Hollywood filmmaker Jennifer Lynch, daughter of four-time Oscar nominee David Lynch, is all set to shoot the film about a subject, that has always intrigued the West - the ancient myth concerning the Naag-Naagin (snakes) relationship!
Titled Naagin - The Snake Woman, the film has Mallika Sherawat in the lead role. The film also stars Irrfan Khan as a cop, who has been given the task to pin down the Naagin and destroy her powers.
The movie will be shot in Chennai and the backwaters of Kerala, with an Indian cast and American villain. Which makes Jennifer the first Hollywood director to actually shoot a Hindi language film!
"Don't perceive me as a Western director, but just another director who's hoping to give a good film to the world," said Jennifer, whose last film - Surveillance - starring Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond premiered at Cannes in June, this year.
"Essentially, at the heart of every story, there is love. So when director Govind Menon and producer Vikram approached me with the subject, I was spellbound! We have fables of vampires and Cindrellas, and you guys have such interesting legends about snakes. It's super cool to be a Naagin! I come from a country where snakes are looked down upon and associated with negative energy. Here, snakes are worshiped!" exclaimed Jennifer.
According to the filmmaker, the world believes India is a snake charmers' country, but nobody knows the real story behind this misconception. Jennifer intends to dispel this myth with a classy, musical murder mystery made with special effects.
"I will change the perspective in the West about snakes and they will be respected hereafter," said the director who has been exposed to India through the Vedas, since her father studied Ayurveda.
Why she chose Mallika for the role?
"She has it in her. Her body is the hallmark of most of her films, but I am focusing on the sensuality of her face and her eyes. There are scenes where she will be the babe she is in real life, and then there are those sensually done songs! I feel Mallika has that crossover quality. I will help her achieve that, she's definitely made for bigger things," said Jennifer.
Hollywood's special effects wizard Robert Kurtzman, who has worked with the likes of Quentine Tarantiono and Robert Rodriquez, has been roped in to create unbelievable graphics for the film.
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