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Punnami Naagu
Directed byA. Kodandarami Reddy (Telugu)
Yaar Kannan (Tamil)
Written byYaar Kannan (Tamil dialogues)
Screenplay byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Story byYandamuri Veerendranath
Produced byG. Vijay Kumar Goud
StarringMumaith Khan
CinematographyP. N. Babu (Telugu)
Bernard S David (Tamil)
Edited byNandamuri Hari (Telugu)
Rajkeerthi (Tamil)
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
companies
Sound & Clap (Telugu)
Bharath Cine Media (Tamil)
Release dates
  • 10 April 2009 (2009-04-10)
(Telugu)
  • 2 July 2010 (2010-07-02)
(Tamil)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Tamil

Punnami Naagu is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language female-centric horror film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy in Telugu and Yaar Kannan in Tamil.[1] Mumaith Khan plays dual roles as a snakewoman and a model (city woman).[2] The film was later shot in Tamil as Pournami Nagam (2010) with Karunas replacing Rajiv Kanakala as the male lead.[3]

Cast

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Cast (Telugu) Cast (Tamil) Role (Telugu) Role (Tamil)
Mumaith Khan Nagamani Naga Kanni
Honey Manasa
Rajiv Kanakala Karunas Uncle
M. S. Narayana Gangamma Lakshmi's uncle
Nizhagal Ravi Honey's father
Suhasini Gangamma Lakshmi
Srinivasa Reddy[a] Mayilsamy
Nalini Mayadevi Bhairavi Kaandhari
Sajid Khan
Delhi Ganesh priest
Vinod Kumar Alva poacher
Madhusudhan Rao
Manobala SI Velangara Ramana Reddy Swamy
Telugu version
Tamil version

Production

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A childhood scene regarding Mumaith Khan's character was shot in Tamil Nadu.[2] She also plays a snake, and the people from the village think that her character is a devadasi.[2]

Soundtrack

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Music by S. A. Rajkumar. The Telugu version features a remix of "Ragulutondi" from Khaidi (1983).[4]

Reception

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Regarding the Telugu version, Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five and wrote that "[i]t is for the people who still want to see bhakti cinemas made on snakes".[5] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "The story itself is pretty old-fashioned and sans logic".[4]

Regarding the Tamil version, Behindwoods also gave the film a rating of one and half stars out of five and stated that, "The story is quite rundown and albeit falling in the fantasy genre fails to convince the viewer, or rather makes the viewer forget the fact that the plot is ridden with loopholes and devoid of any clever twist".[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Although Srinivasa Reddy's portion was reshot, he briefly appears in the Tamil version at the end.

References

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  1. ^ Dhusiya, Mithuraaj (13 September 2017). Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351386487. Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c Khanna, Ritam. "LET THE GHOST SPEAK: A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN HORROR CINEMA". Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2020 – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Pournami Nagam's success - Tamil Movie News - Pournami Nagam | Kannan | Bharathi Raja | VC Guhanathan | Mumaith Khan | Karunas Siva Shakthi Pandian - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Punnami Naagu: Reptile repulsion". Bangalore Mirror. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Punnami Nagu review - Telugu cinema Review - Mumaith Khan & Rajiv Kanakala". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. ^ "POURNAMI NAGAM REVIEW - TAMIL MOVIE POURNAMI NAGAM REVIEW". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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