic rights. The daughter of the Nagi tribe's chief, Mala (Vyjayanthimala) vows to kill the son of the Ragi tribe's chief, Sanatan (Pradeep Kumar) as revenge. Trespassing the enemy territory, she is mesmerized by music of a flute (played by the musician Kalyanji Virji Shah). Coming closer, she finds out that the singer is Sanatan. They fall in love, but find it difficult to appease the enemity between the two tribes and to resist to the attempts of the villain Prabir (Jeevan) to marry the heroine.
Hemant Kumar was the music director of this film, which is noted for its music. Hemant Kumar won the national filmfare award for this film in 1954. He also sang some of the songs himself, such as Tere Dwar Khada Ek Jogi and Zindagi Ke Denewale.