Neeya (1979)
- Original title
- நீயா?
- Directed by
- Durai
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A shape-shifting snake woman seeks revenge on six people she blames for her lover's death. She uses her supernatural powers to hunt them down one by one.
suspensefuleerievengefulmythicfast-paceddramaticformulaic
What happens
Neeya? (transl. Is that You?) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film, directed by Durai and written by P. Kalaimani. A remake of the 1976 Hindi film Nagin, it has an ensemble cast that includes Kamal Haasan, Jai Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Ravichandran, Srikanth, M. N. Nambiar, Sripriya, Manjula, Deepa, Latha and Chandra Mohan. The film revolves around an Ichchadhari naag who seeks to kill six people she holds responsible for the death of her lover. Neeya was released on 13 January 1979, the week of Pongal. The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It was followed by two spiritual successors: Naane Varuven (1992) and Neeya 2 (2019). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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