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Maryam, Mallika, Sridevi: Meet The Nagins of Bollywood

Iranian-Swedish actress and model Maryam Zakaria, who was seen in Rowdy Rathore and Agent Vinod last year, is all set to don the Nagin garb for the upcoming Tusshar Kapoor starrer Bhajaathe Raho.

As the popular shape-shifting character returns on screen, here's looking at the nagins of Bollywood.

Reena Roy in Nagin

Sporting the customary lenses and a femme fatale expression, Reena Roy plays the eponymous nagin in the 1976 fantasy-horror film, Nagin.

Set out to seek revenge for her lover's murder, the female serpent tries every trick to lure her enemies in a deathtrap.

Sridevi in Nagina

Sridevi stars as the enticing Rajni in the 1986 blockbuster Nagina, who is revealed to be a shape-shifting snake set out to, you guessed it, seek revenge for her lover's murder.

She made a comeback in the film's sequel Nigahen three years later, but it didn't do as well at the box office.

Mallika Sherawat in Hisss

Mallika Sherawat scorches as the light-eyed serpent in Jennifer Chambers Lynch's 2010 film Hisss.

The only takeaway from the film remains Mallika Sherawat's sexy avatars.

Manisha Koirala in Jaani Dushman

Unknown to her character in this multistarrer disaster of 2002, Manisha Koirala's Divya is actually a serpent named Vasundhara's incarnation, who gets killed by a bunch of college friends.

All hell breaks loose when Vasundhara's enraged lover comes back to get the murderers.

Meenakshi Sheshadri in Naache Naag Gali Gali

The beautiful Meenakshi Seshadri starred in this obscure 1989 film in which she plays a serpent.

Rekha in Sheshnag

Rekha donned a serpent avatar in the 1990 film Sheshnaag.