What is "nagin"

Nagin may refer to:

• Nāginī, in Indian mythology, a female Nāga
• Nagin, a disease commonly known as shingles (Herpes zoster)

Nagin is a 1954 film starring Vyjayanthimala and Pradeep Kumar, directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal with hit musical score by Hemant Kumar. This film was partly taken by Technicolor.

Nagin (English translation: Female Snake) is a 1976 Hindi horror fantasy thriller film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli on 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 in the lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film recorded as Super Hit at Box Office India.

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 Nagin role in the film Neeya.

Later Rajkumar Kohli re-made this film in 2002 with his son and other starcast, titled as Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani, which fared poorly and generated negative reviews; critics blamed the poor screenplay and direction as the result of the failure.