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Name: Swetha Naagu
Director: Sanjeevi
Released: 2021-12-20T01:17:19Z
Duration: 2 h 25 min

Swetha Naagu
Swetha Naagu
Directed by	Sanjeevi
Produced by	CV Reddy
Starring	Soundarya
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

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Swetha Naagu is a 2004 Indian devotional horror film directed by Sanjeevi starring Soundarya with Abbas and Sarath Babu playing supporting roles. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada with the latter version titled Shwetha Naagara. Both versions had a slightly different supporting cast. The Telugu version was partially reshot and dubbed in Tamil as Madhumathi. It is the last film for Soundarya before her death on 17 April 2004.

Cast[edit | edit source]


Cast (Telugu)	Cast (Kannada)	Role (Telugu)	Role (Kannada)
Soundarya		Madhumathi
Abbas		Praveen
Sarath Babu		Shankar Reddy
Jaya Prakash Reddy		Sarpararanya Dhora	Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey
Abhinayashree		Naagini
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam	Dwarakish	Ashok Kumar
Mallikarjuna Rao	Kunigal Nagabhushan	Madhumathi's guardian
Sangeeta	Sridevi	Madhumathi's mother
Raghunatha Reddy	Bank Janardhan	Praveen's father
Brahmanandam	Sanketh Kashi	chief guest
Karunas	Karibasavaiah	"Black" Baba	"Conductor" Kariyappa
Babloo Prithviraj		shapeshifting snake dancer (cameo)
Anand		tribal man
Cast (Telugu)		Role (Telugu)
Pattabhi Ram		tribal man
Kallu Chidambaram		tribal man
Cast (Kannada)		Role (Kannada)
Meena		Praveen's mother

Production[edit | edit source]

The film was originally planned to be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil.^[2] Many resources state that this was Soundarya's 100th milestone film and also her last proper film while still alive; she died two months later during a helicopter crash. She had two posthumous releases in the later part of the year.^[3] A white snake from Meghalaya was used in the film.^[2] Abbas who garnered acclaim with his debut in the Tamil film, Kadhal Desam was signed to play one of the leads in the film.^[4] The film began production in mid-2003.^[4] The film was shot in Bangalore, Savanadurga alongside Yaana and Sirsi in Uttara Karnataka.^[5]

Reception[edit | edit source]

Idlebrain gave the film a rating of two-and-three-quarters out of five and wrote that "Swetha Nagu is an average devotional film. And the USP (Unique Selling Point) is Soundarya".^[3] 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".^[6]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Ashish, Rajadhyaksha. "Swetha Nagu (2004)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Wonderful white snake". The Hindu. 22 July 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Telugu cinema Review — Swetha Naagu — Soundarya, Abbas — Sanjeevi — CV Reddy". www.idlebrain.com.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Abbas receives mafia threat | undefined News — Times of India". The Times of India. 4 July 2003.
↑ Srinivas, Srikanth (21 December 2003). "Soundarya, Abbas star in Shwetha Naga". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 6 January 2004.
↑ "Review". Sify. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.

External links[edit | edit source]

Swetha Naagu on IMDb

[Indiancine.ma-1] Ashish, Rajadhyaksha. "Swetha Nagu (2004)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[H-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Wonderful white snake". The Hindu. 22 July 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[I-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Telugu cinema Review — Swetha Naagu — Soundarya, Abbas — Sanjeevi — CV Reddy". www.idlebrain.com.

[T-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Abbas receives mafia threat | undefined News — Times of India". The Times of India. 4 July 2003.

[5] Srinivas, Srikanth (21 December 2003). "Soundarya, Abbas star in Shwetha Naga". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 6 January 2004.

[6] "Review". Sify. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.

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-'''''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''.
+'''''Swetha Naagu''''' is a 2004 Indian [[devotional film|devotional]] [[horror film]] directed by Sanjeevi starring [[Soundarya]] with [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] and [[Sarath Babu]] playing supporting roles. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada with the latter version titled''''' Shwetha Naagara'''''. Both versions had a slightly different supporting cast. The Telugu version was partially reshot and dubbed in Tamil as ''Madhumathi''. It is the last film for Soundarya before her death on 17 April 2004.
 == Cast ==
-*[[Soundarya]] as Madhumati
+{| class="wikitable"
-*[[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] as Praveen
+|+
-* [[Sarath Babu]] as Madhumati's professor
+!Cast (Telugu)
-* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Sarpararanya Dhora (Telugu) / Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey (Kannada)
+!Cast (Kannada)
-* [[Abhinayashree]] as a tribal girl
+!Role (Telugu)
-* [[Babloo Prithviraj]] (Special Appearance)
+!Role (Kannada)
-=== Telugu version ===
+|-
-* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]]
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Soundarya]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Madhumathi
-* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]
+|-
-*[[Kallu Chidambaram]]
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]]  || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Praveen
-* Sangeeta
+|-
-* [[Brahmanandam]]
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sarath Babu]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Shankar Reddy
-*[[Karunas]]
+|-
-* Pattabhi Ram
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] || style="text-align:center;"|  Sarpararanya Dhora || style="text-align:center;"|   Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey
-* [[Raghunatha Reddy]]
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Abhinayashree]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Naagini
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|[[Dwarakish]]  ||  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Ashok Kumar
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|[[Kunigal Nagabhushan]] ||  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  Madhumathi's guardian
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|Sridevi || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |  Madhumathi's mother
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Raghunatha Reddy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|[[Bank Janardhan]] ||  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  Praveen's father
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Brahmanandam]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|[[Sanketh Kashi]]  ||  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  chief guest
+|-
+| style="text-align:center;"| [[Karunas]] ||  style="text-align:center;"|[[Karibasavaiah]]  ||  style="text-align:center;"| "Black" Baba || style="text-align:center;"| "Conductor" Kariyappa
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  [[Babloo Prithviraj]] ||  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|shapeshifting snake dancer (cameo)
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] || colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| tribal man
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Cast (Telugu)
+! colspan="2" | Role (Telugu)
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Pattabhi Ram
+| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| tribal man
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Kallu Chidambaram]]
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Cast (Kannada)
+! colspan="2" | Role (Kannada)
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Meena
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Praveen's mother
+|}
-=== Kannada version ===
+== Production ==
-*[[Dwarakish]]
+The film was originally planned to be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil.<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|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230926141924/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/wonderful-white-snake/article28443382.ece|archive-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> Many resources state that this was Soundarya's 100th milestone film and also her last proper film while still alive; she died two months later during a helicopter crash. She had two posthumous releases in the later part of the year.<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 his debut in the Tamil film, ''[[Kadhal Desam]]'' was signed to play one of the leads in the film.<ref name="T">{{Cite news|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|date=4 July 2003 }}</ref> The film began production in mid-2003.<ref name="T" /> The film was shot in Bangalore, Savanadurga alongside Yaana and Sirsi in Uttara Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec21/ent5.asp|title=Soundarya, Abbas star in Shwetha Naga|first=Srikanth|last=Srinivas|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=21 December 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040106214557/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec21/ent5.asp|archive-date=6 January 2004}}</ref>
-* [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]]
-*[[Sanketh Kashi]]
-*[[Bank Janardhan]]
-* [[Karibasavaiah]]
-* Shridevi
-* Meena
-* Uma
-== Release ==
+== Reception ==
-''[[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>
+''[[Idlebrain]]'' gave the film a rating of two-and-three-quarters out of five 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=dead |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>
 == References ==
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-[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
+[[Category:2004 Telugu-language films]]
-[[Category:2000s Kannada-language films]]
+[[Category:2004 Kannada-language films]]
 [[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
 [[Category:Films about snakes]]
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 [[Category:Indian horror films]]
 [[Category:2004 horror films]]
-[[Category:2000s multilingual films]]
+[[Category:2004 multilingual films]]