Omar Ali Khan reminisces about his favourite snake movies:

After two such encounters I finally happened upon a shop that welcomed customers and here I discovered a treasure chest of horror movies and more crucially some incredible looking snake movies too.  those I managed to pick up were Naag Shakti, Naag Pratiksha, Naageshwar, Shiva Naaga, Naag Nagin, Naach Nachaye Nagin, Naagyoni, a title that I cannot decipher but it looks spectacular judging by the posse of snakes on the DVD cover and my own personal favourite of all snake movies.  This being 1990’s stupendous Aruna Irani, Jackie Shroff snake epic Doodh Ka Karz.  Never has there been such gut wrenching pathos and searing drama in a snake movie as witnessed in this tour de force.  The director introduces the fabulous innovation snake-cam where the camera takes on the Point of View of the snake, watching his master getting murdered from within his straw basket.  There are moments of “heartfelt emotions” (Don’t you miss those old trailers?) when Aruna Irani almost breast feeds a cobra and a stupendous hair-raising climax that features leaping cobras by the dozen, live mongooses and Bob Christo meeting a slithery end.