Nagin (1954 film)

Nagin
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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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Vyjayanthimala.... Mala
• Pradeep Kumar.... Sanatan
• Jeevan.... Prabir
• Mubarak.... Dhopal - The Nagi Chieftan
• Ruby Mayer .... Mala's Mother (as Sulochana)
• I. S. Johar
• Krishna Kumari

External links

• Nagin at the Internet Movie Database