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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Swetha Naagu<br />
| image = <br />
| director = Sanjeevi<br />
| producer = CV Reddy<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Soundarya]]<br />
*[[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]]<br />
* [[Sarath Babu]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]<br />
| cinematography = Diwakar<br />
| editing = Lanka Bhaskar<br />
| studio = CV Arts<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = 18 February 2004<ref name="Indiancine.ma">{{cite web |last1=Ashish |first1=Rajadhyaksha |title=Swetha Nagu (2004) |url=https://indiancine.ma/ATOB/info |website=Indiancine.ma |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref><br />
| runtime = 145 minutes <small>(Telugu) </small><br />123 minutes <small>(Kannada)</small><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Swetha Naagu''''' is a 2004 Indian devotional [[horror film|horror]] starring [[Soundarya]], [[Abbas (actor)|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 Naagara''''') with a different supporting cast for each version.<ref name="H">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/wonderful-white-snake/article28443382.ece|title=Wonderful white snake|date=22 July 2003|work=The Hindu}}</ref> This is Soundaraya's hundredth film.<ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-swethanaagu.html#:~:text=Telugu+cinema+Review+-+Swetha+Naagu,,+Abbas+-+Sanjeevi+-+CV+Reddy&text=Madhumati+(Soundarya)+is+a+research,is+a+study+on+snakes.&text=The+rest+of+the+film,Devata+(Goddess+of+Snakes)|title=Telugu cinema Review&nbsp;— Swetha Naagu&nbsp;— Soundarya, Abbas&nbsp;— Sanjeevi&nbsp;— CV Reddy|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref> A white snake from [[Meghalaya]] was used in the film.<ref name="H" /> Abbas, who garnered acclaim with ''[[Kadhal Desam|Prema Desam]]'', was signed to play one of the leads in the film.<ref name="T">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/Abbas-receives-mafia-threat/articleshow/58616.cms|title=Abbas receives mafia threat &#124; undefined News&nbsp;— Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The film began production in mid-2003.<ref name="T" /> The Telugu version was dubbed in Tamil as ''Madhumathi''.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Soundarya]] as Madhumati<br />
*[[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] as Praveen<br />
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Madhumati's professor<br />
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Sarpararanya Dhora (Telugu) / Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey (Kannada) <br />
* [[Abhinayashree]] as a tribal girl<br />
* [[Babloo Prithviraj]] (Special Appearance)<br />
=== Telugu version ===<br />
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]]<br />
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]<br />
*[[Kallu Chidambaram]]<br />
* Sangeeta<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]]<br />
*[[Karunas]]<br />
* Pattabhi Ram<br />
* [[Raghunatha Reddy]]<br />
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=== Kannada version ===<br />
*[[Dwarakish]]<br />
* [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]]<br />
*[[Sanketh Kashi]]<br />
*[[Bank Janardhan]]<br />
* [[Karibasavaiah]]<br />
* Shridevi<br />
* Meena<br />
* Uma<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''[[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".<ref name="I"/> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/swetha-naagu-review-telugu-pclv06aahhafh.html|title=Review|website=Sify|first=|last=|access-date=|date=24 February 2004|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013041629/http://www.sify.com/movies/swetha-naagu-review-telugu-pclv06aahhafh.html|archive-date=13 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|tt0940779}}<br />
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[[Category:2004 films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about snakes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]<br />
[[Category:Indian horror films]]<br />
[[Category:2004 horror films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s multilingual films]]</div>->DareshMohan