Nagin is a 1976 Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 thriller film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli

Rajkumar Kohli

Rajkumar Kohli is an Indian film director. He was famous for directing several popular Bollywood films in the 1970s and 1980s with ensemble casts such as Nagin , Jaani Dushman , Naukar Biwi Ka and Raaj Tilak...

. It features a huge ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...

, Reena Roy

Reena Roy

Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...

, Jeetendra

Jeetendra

Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

, Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry...

, Sanjay Khan

Sanjay Khan

-Career:Khan made his debut in the 1964 Chetan Anand film "Haqeeqat" followed by the Rajshri film Dosti. In the 1960s and 1970s Khan starred in the movies Dus Lakh, Ek Phool Do Mali and Intaqam. He also acted opposite his brother Feroz in three films Upaasna , Mela and Nagin...

, Vinod Mehra

Vinod Mehra

Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...

, Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi is an Indian television and film actor. His career has spanned three continents including India, the United States and many European countries in three mediums: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story...

, Rekha, Yogeeta Bali

Yogeeta Bali

Yogeeta Bali is a Hindi film actress. Bali was active in films in the early 1970s till 1985.- Early life :...

 and Mumtaz

Mumtaz (actress)

Mumtaz , fondly called Mumu, is a famous Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne and Khilona . Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award...

. The film became a "superhit" at the box office.

The film was later remade in Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 as Devathalara Deevinchandi

Devathalara Deevinchandi

Devathalara Deevinchandi is a Telugu film directed by Kommineni Seshagiri Rao. His debut film was hit and resulted in many successful films later....

(1977) with Jayamalini

Jayamalini

Jayamalini is a South Indian film actress who is famous for her vamp roles and item numbers.She acted in more than 500 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies.-Career:...

 in the "Nagin" role. It was also remade in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 with Sripriya

Sripriya

Sripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980s in South India. She has acted in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films, but her main contribution was in Tamil films, where she has acted in over 200 films.-Personal life:...

 playing the "Nagin

Naga

Naga or NAGA may refer to:* Nāga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.-People:* Nayan / Nayar/Nair people of Kerala Society* Naga people, a diverse ethnic identity in Northeast India...

" role in the film Neeya

Neeya (film)

Neeya is a Tamil horror film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist and directed by Durai.Neeya is a remake of the 1976 Hindi movie Nagin.Neeya is about an Ichadhari snake who avenges the death of her beloved...

.

Later Rajkumar Kohli remade this film in 2002 with his son and other starcast titled as Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani

Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani

Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani is a Hindi supernatural horror film directed and produced by Rajkumar Kohli, featuring Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Sonu Nigam, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi. The storyline was a mixture of the two classic films, Nagin and Jaani Dushman...

 which was flopped and criticized for being worst film.

Synopsis

According to a myth, when snakes are of 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 snake, he is shot by a member of a hunting party, who thought the snake 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.

Cast

• Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...
  
   as Prof. Vijay
• Feroz Khan
  Feroz Khan
  Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry...
  
   as Raj
• Sanjay Khan
  Sanjay Khan
  -Career:Khan made his debut in the 1964 Chetan Anand film "Haqeeqat" followed by the Rajshri film Dosti. In the 1960s and 1970s Khan starred in the movies Dus Lakh, Ek Phool Do Mali and Intaqam. He also acted opposite his brother Feroz in three films Upaasna , Mela and Nagin...
  
   as Suraj
• Jeetendra
  Jeetendra
  Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...
  
   as Nag (Male Serpent)
• Vinod Mehra
  Vinod Mehra
  Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...
  
   as Rajesh
• Kabir Bedi
  Kabir Bedi
  Kabir Bedi is an Indian television and film actor. His career has spanned three continents including India, the United States and many European countries in three mediums: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story...
  
   as Uday
• Anil Dhawan as Kiran
• Ranjeet
  Ranjeet
  Gopal Bedi is an actor in Indian films and television, born in Jandiala Guru near Amritsar . He has played mostly character roles, with roles as the villain dominating his over 200 Hindi films...
  
   as Good Samaritan
• Reena Roy
  Reena Roy
  Reena Roy was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. She performed leading roles in many films from 1972 to 1985 .-Early life and background:...
  
   as Nagin (Female Serpent)
• Rekha as Sunita
• Mumtaz
  Mumtaz
  Mumtaz is an Arabic name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world such as Afghanistan, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey, it can also be used as a female name...
  
   as Rajkumari
• Yogita Bali as Rita
• Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan is a Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Miss India first runner-up in 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.-Career:Prema Narayan was an English teacher in a convent school. She also did modeling for part time....
  
   as Woman in Forest
• Neelam Mehra as Sheela
• Sulochana Latkar as Rajesh's Mother
• Premnath
  Premnath
  Premnath Malhotra was an actor in Indian films.-Personal life:Born in Peshawar in a hindkowan Punjabi family, his family moved to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh after partition, he then had moved to Bombay....
  
   as Sapera
• Jagdeep
  Jagdeep
  Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...
  
   as Hukka Bhopali Sapera Jr.
• Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...
  
   as Dancer
• Heena Kausar as Meena
• Roopesh Kumar as Meena's Husband
• Tun Tun as Maid
• Master Bittoo as Anu