Hisss
Tags: revenge

Plot synopsis:
The story begins in Natchi, a small town in Kerala, India. American George States (Jeff Doucette) is suffering from the last stage of brain cancer and has only six months to live. To prevent death and gain immortality, he decides to extract the 'Nagmani' from a nagin, a shape-shifting snake that can morph into a human. He captures the nag (the male snake) so that the nagin (the female) comes after the capturer to free her lover, thus allowing him to obtain the nagmani by force. He keeps the nag in a glass box where he electrocutes and tortures him. His plan works and the nagin starts following him.
The nagin transforms into a beautiful woman (Mallika Sherawat), and is later helped by a police inspector (Irrfan Khan) and his wife (Divya Dutta), who is infertile, causing a strain in their relationship. The nagin helps a few women who are helpless: One who is beaten mercilessly by her husband; one being raped by a man, and so on. She brutally murders those men who were involved in the capture of her mate as well as men who torture women. The police inspector who is trying to help her find her mate investigates the murders. Finally, she reaches George's hideout where she reclaims her mate and they have sex, leading to the nagin becoming pregnant. George attempts to capture the nagin during intercourse since this is when she will be at her most vulnerable.
Wearing a suit that hides his heat signature, he lures her by using her dying mate as bait to a trap. He captures her and tries taking the nagmani but at that moment, the police inspector arrives and helps her. Angered by the death of her mate by the hands of George, she transforms into a half snake, half human creature and throws him in the glass box where her mate was kept and electrocutes him. The police inspector and his wife later welcome their new baby into the world. The nagin, back in the form of a beautiful woman, also gives birth to her new snake babies.

Review: The film has got nothing but Mallika shows her amazing daring guts to do this..
But the name remains the only foreign touch in an otherwise totally Indian movie, which is more like a B class Bollywood film packaged and promoted well.Secondly, yes the film is based on a HIT and interesting topic of an Ichhadhari Nagin but the overall result on the screen is not even close to what we have already seen in Reena Roy's NAGIN (1976) and Sridevi's NAGINA (1986) or even in its not so successful sequel NIGAHEN (1989).
The film is just a collage of various graphical scenes without any good story build up or enjoyable musical soundtrack.
Moreover the erratic background score further reduces the impact of its engrossing theme to the least.Thirdly, if you are expecting a great computer graphics show in the movie displaying a human body's transformation into and out of a snake, then you are going to get disappointed in that section of the film too.
The graphics used in HISSS are not bad but at the same time they also don't offer anything great or exceptional to enjoy.
In fact watching ANACONDA once again would be a far better choice to opt, if you are really interested in watching the big snake movements in front of you.In the acting arena, I was simply stunned to see two highly talented actors Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta agreeing to do such strange kind of roles where they simply have nothing to do except showing their known faces on the screen.
Especially, Why Irrfan opted for such kind of LOW in his otherwise famous career is simply beyond any logical explanation.So after pulling down the movie in almost all its departmentswhat can be a possible merit of watching HISSS?
That's the pleasure of watching the Sky-High Confidence of the girl called Mallika Sherawat.
And further her amazingly daring GUTS to opt for all those nude body scenes and love-making scene with the snake is undoubtedly applaudable.Truly speaking, even when the movie was completely a wash out for me in all aspects, still the girl managed to keep me hooked somehow with her unbelievable kind of confidence and a passionate performance.
So if you are really interested in watching Mallika in the most daring act of her entire career then HISSS may work for you.
Otherwise it would be better to watch the movie only after its DVD release.Rating : 1.5 / 5 (0.5 more only for the confidence level of Mallika)..
Snake Mallika's Hot Hissses Saves Her Love, but Kills the Box-Office!.
I hope all that pre-release publicity and marketing of Hisss by hottie Mallika 'Serpent" Sherawat did some good for the movie monetarily because simply said, the movie is just average, either in performances, direction or visual effects.I feel sorry for Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta.
Even foreign actor Jeff Doucette, although appropriately sick & greedy as per his character, could not do much to save this movie.Nothing special about Mallika Sherawat too except that she flaunts off her toned, lithe body and some cool snake eyes!
The movie seems a joke coming from a director who has made Boxing Helena, this movie is even lower then the standards of combing Hollywood and Bollywood B-grade movies.
Just the name of Hollywood and the director is the daughter of David Lynch, If one doesn't expect master piece at least a decent effort, which it not even disappoints in every aspect of film making but make you puck.
Its seems the director was asleep while making this crap which has awful special effects, no story, no acting and not even a single plus point that goes in its favor to be mentioned.Irfan Khan is totally wasted and why the hell did he agree to work in this joke of a movie, Mallika has no dialogs only partial nudity in dozens.
The snake seems like a puppet and the rest I have no words to explain what a awful and crappy movie this is, avoid it no matter what or else regret it your whole life..
What do the Academy know, anyway?Whereas Danny Boyle's 2008 crowd-pleaser simply manipulated it's audiences' emotions whilst providing a fairly intriguing mystery, Jennifer Lynch's Hisss gives the more discerning viewer a far richer experience in my humble opinion: there's the Nagin (Mallika Sherawat), a sexy snake goddess with a great rack and an even more impressive set of fangs; an impromptu Bollywood dance routine (is there really any other kind?) that takes place during an Indian paint festival; an ugly, fat, obnoxious woman who continues to pester her son-in-law about grand-children even after death; a would-be rapist in a Pamela Anderson T-shirt swallowed whole and regurgitated as a pellet; gratuitous naked lamp-post climbing; gratuitous skinny dipping; a bad guy with brain cancer and a very itchy trigger finger; lots and lots of impressive practical effects from top MUFX maestro Robert Kurtzman, and some equally bad CGI; a raunchy sex scene between the film's smoking hot star and a rubber snake (complete with reptilian french kissing); and stunning cinematography that not only brilliantly captures the sights, sounds and squalor of India's slums but also the awesome curves of Sherawat's magnificent butt.As far as I'm concerned, THAT is entertainment worthy of an award!.
Hisss is slightly different Bollywood movie with a Hollywood taste.
It differs from Naagin,Nagine series as movie is based on facts and realistic approach.
After watching the movie, your head will be totally blank as in..
it is difficult to comment whether movie is good or bad.
You will be impressed with Mallika's body(may be the best in Bollywood), even though I believe movie don't portray nudity.
In short, Positives: light humor, music, concept, special effects, Mallika's body specially street light scene, scary scenes, acting(both Mallika and Irfan) and very important one: you will not feel bored.Negative: Very simple script, again exposing poverty in India, poor acting of supporting staff, broken screenplay, low budget impacts.If we give smooth flow to all the scenes then it will be far better..
This movie has nothing worth spending 1 hours and 30 minutes on, in fact it got unbearable after 30 minutes.
The plot is poor and is taken from old Naagin movie which is way better than this.
It seems film makers assumed Mallika Sherawat is so sexy that if present her half naked whole of the movie the public will lure into watching it.
Its overstretched the movie story gets finished in 30 minutes and rest 1 hour in between are just fillers.
If you are a Mallika Sheawat fan and have one and a half hours to waste watch it, there is nothing else in the movie expect her which is worth watching..
This movie was the worst piece of garbage I have seen in quite a while.
I don't think there was anything in this movie at all that was worth watching.
There were a few good effects early on that I actually enjoyed but the movie quickly becomes incredibly boring.
Id avoid this one and watch Clash of the Titans(81) for a more enjoyable snake woman.
Not really a Bollywood fan, but I watched it because of special makeup effects legend Robert Kurtzman, who designed the looks of the snake woman and also the director of this film is Jennifer Chambers Lynch.
Really loved the look of Nagin, the transformation sequences and some brutal death scenes which you don't usually see in an Indian film.
Mallika Sherawat gave a great performance and I gotta say that she can really slither.
from the start the movie opens up fairly solid, the initial transformation into human form was actually good.
is this worth multiple viewings, no, but its not so bad to give a good viewing once.our main character does a pretty superb job at portraying a snake in human form.
HISSS – TRASH IT ( D ) It won't be wrong to say that "Hisss" is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
The story about Nagin (Female snake) turning into a Human after 100hundred years is a popular myth in India.
Their have been lots of movies and TV shows about this story which were pretty successful.
I am huge Mallika Sherawat' fan so, because of Her nakedness I am giving it a (D) rating.
In my final words all I can say that "Mallika Sherawat's Nakedness can't save this Garbish.
Hisss is not at all a great movie, but it is not the worst one too!!
There have been more worse films than Hisss, In fact, it is a watchable one, in my opinion.
But, all other common people speak Hindi only.Mallika Sherawat did her role well, her snake-teeth is not looking much original, though!!
this is just another example where Indian movies try to copy Hollywood aspects into their movies, and result in total mismatches and failures...
can't they use their own brains and do some creativity without a Western influence yet..?this is just another example where Indian movies try to copy Hollywood aspects into their movies, and result in total mismatches and failures...
can't they use their own brains and do some creativity without a Western influence yet..?this is just another example where Indian movies try to copy Hollywood aspects into their movies, and result in total mismatches and failures...
Irfan Khan was the only reason i gave this movie 1 out of 10.
This movie is senseless and has no point, it is a movie which is nothing but good for brainwashing and confusing peoples' minds.
The plot has to do with a Hindu snake god coming to life in the form of a beautiful Indian woman (Mallika Sherawat) and preying upon the dastardly inhabitants of the slum city.
A detective tries to solve the case (Irrfan Khan).As noted in my title blurb, this is a gruesome movie but it's not really scary, at least not to me.
There are some other flashes of genius.Of course Mallika Sherawat is a gorgeous woman, Indian or otherwise, and she's featured in numerous stages of dress or undress, but it's Maya Gupta, as the detective's wife, whose beauty truly shines here, and she's fully clothed at all times (what's that tell ya?).The film was shot in various areas of India (West coast, East coast, South-Central, etc.) and is a visual feast of India in all its glory or disgrace.
Plus the detective's stepmother is really annoying (but maybe that's the point).The film runs 98 minutes.GRADE: B-.
Snake goddess takes on a human form to save its mate from a dying westerner who believes her essence will cure his disease.
She roams around the city looking for her mate, causing mayhem on the way.The movie is beautifully shot with cultural clues very different from that of west.
There are some erotic scenes that involves semi nudity along the way.There's kind of a ruthlessness in the scenes when the snake goddess makes her attack.
It seems more violent than western movie's violence that's mostly based on gun shooting.It's an interesting movie to watch, and also enjoy the atmosphere of India at the same time..
The movie tries hard--but falls flat on its face, right into a pile of rotten guts, like one particularly sick and unnecessary scene in the movie.The premise is familiar, dated and even banal--a man (a desperate Jeff Doucette) suffering from a life-threatening disease and having only 6 months to live decides to find the 'nagmani' and gain immortality.So he 'kidnaps' a cobra while it is engaged in an act of procreation and locks it up in a glass box, torturing it constantly by electrocution.
Somehow the cobra would communicate with the nagin telepathically and bring her to it, thus allowing the man to force her to give up the nagmani for her lover snake's life.
Mallika Sherawat plays the nagin, and I have the impression that the movie was made solely considering the fact that a shape-shifting Nagin would allow ample opportunities for the director to show Mallika with little or no clothes-and the whole film seems to be made to cater to this premise.
The fact that Mallika has not a single line of dialog just confirms this view.The remaining cast of characters is wasted--Irrfan Khan though manages to be respectable in his role as a police officer-very understated and elegant.
A good actor who took up this role needlessly.The story follows a linear path--and the dialog is so straightforward its laughable at times.
A case in point would be the goons hired by Jeff Doucette at his hideout-it seems the director knew the audience would wonder why the goons would decide to stay even after knowing of the impending danger and Doucette's maniacal ways--so they engage in a dialog justifying their decision--'we are doing it for the money.
anything for money.' Its a very lame way to rationalize the story, and its very obvious.The movie has nothing to offer, so it relies on shocking and disgusting the audience.
It wouldn't have been a problem if these scenes had added to the story, but they do not and seem pointless.The movie has a few elements which should have been clarified-like the fact that whenever the Nagin shape-shifts or is reborn to a woman form, any woman who is pregnant has a miscarriage.
The director has tried to weave this into the story, but it is not easily inferred, and adds to the confusion.The special effects are bad and seem cheap.
The snakes look fake, the transformation scenes look fake.
All in all, the movie has only one USP--an almost fully nude Mallika Sherawat..
India has been portrayed like a land of snake charmers and poverty stricken land, some scenes make you feel sick, (a bunch of girls walked out of cinema after first 30 minutes!).
You'll Enjoy It. I've recently, as in only a few hours ago per this writing, viewed this film, and honestly, the terrible reviews I've read here on IMDb are simply unacceptable.So unacceptable, that for the first time, I'm writing a review of a film, here.The entire film, though not a stunningly "Hollywood" style explosion of special effects, has some that do it's budget credit.
Those two women are beautiful together, I'd believe they are, in fact, blood relatives who do care for each other.Enjoy the film, the characters and make your own decision..
Firstly, I understand the director, Jennifer Lynch, left the project due to creative differences about the finished product.
From what I've read she envisioned a sort of love story while the rest of the crew wanted a horror film.I'm not entirely sure either would have worked.
He has cancer of the brain, which according to some makes him a bit crazy, therefore he wants to capture the snake goddess and force her to make him immortal so he won't die of cancer.
Now...opening scene, Mr. Stereotypical American along with some "misguided" Indians find the snake goddess and her male counterpart procreating.
Instead of snatching the snake goddess...they snatch the male and run away after Mr. Stereotypical American taunts the deity and continues to do so throughout the film so he can....capture her.Aside from that my other problem with the film is that it doesn't give me a reason to really care.
Maybe if they gave her some dialog to show she actually could think beyond primal instincts and the occasional erotic transformation or what I'll just call a nature scene....I would've cared more.I can't really say much for the acting as I'm not too familiar with the cast.
Of course this is a foreign movie, and it's expected to have a negative outlook on an American.
While some of this is true, I think it would've been easily successful to have a secularized Indian business man as the culprit just as well.Overall the movie fails.
There was a Thai movie about a female tiger woman, name slips my mind now, that executed far better than this..
This film is from India, and a few annoying production points.
There seems to be no reason for this at all.The plot is that an Rich American named "George States" is dying of brain cancer and has hired a bunch of Indian thugs to help him capture the mate of the Snake Goddess so he can force her into giving him immortality.
The snake Goddess takes on human form, and then proceeds to have a bunch of misadventures killing would-be rapists.Meanwhile, we have the hero of the film, a police detective investigating strange crimes where would-be rapists are half-digested by snakes.Frankly, they are trying to milk ten minutes of story out for 140 minutes of movie.
The only plot relevant points are at the beginning of the film when the Snake Goddesses mate is captured, and the conflict at the end.
The rest is probably unnecessary.This movie is worth it for the hot actress who plays the snake babe, and nearly gets naked every other scene, with strategically placed whatevers over the naughty bits..
At first let me confirm one thing that every movie in bollywood directed by an outside (hollywood) director can't be Slumdog Millionaire, saying this i didn't had any expectations before i watched this movie but the idea was a bit fantasizing.
I mean a snake taking human form and producing some kinda "mani" (precious stone) which will make you immortal has been a very old storyline for lot of bollywood movies, from Jitendra to Sridevi.
I don't even know how to describe this movie, only good thing i see about the movie is Mallika's nudity, I'm sure they might have used a body double, but still it was good.
The rest you can count as bad or may be worst, poor special effects, bad locations, seems like a B-grade movie, and acting tops all these.
If you are bored at home and like to laugh watching low budget failed films with friends, this is your movie, rest i suggest stay away from it.