Naagin (2015 TV series) explained

Director:Santram Varma
(season 1-2, 6)
Ranjan Kumar Singh
(season 3-6)
Creative Director:Tanushree Dasgupta
Chloe Ferns
Kadar Kazi
Tanya Rajesh
Starring:see below
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Num Seasons:7
Num Episodes:495 + 2 special
Location:Film City, Mumbai
Cinematography:Santosh Suryavanshi
Sarfaraz
Ajay
Ravi Naidu
Sadanand Pillai
Animator:Bodhisatva Datta
Ink Bling Designs Pvt. Ltd.
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:34–92 min
Company:Balaji Telefilms
Network:Colors TV
Last Aired:present
Related:
Bekaboo

Naagin is an Indian supernatural fiction television series about shape-shifting serpents produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.[1]

The first season aired from 1 November 2015 to 5 June 2016.[2] It starred Mouni Roy, Arjun Bijlani and Adaa Khan.[3] [4]

The second season aired from 8 October 2016 to 25 June 2017.[5] It starred Mouni Roy, Karanvir Bohra, Adaa Khan and Sudha Chandran.[6]

The third season aired from 2 June 2018 to 26 May 2019.[7] It starred Surbhi Jyoti, Pearl V Puri and Anita Hassanandani.[8]

The fourth season titled Naagin: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel premiered on 14 December 2019, its telecast was halted from 22 March 2020 due to COVID-19 outbreak and restarted on 18 July 2020 and ended on 8 August 2020. It starred Nia Sharma,[9] [10] Vijayendra Kumeria, Jasmin Bhasin,[11] Anita Hassanandani and Rashami Desai.[12]

The fifth season aired from 9 August 2020 to 6 February 2021.[13] It starred Surbhi Chandna, Sharad Malhotra and Mohit Sehgal.[14] [15]

The sixth season aired from 12 February 2022 to 9 July 2023[16] and starred Tejasswi Prakash, Simba Nagpal, Mahek Chahal, Pratik Sehajpal,[17] Shrey Mittal and Vatsal Sheth in lead roles.[18]

The seventh season premiered on 27 December 2025.[19] [20] It stars Priyanka Chahar Choudhary and Namik Paul[21] in lead role.[22] [23] [24]

Plot

Season 1

Shivanya and her sister Shesha vow to avenge the murder of Shivanya's parents, who were killed twenty years earlier by the Raheja family and their associates in a failed attempt to obtain the Naagmani. As part of her revenge, Shivanya marries Ritik Raheja on the day of his wedding. Shivanya kills three of the murderer and start falling in love with Ritik. During a period when Shesha assumes Shivanya's form to protect her sister, she too develops feelings for Ritik. The sisters later discover that Ritik belongs to the Suryavanshi lineage.

It is eventually revealed that Yamini is the fifth murderer. Along with her husband Ankush, she murdered Ritik's mother, kidnapped Ritik as a child, and imprisoned Sangram for years in pursuit of the Naagmani. Shesha betrays Shivanya and turns against her. After learning the truth about Yamini and Shivanya's real identity, Ritik and Shivanya consummate their marriage, causing Shivanya to lose her powers and become human. Ritik reunites with Sangram, who sacrifices his life to temporarily restore Shivanya's powers for twelve hours. In the final battle for the Naagmani, Shivanya kills Yamini, completing her revenge. Shesha later allies with the Mahishmatis clan, but Shivanya defeats her, and the Mahishmatis imprison Shesha for twenty-five years.

Season 2

Shivanya gives birth to her daughter, Shivangi, in the third month of her pregnancy. Meanwhile, Avantika resurrects Yamini. Twenty-five years later, Shivangi is raised by her widowed mother, Shivanya, as a human, unaware of her true lineage or her mother's past. Shivangi falls in love with Rocky, Yamini's foster grandson. Shesha, who lives with Yamini disguised as a human orphan adopted by Yamini, also falls for Rocky. Shesha breaks the barrier imprisoning the Mahishmatis for years. Yamini arranges Shivangi and Rocky's marriage as part of a plot to kill Shivanya. Yamini, Shesha, and Avantika murder Shivanya and her entire family, prompting Shivangi to seek revenge. She uncovers the truth about her parents, as well as the real identities of Yamini, Shesha, and Avantika.

On her twenty-fifth birthday, Shivangi transforms into a naagin and marries Rocky to execute her revenge. Pretending to have lost her memory, she claims ignorance about her mother's killers. Yamini and her allies spare Shivangi, believing only she can obtain the Naagmani. Shivangi mistakenly suspects Rocky of being involved in her mother's murder. During her quest, she befriends Rudra, a naag also wronged by the same enemies. With Rudra's help, Shivangi kills four of the eight murderers. Avantika kills Rudra when he refuses to reveal Shivangi's identity, after which Shivangi uncovers Avantika's secret and kills her, leading to the complete annihilation of the Mahishmatis tribe. Nidhi is revealed as the eighth killer and is killed by Shivangi.

Shivangi's identity is exposed to Yamini and Shesha. She turns Shesha into a statue, but Rocky witnesses this and learns the truth about Shivangi being a naagin. Yamini manipulates events to make Shivangi believe she has killed her and emotionally blackmails Rocky into turning against Shivangi. After consummating their marriage, Shivangi loses her powers. Rocky breaks ties with her and has her arrested.

Forty-five days later, Shivangi discovers she is still a naagin and escapes from prison during a mass shootout. She learns that her father, Ritik, was murdered by Yamini and vows revenge. On his twenty-seventh birthday, Rocky transforms into a naag, learning that his mother was the Naagrani of the Takshak clan, killed by her husband. He accidentally frees Shesha, who assumes the identity of Takshika. Rocky later learns the truth and he reunites with Shivangi. Together, they kill Yamini and Shesha. However, under Ritik's orders, Rocky later stabs Shivangi to death. She dies unaware of the reason but vows to return.

Season 3

Ruhi, disguised as Bela, arrives at Yuvraj's house along with Vishakha to avenge the murder of her husband, Vikrant. She kills Yuvraj, circumstances soon force Mahir to marry Bela. It is later revealed that Vikrant is alive and had staged his death with the help of his mother, Sumitra: the Naagrani of the Nidhog clan in a calculated scheme to obtain the Naagmani. Yuvraj, also a naag and Sumitra's son, was complicit in the plan is revealed to be alive. When Bela discovers the truth, she is left shattered and betrayed. Vishakha initially sides with Vikrant in the pursuit of the Naagmani but later repents and rejoins Bela. Vikrant leaves his mother's evil plans and joins hands with Bela. Vikrant accepts Vishakha's love, and they marry. Upon learning Bela's true identity, Mahir is devastated and loses his memory, forgetting her entirely. Sumitra plots to marry Mahir to Vishakha, but Bela intervenes and restores his memories. Sumitra retaliates by pushing Bela, Vishakha, and Vikrant off a cliff, leaving Mahir mentally unstable. Bela returns to exact revenge, remarries Mahir, and uses the Naagmani to fully restore his memories. Their relationship is consummated. Sumitra seeks help from Hukkum who tries to impregnate Bela to give birth to a demon child. Vishakha kills Yuvraj, assumes Bela's identity, and gives birth to Taamsi, who rapidly grows and kills Hukkum. Bela later reveals her pregnancy to Mahir, but Taamsi murders them both and claims the Naagmani. However, the Naagmani is cursed by Mahanaagrani Shivangi, who survived the attack on her and since then has disappeared. Taamsi, Sumitra, and their allies are later told by a sage that Bela and Mahir will be reborn.

Twenty-eight years later, Bela and Mahir are reborn as Shravani and Mihir and reunite. Vikrant is killed by Taamsi and Sumitra. After learning Shivangi's truth, Shravani summons Mahanaagrani Shivangi to lift the Naagmani’s curse. Shivangi accidentally removes the curse, but Ritik and Rocky take the Naagmani and imprison them. Yamini, still alive, tries to buy the Naagmani but is killed by Shivangi. It's revealed Shesha, disguised as Rocky and Ritik, had killed Shivangi. Shivangi defeats her. Mihir rescues them. Ritik dies and reunites with Shivanya in the afterlife, while Shivangi and Rocky begin a new life together. Shivangi declares Shravani the Naagrani of Naaglok and guardian of the Naagmani. Shravani kills Sumitra, Taamsi, and Shesha. Naagmani is declared safe for fifty full moons, after which Shravani's duty ends. Shravani marries Mihir. Meanwhile, Vishakha, a traitorous ku-sarp, vows to steal the Naagmani after fifty moons.

Season 4

Naagin princess Manyata marries Keshav a human, thus losing her power and gives birth to Nayantara. Keshav is killed by the Parekh family. Manyata escapes and waits for her daughter's 25th birthday to avenge her husband's murder. 25 years later, Nayantara waits to get her naagin powers, however, the powers go to Brinda instead, who is later revealed to have been switched at birth with Nayantara. Meanwhile, Dev who is son of Keshav's murderer, falls in love with Brinda. Manyata and Brinda are reunited and Brinda marries Dev to take revenge. Vishakha returns with the motive of getting Naagmani. She traps Nayantara in pillar and takes Dev's form and kills Manyata in front of Brinda making Brinda think it was Dev who killed her mother. Brinda vows to avenge her parents by killing Dev and his family. 1 year later, Vish gives Nayantara a new face and identity, Shalakha. Dev and Shalaka ger married. Brinda realizes that Dev did not kill Manyata. Shalakha finds out that Mundika is Vishakha's new identity. Dev asks Shalakha for divorce as he loves Brinda. Shalakha hypnotizes Dev to detach him from Brinda. Brinda's identity is revealed to Dev. Vishakha enters the Parikh house and murders the entire family under Brinda's disguise and spares Dev to obtain the Naagmani. Brinda finds out that Shalakha is Nayantara under a new identity. Shesha and Bela enter to assist Brinda. Vishakha is killed by Bela while Shalakha is killed by Shesha. Dev dies leaving Brinda devastated. The three perform a tandav to impress Lord Shiva who summons Naageshwari. She starts narrating her story from thousands of years ago.

Season 5

The story starts in the era where eagles had the power to shape shift. When the eagles attacked the snakes, Lord Shiva blessed the shapeshifting ability to snakes and named the first naagin to get this power, Naageshwari. Naageshwari also gained the title of Sarvashresth Aadinaagin. She was in love with a naag Hriday while an eagle Aakesh was obsessed with her. Aakesh killed Hriday and Naageshwari stabbed herself to death. On completing the story, Dev is returned to life and he reunites with Brinda. Naageshwari says it's time for her next birth. Ten thousand years later, Naageshwari is reincarnated as Bani. She meets Jay Mathur and they feel a connection. Veeranshu "Veer" Singhania, an eagle, is attracted to Bani while she immensely hates him. Bani and Jay perform a tandav, thus remembering their past lives where they learn that Bani is Sarvashresth Aadinaagin Naageshwari's reincarnation and that Jay is Hriday's reincarnation and Veer is Aakesh's reincarnation. Veer forcefully marries Bani as she killed his twin brother and Jay is soon to be revealed to be an antagonist who wants to gain Bani's powers. Bani wants to kill Veer's family but slowly starts to fall in love with him and soon Veer also remembers his past life. Bani releases Veer's mother who has been locked in a basement but soon Bani realizes that her mother-in-law is Maarkaat, Aadinaagin's greatest enemy. Bani realizes that Jay being the associate of Maarkaat and learns Jay being Veer's half brother. Bani and Veer team up to defeat Maarkaat and Jay but later Jay kills his own mother and gains the title of Maarkaat who then wishes to defeat Bani and Veer but Bani and Veer face Jay till the very end. Bani is pregnant but they sacrifice themselves in order to their child. Bani and Veer on the way to their peaceful afterlife bless their newborn and wish his wellbeing.

Basant Panchami Special

On the occasion of Basant Panchami, Bani, Mihir, Shesha, Vishakha, and Priya fight against Trilok Sundari and snake charmers to save Sheshnaag's book.

Season 6

Naagin Pratha and her sister Mahek enter the Gujral household to eliminate twenty traitors, the Asurs, who threaten India. Pratha marries Rishabh Gujral but soon discovers his mother, Seema Gujral, is a Maha Asur. After a violent confrontation leaves Seema in a coma, Pratha gives up her powers for her marriage, only to be betrayed by Mahek and Rishabh’s twin, Shakti. Framed for murder, imprisoned, and losing her unborn child, Pratha accepts her fate and falls into a coma.

A year later, Mahek deceives Rishabh into marriage and takes the title of Sarvashresth Shesh Naagin. Pratha awakens from her coma and vows to reclaim her rightful position. As Kiara Sharma, she infiltrates the Gujral house and eliminates her enemies. Mahek and Urvashi, Mahek's aunt, uncover her true identity. Pratha learns that her daughter is alive and in a final confrontation, defeats Mahek, reunites with Rishabh, and embraces her new life with their daughter, Anmol.

Twenty years later, Pratha is still the Sarvashresth Shesh Naagin, grappling with her daughter Prathna being the chosen one. Prathna was switched at birth, and her foster father is believed to have been murdered. Prathna suspects Rishabh and Rudra. Their paths cross when Prathna meets Pratha, and together they uncover the truth. Urvashi, Paatali, and Anmol manipulate the situation, leading to Pratha and Prathna being banished. Seeking revenge, they embark on a mission. Prathna acquires the nine Naagmani, while tragedy befalls Anmol and Paatali. Seema awakens from her coma and joins forces with Urvashi to resurrect Mahek. Chaos ensues during Prathna and Rudra's wedding as they vie for the Naagmani. In the ensuing battle, Pratha, Rishabh, and Rudra die.

Six years later, Mahek and Seema search for Prathna, who has lost her memories and is now known as Preeti. Mahek manipulates Preeti into marrying Raghuveer. As Preeti's memories resurface, Naagin Shesha aids her in seeking revenge, while Naagin Vishakha assisted Mahek in her quest for the nine Naagmani. Betrayal unfolded when Shesha turned against Prathna, allowing Mahek to acquire the coveted Naagmani. A mysterious serpent intervenes, revealing itself as Sheshnaag, Prathna's husband. He trap Sesha and Vishaka in Naaglok's jail. Together, they eliminate Seema and start a new life. Seven months later, Prathna discovers that Naaglok is beckoning her and Raghuveer. She gives birth to twin daughters, but Raghuveer blames Prathna for the loss of one. The deceased daughter has a new identity through adoption.

Five years later, Prathna combats a new conspiracy, discovering the creation of artificial shapeshifters called Sapolas. Raghuveer supports Prathna after misunderstanding her actions and they reunite with their both daughters. Meanwhile, Raghuveer's sister and Trisha along with Mahek, Patali and Professor Jeet attack Naaglok and try to kill everyone with Mahasapolas. In a climactic battle, Prathna saves innocent lives and vanquishes the mastermind Jeet behind the conspiracy. Prathna, Raghuveer and their daughters are killed by Mahek and Swarna, and they burn down the house, but Prathna takes a rebirth as Pragati.

Twenty years later, Pragati's fragmented memories resurface, and she seeks vengeance against Mahek and Swarna. Pragati enlists Raghav's help and together they confront Mahek. Pragati calls Pratha and Prathna from the past and they together kill off Mahek.

Season 7

Ananta, disguised as Ahana, enters Suri's house to take revenge for her family's death and because Suri's family is from an enemy country of India that wishes to destroy it.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Basant Panchami

Season 6

Season 7

Guest

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Crossover

From 6 May to 13 May 2023, Naagin 6 had a crossover with Bekaboo, which is set in the same universe.[33]

Spin-off

is a spin-off of Naagin 5, which takes place after the events of the latter.

Reception

In its launch week, the series topped the ratings charts. Season One proved to be highly successful.[34] [35]

The second season also topped the ratings chart in its launch week and continued to do so.

Like the first 2 seasons, the third season also topped the ratings chart in its launch week and continued to do so for several months. But when the 3rd season was extended in January 2019, the season lost its top position in the TRP charts and even went out of the top 5 shows for several months but regained its top position in the last week.[36]

The fourth season topped the rating charts for 2 months and later managed to remain in top 5 shows. However, because of the lockdown, the season's original story was scrapped and it had to wrap up within 8 episodes post lockdown since it was not as successful like the previous seasons.[37]

Unlike previous seasons which consistently maintained its positions in top 5, season 5 since its respective third week of telecast, wasn't able to enter the top 5 Hindi GEC while its ratings dropped weekly. The ratings of the season dropped to an all-time low.[38]

The sixth season had a successful 2 months, but later on, met with slight fluctuations in ratings due to time slot changes. It got multiple extensions due to its success and became the longest-running season of the franchise

Rating

Season 2

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban)[39]
NationwideRanking (Nationwide)
Week 41, 20161 – 28 October 2016 – 9 October 20168.8% (8838)[40] 1
Week 42, 20163 – 415 October 2016 – 16 October 20168.2% (8272)[41] 1
Week 43, 20165 – 622 October 2016 – 23 October 20168% (7979)[42] 1
Week 44, 20167 – 829 October 2016 – 30 October 2016 (6617)[43] 2
Week 45, 20169 – 105 November 2016 – 6 November 20168.6% (8605)[44] 1
Week 46, 201611 – 1212 November 2016 – 13 November 20169.2% (9168)[45] 1
Week 47, 201613 – 1419 November 2016 – 15 November 20169.1% (9133)[46] 1
Week 48, 201615 – 1626 November 2016 – 27 November 2016 (10214)[47] 1
Week 49, 201617 – 183 December 2016 – 4 December 20169.4% (9370)[48] 1
Week 50, 201619 – 2010 December 2016 – 11 December 20168.5% (8460)[49] 1
Week 51, 201621 – 2217 December 2016 – 18 December 20168.8% (8753)[50] 2
Week 52, 201623 – 2424 December 2016 – 25 December 20169.1% (9076)[51] 1
Week 1, 201725 – 2631 December 2016 – 1 January 20178% (7986)[52] 1
Week 2, 2017277 January 20178.4% (8414)[53] 1
Week 3, 201728 – 2914 January 2017 – 15 January 20177.4% (7410)[54] 1
Week 4, 201730 – 3121 January 2017 – 22 January 20177.3% (7297)[55] 1
Week 5, 201732 – 3328 January 2017 – 29 January 20177.4% (7416)[56] 1
Week 6, 201734 – 354 February 2017 – 5 February 20178.1% (8126)[57] 1
Week 7, 201736 – 3711 February 2017 – 12 February 20177.4% (7377)[58] 1
Week 8, 201738 – 3918 February 2017 – 19 February 20177.9% (7940)[59] 1
Week 9, 201740 – 4125 February 2017 – 26 February 20177.8% (7829)[60] 1
Week 10, 201742 – 434 March 2017 – 5 March 20177.1% (7113)[61] 1
Week 11, 201744 – 4511 March 2017 – 12 March 20177.7% (7732)[62] 1
Week 12, 201746 – 4718 March 2017 – 19 March 20177.69% (7690)[63] 1
Week 13, 201748 – 4925 March 2017 – 26 March 20177.9% (7987)[64] 1

Season 3

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.[65]
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban + Rural)
NationwideRanking (nationwide)
Week 23, 20181 – 22 June 2018 – 3 June 201816.5% (16545)[66] 1
Week 24, 20183 – 49 June 2018 – 10 June 201814% (14103)[67] 1
Week 25, 20185 – 616 June 2018 – 17 June 201814.5% (14559)[68] 1
Week 26, 20187 – 823 June 2018 – 24 June 201814.5% (14579)1
Week 27, 20189 – 1030 June 2018 – 1 July 201814.3% (14374)1
Week 28, 201811 – 127 July 2018 – 8 July 201813.9% (13910)[69] 1
Week 29, 201813 – 1414 July 2018 – 15 July 201815.5% (15466)[70] 1
Week 30, 201815 – 1621 July 2018 – 22 July 201815.8% (15818)[71] 1
Week 31, 20181728 July 2018 (16677)[72] 1
Week 32, 201818 – 194 August 2018 – 5 August 201815.2% (15221)[73] 1
Week 33, 201820 – 2111 August 2018 – 12 August 201814.8% (14835)[74] 1
Week 34, 201822 – 2318 August 2018 – 19 August 201815.2% (15528)[75] 1
Week 35, 201824 – 2525 August 2018 – 26 August 2018 (13612)[76] 1
Week 36, 201826 – 271 September 2018 – 2 September 201814.2% (14294)[77] 1
Week 37, 201828 – 298 September 2018 – 9 September 201814.2% (14422)[78] 1
Week 38, 201830 – 3115 September 2018 – 16 September 201815.4% (15402)[79] 1
Week 39, 201832 – 3322 September 2018 – 23 September 201814.5% (14488)[80] 1
Week 40, 201834 – 3529 September 2018 – 30 September 201814.6% (14641)[81] 1
Week 41, 201836 – 376 October 2018 – 7 October 201813.4% (13406)[82] 1
Week 42, 201838 – 3913 October 2018 – 14 October 201813.1% (13093)[83] 1
Week 43, 201840 – 4120 October 2018 – 21 October 201813.1% (13135)[84] 1
Week 44, 201842 – 4327 October 2018 – 28 October 201812.4% (12376)[85] 2

Season 4

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban)
NationwideRanking (nationwide)
Week 51, 20191-214 December 2019 – 15 December 2019 (8953)[86] 1
Week 52, 20193-421 December 2019 – 22 December 20197.5% (7487)[87] 2
Week 53, 20195-628 December 2019 – 29 December 20197.6% (7632)[88] 3
Week 1, 20207-84 January 2020 – 5 January 20208.4% (8410)[89] 1
Week 2, 20209-1011 January 2020 – 12 January 20207.7% (7718)[90] 2
Week 3, 202011-1218 January 2020 – 19 January 20207.2% (7184)[91] 3
Week 4, 202013-1425 January 2020 – 26 January 20208.0% (8015)[92] 2
Week 5, 202015-161 February 2020 – 2 February 20208.0% (8004)[93] 2
Week 6, 202017-188 February 2020 – 9 February 20207.1% (7139)[94] 2
Week 7, 202019-2015 February 2020 – 16 February 2020 (6894)[95] 5

Season 5

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban)
NationwideRanking (nationwide)
Week 32, 202019 August 20206.2% (6163)[96] [97] 3
Week 33, 20202–315 August 2020 – 16 August 20205.7% (5758)[98] 5

Unlike previous seasons which consistently maintained its positions in top 5, season 5 since its third week of telecast could not be able to enter top 5 Hindi GEC while its ratings dropped weekly.[38] [99]

Season 6

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban)
Impressions (in millions)Ranking (nationwide)
Week 7, 20221-212 February 2022 – 13 February 20222.1[100] 8
Week 8, 20223-419 February 2022 – 20 February 20222.0[101] 8
Week 9, 20225-626 February 2022 – 27 February 20221.9[102] 11
Week 10, 20227-85 March 2022 – 6 March 2022[103] 5
Week 11, 20229-1012 March 2022 – 13 March 20221.9[104] 6
Week 26, 20223926 June 20222.0[105] 4
Week 49, 202285-863 December 2022 – 4 December 2022[106] 7

Season 7

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / WeekEpisodesBroadcast dateBARC ratings (Urban)
Impressions (in millions)Ranking (nationwide)
Week 52, 20251-227 – 28 December 20252.1 [107] 2
Week 01, 20263-43 – 4 January 20262.1[108] 2
Week 02, 20265-610 – 11 January 20261.9[109] 3
Week 03, 20267-817 – 18 January 2026 [110] 1
Week 04, 20269-1024 – 25 January 2026 2.1[111] 3
Week 05, 202611-1231 January – 1 February 2026 1.9[112] 3
Week 06, 202613-147 – 8 February 20262.0[113] 3
Week 07, 202615-1614 – 15 February 2026[114] 6

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Season Result
2016Gold AwardsBest Actress in Lead Role (Critics)Adaa KhanSeason 1rowspan="4" [115]
Best Actor in Lead Role (Critics)Arjun Bijlani
Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular)Mouni Roy
Best Crime/Thriller/VFXEkta Kapoor
Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular)Arjun Bijlanirowspan="2"
Best TV Show (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
16th Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress in Lead Role (Popular)Mouni Royrowspan="2" [116]
Best Serial (Popular)Ekta Kapoor
201710th Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress in Negative Role (Critics)Adaa KhanSeason 2rowspan="5" [117]
Boroplus Face of the YearMouni Roy
Best Actress in Lead Role (Critics)
Best Actor in Lead Role (Critics)Karanvir Bohra
Best TV Show Based on Crime/Thriller/VFXEkta Kapoor
Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular)Arjun Bijlanirowspan="3"
Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular)Mouni Roy
Best TV Show (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
BIG Zee Entertainment AwardsBIG Zee Most Entertaining TV Actor (Female)Mouni Royrowspan="2" [118] [119]
BIG Zee Most Entertaining TV Show (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
BIG Zee Most Entertaining TV Actor (Male)Karanvir Bohra[120]
2018Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress (Jury)Surbhi JyotiSeason 3
Highest Rated Show on TelevisionEkta Kapoor[121]
2019Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress in Supporting RoleAnita Hassanandani[122]
Best Actor In Lead Role Male (Popular)Pearl V Purirowspan="3" [123]
Best Actor In Lead Role Female (Popular)Surbhi Jyoti
Best Jodi (Popular)Pearl V Puri & Surbhi Jyoti
Gold AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleAnita Hassanandanirowspan="3" [124]
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Jury)Pearl V Puri
Best Television Show (Thriller)Ekta Kapoor
Best Actress in a Negative RoleRakshandha Khanrowspan="6"
Best Actor in a Negative RoleRajat Tokas
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Surbhi Jyoti
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Pearl V Puri
Best On-screen JodiSurbhi Jyoti & Pearl V Puri
Best TV Show of the Year (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
2022Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress (Popular)Tejasswi PrakashSeason 6rowspan="3"
Best Show(Popular)Ekta Kapoor
Best Actress in a Negative Role(Jury)Mahek Chahal
2023Indian Telly AwardsFan Favorite ActressTejasswi Prakashrowspan="4"
Fan Favorite ShowEkta Kapoor
Fan Favorite Mytho/ Super Natural ShowEkta Kapoor
Fan Favorite Actor/ Actress - Mytho/ Super NaturalTejasswi Prakash
Best Actress in a Negative RoleMahek Chahal
Programming Awards - Weekly SerialEkta Kapoor
Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress (Popular)Tejasswi Prakash
Best Show(Popular)Ekta Kapoorrowspan="2"
Best Actress in a Negative Role(Jury)Mahek Chahal

Notes and References

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  2. News: Colors' 'Naagin' gets an extension – Times of India. The Times of India. 10 August 2018. en.
  3. News: Arjun Bijlani opposite Mouni Roy in Naagin?. The Times of India. 30 August 2015 . 8 February 2016.
  4. News: Naagin second season to premiere in October. The Indian Express. 6 June 2016. 8 June 2016.
  5. News: Naagin to be back in less than 100 days. The Times of India. 1 June 2016. 8 June 2016.
  6. News: NAAGIN 2: Shesha aka Adaa Khan is BACK with this trailer. ABP News. en. 4 October 2016.
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  8. Web site: 10 January 2018. Naagin 3: Pearl V Puri to romance Anita Hassanandani and Surbhi Jyoti. 13 November 2021. The Indian Express. en.
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