Nagin

The film's credits list it as Mumtaz's final film, but when it emerged that her last film was actually Aaina (1977), it was assumed she had quit acting to marry. In the end, before leaving films for good, she made one last film, Aandhiyan, in 1990, co-starring Shatrughan Sinha and Prosenjit.

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Reena Roy was only 21 years old when she shot for the film.

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Jeetendra and Sunil Dutt had recommended Reena Roy to Raj Kumar Kohli.

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This film remains one of Indian cinema's biggest multistarrer films.

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When the film was released, five major villains were to appear opposite Reena Roy. Raj Kumar Kohli later changed his mind and decided to cast five major heroes in the lead roles instead, for shock value.

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After Nagin, Rajkumar Kohli made a bigger film with the same team, Jaani Dushman.

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In 1981/1982, Rajkumar Kohli was planning a sequel titled "Laut Ayee Nagin". He had signed Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan, Kumar Gaurav, Ranjeeta and Reena Roy. The film was shelved after the announcement.

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Rajkumar Kohli initially offered Anil Dhawan's role to Jeetendra. However, Jeetendra was aware that the shooting would be less than for the other actors (except Kabir Bedi's role). Jeetendra turned down the offer. Eventually Kohli offered him the snake role and told him he would only have to wait 10 days. Jeetendra accepted the offer. Jeetendra openly said the role was average and that he did it because of his personal relationship with Rajkumar Kohli.

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Reena Roy's first major hit film. It was the turning point of her career.

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Vinod Mehra, Om Prakash, Madan Puri and Aruna Irani appeared in Rajkumar Kohli's films.

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After Nagin, Reena Roy appeared in every one of Rajkumar Kohli's films until his retirement.

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Rajkumar Kohli remade this film in 2002 as Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani with his son and other star actors; the film performed poorly and received negative reviews, with critics blaming the bad script and direction for its failure.

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Saira Banu was offered the lead role and liked the story, but did not want to play a negative character at the end of her career.

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Rekha was offered the lead role, but she chose the part opposite Sunil Dutt, the film's only surviving hero and its main lead. After the film was released, Rekha was upset about her choice of role.

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Every song in Nagin begins with the word "Tere" or "Tera".

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The first film in which Sanjay was billed as "Sanjay Khan".

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After Nagin, Rajkumar Kohli delivered box-office hits such as Jaani Dushman, Badle Ki Aag, Raaj Tilak and Insaniyat Ke Dushman.

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Rakesh Roshan was the first choice for Kabir Bedi's role.

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International hip hop artist Planet Asia sampled the song "Tere Sang Pyar Main" for his track "African Style."

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Rajkumar Kohli later remade the film in 2002 as Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani, with his son and other major stars of the time; the film performed poorly and received negative reviews, with critics blaming the weak script and direction for its failure.

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Neetu Singh also withdrew from the selection because the role was negative. Yogita Bali was considered for the role but thought it would end her career.

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Rajkumar Kohli's second film as director was Kahani Hum Sub Ki, a film completely different from his first, Nagin.

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Faisla Main Karungi was also a remake of Siyah Giyen Gelin.

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The film's dialogues were used in the song "The Recipe" (Intro) from Billy Bushkiller's album Brown Dal.

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Raaj Kumar was the first choice for Jeetendra's role.

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Vinod Khanna turned down the film because he did not want to work with snakes. Jeetendra was signed afterwards.

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Bindiya Goswami was offered the film opposite Rakesh Roshan, but she was uncomfortable with the exhibition required in the film's scene, and Neelam Mehra was signed afterwards.

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Mumtaz's role was more like a special appearance.

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The silver trumpet instrumental "Hot Dames" from Aakhri Daao was used in the casino scene with Prem Chopra and Vinod Mehra in Khud Daar. It was also used in the casino scenes in Desh Premee and Naseeb. Mumtaz also danced in Nagin.

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Neelam Mehra's character in Nagin is very religious. Years later, Neelam would become very spiritual and religious in real life.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Anita Guha.

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Sulochana Latkar was not in any of Feroz Khan's scenes.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Aruna Irani.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Komilla Virk.

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This was the only film Feroz Khan made with Heena Kausar. They stood together in a party scene in a long shot. No dialogue is exchanged.

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This was the only film Feroz Khan made with Neelam Mehra. Feroz briefly greeted her in a party scene.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Ranjeet.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Gulshan Arora.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Jeetendra.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Maruti.

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Feroz Khan had no scenes with Prema Narayan.

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Reena Roy's mother did not want her to appear in the film because she disliked the character.

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After the film was shot, many people in the crowd avoided coming near Reena Roy's character in the film.

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Shatrughan Sinha stated that he was approached for the role of Feroz Khan. He turned down the offer because his previous film, Milap, had failed. Milap was also about snakes.

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