Reena Roy is a famous heroine of her time. The actress was a trend setter, who has been challenging herself as an actor. She has played such roles in films, which the big heroines of that time used to shy away from playing. Naagin was one such role, which Reena Roy played in the 1976 film ‘Naagin’. She got such stardom from this role, which no one could have imagined.
The interesting thing is that many top actresses refused to do the role of Naagin. She did not want to play negative roles. But, here Reena Roy challenged herself and became a superstar overnight by playing this role. In an interview to ETimes, Reena Roy said about her role, ‘My mother also thought that I would get a bad image, because the serpent kills people.’
Reena Roy wanted to do something new in films
Reena explains the reason for playing the role of a serpent, ‘I was bored walking around the trees. I wanted to try something new. The audience liked him very much in the role of Naagin. People had become crazy about the bold and beautiful looks of the actress. Fans of the actress used to stand outside her house to get a glimpse. The actress says, ‘The police used to stand outside the house with guns. Fans used to send letters written in blood. Many relationships used to come for marriage.
Reena Roy’s debut in Bollywood was not easy
Beginning in the film industry was not so easy for Reena Roy, because she did not know anything about acting. She says, ‘If you talk to stars like Subhash Ghai and Dan Denzongpa, who worked with me in the beginning, they will tell me what a bad actress and dancer I was.’ Since Reena wanted to earn a name, she started taking acting and dancing seriously.
Reena Roy is quite cool in real life too
Reena Roy’s real name is Roopa Roy. He was given his film name by BR Ishara. The actress told that her role in the 1975 film ‘Jakhmi’ matches her real personality. Let us tell you that the actress is open-minded and is a very cool and outspoken person by nature.
