Naag Muni
Naag Muni is a Pakistani supernatural musical romance film directed by Raza Mir. It stars Rani and Waheed Murad in leading roles. The music of the film was composed by Nisar Bazmi and songs by Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan and Ahmed Rushdi.
Plot
A pharmaceutical researchers travels in a mysterious land with his colleague, where he comes across a native girl and falls for her. She too falls for him and they both face the difficulties afterwards, as the girl belongs to a tribe of serpent god.The plot also deals with the theme of reincarnation.
Cast
- Rani as Neera / Naag Muni
- Waheed Murad as Dr. Anwar / Rajkumar Surajiya
- Sangeeta as Bindiya
- Masood [Akhtar (actor)|Masood Akhtar] as Sardar Anasha
- Qavi Khan as Dr. Khayal
- Agha Talish as Sardar Shanaka
- Rukhsana as Prema
- Saqi as Usama
- Najam ul Hassan as Maharaaj
- Jalil Afghani as Raajkumar
Release and reception
The film was released on 7 April 1972. It attained the silver jubilee status in Karachi. The film was also released in Portugal with a Portuguese dubbed version on 24 January 1979.The Statesman gave the mixed review to the film regarding its direction and stoy, while praised the music.