After ages, a story on a serpent

It has been ages since we have seen a film on serpents. Talk of serpents, we think of Jayaprada or a Sridevi. Though the stories are almost the same, there was a time when the audience never got bored of it, which is why a Sridevi starrer Nagina was a runway hit. After decades, we shall be seeing one more and this time it is by director Vishal Furia, who directed the critically acclaimed 2017 Marathi film Lapachhapi. He is gearing up to narrate a tale of an icchadhari nagin with a three-film franchise.

Nikhil Dwivedi is the producer. While the audience was eagerly waiting for further developments on this project, here comes a piece of good news. Shraddha Kapoor has been roped in to play the role of a modern-day icchadhari nagin in Vishal’s supernatural-mythological franchise. Shraddha Kapoor says, “It’s an absolute delight to play a ‘nagin’ on screen. I have grown up watching, admiring and idolising Sridevi ma’am in ‘Nagina’ and ‘Nigahen’ and always wanted to play a similar role that is rooted in Indian folklore.” The icchadhari nagin franchise is said to be a love story. Heavy on VFX and special effects, Nikhil is planning to set a different standard for mythic-dramas and is designing the film on an international scale.