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Directed by | Durai |
Screenplay by | P. Kalaimani[1] |
Story by | Rajendra Singh Aatish |
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Starring | See Cast |
Cinematography | V. Ranga[1] |
Edited by | M. Vellaisamy[1] |
Music by | Shankar–Ganesh |
Production company | Sri Chamundeswari Films[1] |
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Running time | 137 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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).