Ektaa Kapoor’s Naagin
set for theatrical release
Owing to the immense popularity of her television show Naagin, filmmaker Ektaa Kapoor
is in talks to take the franchise to cinemas.
Ektaa Kapoor Naagin is is a very popular television series that generated lot of buzz ever since its release in 2015. Last year, the show premiered its seventh season with Priyanka Chahar Choudhary playing the shape-shifting serpent in Naagin 7. Following its successful run on TV, it seems like Kapoor is all set to take the franchise to the big screen.
Notably, Ektaa Kapoor is the Queen of Indian Television” and a “media maven,” and the creative force and brain behind several transformative elements in Indian entertainment and her TV serials such as Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and more is proof for it.Naagin is also one of her creations that turned out to be a rage among TV watchers in India. Hence, the show was revived for its seventh season in 2025. Looking at the massive fan following of the supernatural fiction series, Kapoor is thinking of taking the show to theaters.
An industry insider recently informed that Kapoor, through her production house, Balaji Telefilms Limited, is in talks to take the Naagin franchise beyond television. The source revealed that given the brand’s long-standing popularity and cinematic scale, the makers are exploring the possibility of adapting the franchise into a feature film, intending to reimagine the mythology for the big screen.
Having said as per the informant that the conversation is in the initial stage. “But with the experience the team has had building seven successful seasons, it seems like the plan will turn into reality soon,” added the insider.
With all eyes on Ektaa’s TV show, reports suggest that Shraddha Kapoor is all set to start filming her much-anticipated film, Nagin: An epic tale of love and sacrifice, in April 2026.
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