Naaga

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Naaga
Naaga poster.jpg
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byD. K. Suresh
Written byStory:
D. K. Suresh
Screenplay:
A. M. Rathnam
Dialogues:
Paruchuri Brothers
Produced by A. M. Rathnam
Starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
CinematographyK. Ravindra Babu
Edited by Kola Bhaskar
Music by Deva (4 songs)
Vidyasagar (2 songs)
Production
company
Sri Surya Movies
Release date
  • 10 January 2003 (2003-01-10)(India)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest.₹19.25 (crore) [1]

Naaga is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language political action film starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in the main role. The film is directed by D. K. Suresh, and the film's music was composed by Music Directors, Vidyasagar and Deva. It was released on 10 January 2003 to negative reviews and was declared a flop at the box office. The film's storyline was compared to Mudhalvan (1999), also produced by A. M. Rathnam.

Contents

Plot

A man wages a battle against politicians and their dishonourable ways of campaigning when some political goons harm his father and sister due to a trivial issue.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva and Vidyasagar. [2] The audio release function was held on 22nd December 2002 at Annapoorna Studios with K Ashok Kumar, KL Narayana, KS Rama Rao, Kodali Nani, M. S. Raju, Naga Lakshmi and Tarun as special guests. [3]

Except for "Naayudori Pilla", all other songs were reused from Tamil films: three songs were reused from Kushi (2000) and two songs from Dhool (2003), both produced by Rathnam with the music of latter film also being composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack version of "Oka Konte Pillane" featured vocals of Karthik while the film version utilized vocals provided by Hariharan.

Naaga
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Vidyasagar
Released2003
Recorded2003
Genre Soundtrack
Length32:22
Label Aditya Music
Producer Deva
Vidyasagar
Track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Entha Chinna Muddu" (based on "Ithanundu Muthathile" from Dhool ) A. M. Rathnam Vidyasagar Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal 04:27
2."Macarina Macarina" (based on "Macarena" from Kushi )A. M. Rathnam Deva Devan, Sowmya Raoh 06:44
3."Naayudori Pilla" Kulasekhar Deva Mano 04:39
4."Oka Konte Pillane" (based on "Oru Ponnu Onnu" from Kushi )A. M. RathnamDeva Karthik, Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram 05:39
5."Megham Karigenu" (based on "Megam Karukuthu" from Kushi )A. M. RathnamDevaKarthik, Chinmayi 06:07
6."Anakapalli Centrelo" (based on Koduva Meesai from Dhool [3] ) Chandrabose VidyasagarKarthik, Tippu, Chandran, Vasu, Manikka Vinayagam, Timy04:46
Total length:32:22

Release and reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film two-and-three-quarters out of five and wrote that "The main asset of the film is NTR and one may watch this film once for NTR". [4] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film on the whole is a political ‘kichidi’ to expose the opposition parties and our larger-than-life hero’s prescription for miracle cure for the state!" [5] A critic from Full Hyderabad rated the film six out of ten and wrote that "Naaga is like a lavish yet routine Andhra meal with the right amount of spice, zing, color and flavor. Predictable, yet palatable". [6]

It was dubbed in Hindi as Mera Kanoon. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Naaga Songs Download - Telugu Songs Online @JioSaavn".
  3. 1 2 "Naaga Audio function". Idlebrain.com . 22 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. ↑ jeevi (10 January 2003). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Naaga - NTR, Sadaf, Jennifer, Kumarswamy, Rajan P Dev, Rambha - AM Ratnam". Idlebrain.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Moviebuzz. "Review: Naga". Sify . Archived from the original on 7 January 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Kalanidhi, Manju Latha. "Naaga Review". fullhyd.com. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Mera Kanoon (4K) (Naaga) - Jr NTR, Sadha, Jennifer Kotwal". YouTube . 21 August 2023.


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