Swetha Naagu
Swetha Naagu is a 2004 Indian devotional horror starring Soundarya, Abbas, and Sarath Babu. The film was originally planned to be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil; however the film was later shot simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada (as Shwetha Naaga) with a different supporting cast for each version.[1] This is Soundaraya's hundredth film.[2] A white snake from Meghalaya was used in the film.[1] Abbas, who garnered acclaim with Prema Desam, was signed to play one of the leads in the film.[3] The film began production in mid-2003.[3] The Telugu version was dubbed in Tamil as Madhumathi.
Swetha Naagu | |
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Directed by | Sanjeevi |
Produced by | CV Reddy |
Starring | |
Music by | Koti |
Cinematography | Diwakar |
Edited by | Lanka Bhaskar |
Production company | CV Arts |
Release date | 18 February 2004 |
Running time | 145 minutes (Telugu) 123 minutes (Kannada) |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu Kannada |
Cast
- Soundarya as Madhumati
- Abbas as Praveen
- Sarath Babu as Madhumati's professor
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sarpararanya Dhora (Telugu) / Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey (Kannada)
- Abhinaya Sri as a tribal girl
- Babloo Prithviraj (Special Appearance)
Telugu version
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- Kallu Chidambaram
- Sangeeta
- Brahmanandam
- Karunas
- Pattabhi Ram
- Raghunatha Reddy
Kannada version
- Dwarakish
- Kunigal Nagabhushan
- Sanketh Kashi
- Bank Janardhan
- Karibasavaiah
- Shridevi
- Meena
- Uma
Release
Idlebrain gave the film a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and wrote that " Swetha Nagu is an average devotional film. And the USP (Unique Selling Point) is Soundarya".[2] A critic from Sify noted that "The first half of the film is interesting, but the film peters out in the second half. However the plus point of the film is Soundarya".[4]
References
- "Wonderful white snake". The Hindu. 22 July 2003.
- "Telugu cinema Review — Swetha Naagu — Soundarya, Abbas — Sanjeevi — CV Reddy". www.idlebrain.com.
- "Abbas receives mafia threat | undefined News — Times of India". The Times of India.
- "Review :". Sify. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
External links
- Swetha Naagu at IMDb