In an unusual combination of sorts, a Hollywood director, Jennifer Lynch is going to shoot a Hindi movie called ‘Naagin-the Snake woman’ with Bollywood hottie Mallika Sherawat playing the title role.

Produced by Ratan Jain’s Venus Records and Tapes, Naagin-The Snake Woman has Vikram Singh and Govind Menon as its co-producers. Naagin.. is being directed by Jennifer Lynch who is the daughter of David Lynch- four time Oscar nominee and two time Cannes film festival winner. Her last movie , Surveillance, starring Bill Pullman and Julia Ormand, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Naagin also stars Irfan Khan playing a policeman, who tries to pin down the Naagin and destroy her legendary powers. The shooting of ‘Naagin…’ will start in July last week in a start to finish schedule. Casting is currently on for other characters. Hollywood’s special effects wizard Robert Kurtzman has also been roped in for the film .

Producer Ratan Jain is very upbeat about the development. Says he, “Venus films is known for its commercial family entertainers. There is lot of work happening between Hollywood and Bollywood and the film with Jennifer Lynch starring Mallika Sherawat is a step towards it”..

“It was a wonderful experience working with Mallika Sherawat in Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. And hence it was natural that we take it further. She is a thorough professional. And I hope that with this film, Venus Films will be associated with more International films in the near future,” he said.