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{{short description|2001 film by Rama Narayanan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name          = Nageswari
| image          = Nageswari.jpg
| image          =  
| caption        = VCD cover
| image_size    =
| caption        =  
| director      = [[Rama Narayanan]]
| director      = [[Rama Narayanan]]
| producer      = N. Radha
| producer      = N. Radha
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| starring      = {{ubl|[[Ramya Krishnan]]|[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]|[[Vadivelu]]|[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]}}
| starring      = {{ubl|[[Ramya Krishnan]]|[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]|[[Vadivelu]]|[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]}}
| music          = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| music          = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| cinematography = [[N. K. Vishwanathan]]
| cinematography = [[N. K. Viswanathan]]
| editing        = Rajkeerthi
| editing        = Rajkeerthi
| distributor    =  
| distributor    =  
| studio        = [[Sri Thenandal Films]]
| studio        = [[Sri Thenandal Films]]
| released      = 14 January 2001
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2001|1|14|ref1=}}
| runtime        =
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| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
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'''''Nageswari''''' is a [[Tamil films of 2001|2001]] Tamil devotional film written and directed by [[Rama Narayanan]]. The film featured [[Ramya Krishnan]] in the title role alongside [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and [[Vadivelu]], while [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]], released in January 2001.<ref>http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2001/nageswari.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov94.asp |date=28 January 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010128022400/http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov94.asp |archive-date=28 January 2001 }}</ref> The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Naag Lok''.
'''''Nageswari''''' ({{IPAc-en|n|ɑː|ɡ|eɪ|s|v|ər|i}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[devotional film]] written and directed by [[Rama Narayanan]]. The film stars [[Ramya Krishnan]] in the title role alongside [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and [[Vadivelu]], while [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]], was released on 14 January 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=நாகேஸ்வரி / Nageshwari (2001) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/nageshwari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121051516/https://screen4screen.com/movies/nageshwari |archive-date=21 November 2023 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>


==Cast==
== Plot ==
{{colbegin}}
Nagaveni and her brother are great devotees of Nageswari Amman. When a woman sees the devotion Nagaveni has for the deity, she decides to get her wayward son Eashwar married to her. The night before the wedding, Eashwar and his friends, who are drunk, tease and then kill Nagaveni's brother and then her. But she rises from the dead and arrives in time for the wedding. Once inside the house, she torments her husband and his four friends.
*[[Ramya Krishnan]] as Nageswari/Nagaveni
 
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Ramya Krishnan]] as Nageswari / Nagaveni
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Eashwar
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Eashwar
*[[Vadivelu]]
*[[Vadivelu]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj]]
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]
*[[Ajay Rathnam]] as Devi's husband
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj]] as Narayanan
*[[Ramesh Khanna]] as Appaji
*[[Riyaz Khan]]
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Manisha Koirala
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]]
*[[Mayilsamy]]
*[[Mayilsamy]]
*[[Ramesh Khanna]]
*[[Master Mahendran]] as Nanjappa
*[[Riyaz Khan]]
*[[Kullamani]]
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
*[[Vellai Subbaiah]]
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]]
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
*[[Kovai Sarala]]
;Uncredited
*[[Pandi (actor)|Pandi]]
*[[Bayilvan Ranganathan]]
{{colend}}
*[[Pandi (actor)|Lingeswaran]]
}}


==Soundtrack==
== Soundtrack ==
Lyrics were written by Muthulingham, Kalidasan and [[Pa. Vijay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Nageswari-songs-T0004533|title=Nageswari Songs|access-date=2019-03-25|publisher=raaga}}</ref>
The music was composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nageswari (2001) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Nageswari-songs-T0004533 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231121044325/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Nageswari-songs-T0004533 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |access-date=25 March 2019 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
|-
| 1 || "Boom Boom" || [[Vadivelu]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Kalidasan
| "Boom Boom" || [[Vadivelu]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Kalidasan
|-
|-
| 2 || "Ennidam Ennidam Vaa" || [[Febi Mani]] || [[Pa. Vijay]]
| "Ennidam Ennidam Vaa" || [[Febi Mani]] || [[Pa. Vijay]]
|-
|-
| 3 || "Gopala Yen Akka" || [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Kalidasan
| "Gopala Yen Akka" || [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Kalidasan
|-
|-
| 4 || "Muthu Muthu" || [[Vadivelu]], [[Swarnalatha]] || Muthulingham
| "Muthu Muthu" || [[Vadivelu]], [[Swarnalatha]] || [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]]
|-
|-
| 5 || "Thullathe Thullathe" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || Kalidasan
| "Thullathe Thullathe" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || Kalidasan
|}
|}


==Release==
== Reception ==
The film opened to average reviews, with a critic from [[The Hindu]] noting "it is a low budget bhakti sentiment film for women.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/04/26/stories/2002042600910201.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627101605/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/04/26/stories/2002042600910201.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2003|title=Sri Bannari Amman|date=25 April 2002|pages=02|work=[[The Hindu]]|via=The Hindu (old)}}</ref>
Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote "Though it is yet another film on the Goddess-protecting-her-devotees kind, it is more of a computer graphics-versus-a coherent story line here. The graphics are thrown in indiscriminately, without proper placement. No serious thought seems to have gone into how, and where it should be placed. So we have graphics – that too of the mediocre variety – intruding almost throughout the narration".<ref>{{cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |title=Film: Nageshwari |url=http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov94.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010128022400/http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov94.asp |archive-date=28 January 2001 |website=Chennai Online |access-date=11 June 2014 }}</ref> S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "Dialogue by Pugazhmani is crisp. Produced by N. Radha, the story, screenplay and direction have been taken care of by Ramanarayanan. It is a low budget bhakti sentiment film for women".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=26 January 2001 |title=Film Review: Nageswari |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/26/stories/09260224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605164439/http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/26/stories/09260224.htm |archive-date=5 June 2009 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}
 
{{Rama Narayanan}}
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[[Category:Films about shapeshifting]]
[[Category:Films about snakes]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rama Narayanan]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]]
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
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[[Category:Films about snakes]]
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 3 March 2026


Nageswari
VCD cover
Directed byRama Narayanan
Produced byN. Radha
Written byPugazhmani
Starring
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byRajkeerthi
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 January 2001 (2001-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Nageswari (/nɑːɡeɪsvəri/) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language devotional film written and directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Ramya Krishnan in the title role alongside Karan and Vadivelu, while Vivek plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by S. A. Rajkumar, was released on 14 January 2001.[1]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Nagaveni and her brother are great devotees of Nageswari Amman. When a woman sees the devotion Nagaveni has for the deity, she decides to get her wayward son Eashwar married to her. The night before the wedding, Eashwar and his friends, who are drunk, tease and then kill Nagaveni's brother and then her. But she rises from the dead and arrives in time for the wedding. Once inside the house, she torments her husband and his four friends.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Uncredited

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2]

Song Singers Lyrics
"Boom Boom" Vadivelu, Anuradha Sriram Kalidasan
"Ennidam Ennidam Vaa" Febi Mani Pa. Vijay
"Gopala Yen Akka" Anuradha Sriram Kalidasan
"Muthu Muthu" Vadivelu, Swarnalatha Muthulingam
"Thullathe Thullathe" K. S. Chithra Kalidasan

Reception[edit | edit source]

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Though it is yet another film on the Goddess-protecting-her-devotees kind, it is more of a computer graphics-versus-a coherent story line here. The graphics are thrown in indiscriminately, without proper placement. No serious thought seems to have gone into how, and where it should be placed. So we have graphics – that too of the mediocre variety – intruding almost throughout the narration".[3] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote, "Dialogue by Pugazhmani is crisp. Produced by N. Radha, the story, screenplay and direction have been taken care of by Ramanarayanan. It is a low budget bhakti sentiment film for women".[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "நாகேஸ்வரி / Nageshwari (2001)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nageswari (2001)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Mannath, Malini. "Film: Nageshwari". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 28 January 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (26 January 2001). "Film Review: Nageswari". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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