''Nagraj'' ( ''King of Snakes'') is a 2018 Indian

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directed by Dinesh Yadav, produced by Deepak Shah under ''Tanvi Multimedia'' production banner, Distributed by RN Motion Pictures. It stars

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and Payas Pandit. The film is a sequel to the 2016 film ''Ichhadhari''.

Plot

A shapeshifting-snake (Hindi: '' Ichchhadhari Nag'') couple (

and

) comes to earth to live a happy life but not for so long because a tantric, who assumes himself to be a part of Lord Shiv, sends his shapeshifting she-snake (Paysi Pandit) to woo the male from the couple, taking advantage of her beauty, which leads to numerous other circumstances and fighting sequences. Ultimately, the couple gets captured by the tantric.

Cast

* Payas Pandit *Sushil Singh

Music

Production

The film was shot on the mountains of

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and

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from

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. Help of

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technicians was taken during the film's production and it uses

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and

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on a wide scale.

Release

Marketing

First-look poster was released on 1 January 2018. Trailer of the film was released on 11 May 2018 to official

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sub-handle of Enterr 10 who also bought its satellite rights.

Release history

Reception

Upon release of the film's trailer, it garnered heavy positive response. The character of tantric reminds of

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's role in 1986 film ''

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'' and Paysi Pandit's bad-ass woman role has been compared with

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's role in ''

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'' in which she stretches her tongue to tangle her enemies.

References

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