Nagin (English: Female Snake) is a 1976 Bollywood horror fantasy thriller film, produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli under the Shankar Movies banner. It features a huge ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Jeetendra, Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Yogeeta Bali, Mumtaz and Kabir Bedi in the lead roles with music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film was a Blockbuster at the box office. Following the success of the film, the lead actress Reena Roy received widespread attention and popularity.
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Directed by | Rajkumar Kohli |
Produced by | Rajkumar Kohli |
Screenplay by | Jaggiram Paul Charandas Shokh |
Story by | Rajendra Singh |
Starring | Sunil Dutt Feroz Khan Reena Roy Jeetendra Vinod Mehra Rekha Mumtaz Kabir Bedi |
Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
Edited by | Shyam |
Production company | Shankar Movies |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
It was inspired by François Truffaut's film The Bride Wore Black, based on Cornell Woolrich's novel of the same name. The film was later remade in Telugu as Devathalara Deevinchandi (1977), with Jayamalini in the Nagin role. It was also remade in Tamil with Sripriya playing the role of Nagin in the film Neeya?.It was also remade in kannada with Geetha playing the role of Nagin in the film Naagini.
Screenplay
According to a myth, when Cobras are of a certain age, they can assume human form. Thus, the film begins with a male and a female in their human forms, singing and dancing amorously with each other. When the male turns back into a Cobra, he is shot by a member of a hunting party, who thought the Cobra was going to attack the woman. The rest of the story deals with the female taking revenge on the group of friends responsible for her lover's death. In the end, Vijay is the only one alive and the Nagin dies before killing him and realizes that she was wrong and that her revenge destroyed many lives just like her own life was destroyed. Near death, she sees her beloved in the sky calling out to her. She dies and reunites with him in heaven.
- Sunil Dutt as Prof. Vijay
- Reena Roy as Nagin (Female Serpent)
- Feroz Khan as Raj
- Sanjay Khan as Suraj
- Jeetendra as Nag (Male Serpent)
- Vinod Mehra as Rajesh
- Rekha as Sunita
- Mumtaz as Rajkumari
- Yogita Bali as Rita
- Kabir Bedi as Uday
- Anil Dhawan as Kiran
- Ranjeet as Good Samaritan
- Prema Narayan as Woman In Forest
- Neelam Mehra as Sheela
- Sulochana Latkar as Rajesh's Mother
- Premnath as Sapera
- Jagdeep as Hukka Bhopali Sapera Jr.
- Aruna Irani as Dancer
- Heena Kausar as Meena
- Roopesh Kumar as Meena's Husband
- Tun Tun as Maid
- Master Bittoo as Anu
All music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, all lyrics written by Verma Malik.
Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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1 | "Tere Sang Pyar Main Nahin Todna" (Solo) | Lata Mangeshkar | 05:08 |
2 | "Tere Ishq Ka Mujh Pe Hua Yeh Asar Hain" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle | 06:13 |
3 | "Tere Mera Mera Tera" | Suman Kalyanpur, Kishore Kumar, Chorus | 07:21 |
4 | "Tere Sang Pyar Main Nahin Todna" (Sad Version) | Lata Mangeshkar | 00:47 |
5 | "Tere Mere Yaraane" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | 06:24 |
6 | "Tere Sang Pyar Main Nahin Todna" (Duet) | Mahendra Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar | 05:42 |
"Tere Sang Pyar Main Nahin Todna" was featured in the soundtrack of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.