Kohli was having a lot of trouble getting Rekha and Reena to work together in this film.
Naagin was directed by Rajkumar Kohli and produced under the banner of Shankar Movies
Bollywood has seen many multi-starters over the past several decades, and fans have loved them all. From Sholay, Chupke Chupke, Amar Akbar Anthony to Hum Saath Saath Hain, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dil Chahta Hai are some of the hits that have ruled the box office. With so many stars in a single film, the audience gets attracted towards the film as the audience enjoys watching all of them together. But, sometimes handling all these becomes a big problem for the director. Something similar happened with director Rajkumar Kohli during the shooting of his film Naagin.
Rajkumar Kohli came up with the multi-starrer film Naagin in 1976. The film featured an ensemble cast including Reena Roy, Sunil Dutt, Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Rekha, Mumtaz, Vinod Mehra, Yogita Bali, Kabir Bedi, Anil Dhawan and Jeetendra. However, Kohli was finding it difficult to get Rekha and Reena to work together in this film.
This film gave Reena Roy a different place in the world Bollywood film industry. In other words, this was the golden phase of Reena Roy’s career, she appeared in back to back superhit films and received a lot of love from the audience. Along with this, the actress also gave a tough fight to Rekha during this period. Rekha was an established artist at that time. When she was cast opposite Reena Roy in Naagin, she wanted to appear no less than Reena in the film.
Reena Roy played the titular role in the film. The entire focus was on him. But Rekha did not like the idea of making Reena play second fiddle. The film had a song Tere Ishq Ka Mujh Par Hua Yeh Asar Hai which was sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. According to reports, the cost of the dress given to Rekha for the song was less than that of Reena. When Rekha came to know about this, she got angry about this and lashed out at the director. Rajkumar Kohli immediately requested the producer to change the costume.
Later, when the producer said that everything was ready, Rekha flared up again. She gave an ultimatum that she will not shoot the song until the dress is changed. After seeing Rekha’s attitude, the entire crew folded hands in front of Rekha. Sunil Dutt was surprised to see Rekha’s attitude. The director eventually changed Rekha’s outfit, and the song was shot.
Naagin was made under the banner of Shankar Movies. The film was a blockbuster at the box office and was the highest-grossing film of 1976. The film was inspired by François Truffaut’s 1968 French film The Bride Wore Black, which was based on Cornell Woolrich’s 1940 novel of the same name. The film was later remade in Tamil as Neeya (1979).
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