Punnami Naagu (2009 film)

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Punnami Naagu
Directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy (Telugu)
Yaar Kannan (Tamil)
Written byYaar Kannan (Tamil dialogues)
Screenplay byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by Yandamuri Veerendranath
Produced byG. Vijay Kumar Goud
Starring Mumaith Khan
CinematographyP. N. Babu (Telugu)
Bernard S David (Tamil)
Edited byNandamuri Hari (Telugu)
Rajkeerthi (Tamil)
Music by S. 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 city woman. [2] The film was later shot in Tamil as Pournami Nagam (2010) with Karunas replacing Rajiv Kanakala as the male lead. [3]

Contents

Cast

Telugu version
Tamil version

Production

A childhood scene regarding Mumaith Khan's character was shot in Tamil Nadu. [2]

Soundtrack

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

Reception

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]

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]

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