Punnami Naagu (2009 film) explained

Punnami Naagu
Producer:G. Vijay Kumar Goud
Story:Yandamuri Veerendranath
Screenplay:A. Kodandarami Reddy
Starring:Mumaith Khan
Music:S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography:P. N. Babu
Editing:Nandamuri Hari
Studio:Sound & Clap
Runtime:119 minutes
Country:India
Language:Telugu

Punnami Naagu is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language female-centric horror film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy.[1] Mumaith Khan plays dual roles as a snakewoman and a model (city woman).[2] The film was remade in Tamil as Pournami Nagam (2010).[3]

Production

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

Soundtrack

Punnami Naagu
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:S. A. Rajkumar
Released:2009
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Length:22:04
Language:Telugu
Label:Aditya Music
Producer:S. A. Rajkumar
Chronology:S. A. Rajkumar
Prev Title:Gorintaku
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Maa Annayya Bangaram
Next Year:2010

The music is composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[4] The film features a remix of "Ragulutondi" from Khaidi (1983) and also reuses archival footage from the said film.[5]

Reception

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".[6] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "The story itself is pretty old-fashioned and sans logic".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dhusiya, Mithuraaj. Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous. 13 September 2017. Taylor & Francis. 9781351386487. Google Books. 19 October 2020. 8 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240308024034/https://books.google.com/books?id=jukrDwAAQBAJ&q=Punnami+Nagu+the+hindu&pg=PT260#v=onepage&q=Punnami%20Nagu%20the%20hindu&f=false. live.
  2. Book: Khanna, Ritam. LET THE GHOST SPEAK: A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN HORROR CINEMA. academia.edu. 16 February 2020. 8 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240308024049/https://www.academia.edu/6979675/LET_THE_GHOST_SPEAK_A_STUDY_OF_CONTEMPORARY_INDIAN_HORROR_CINEMA. live.
  3. Web site: Female Lead Squared - A look at dual roles played by female actors in Tamil cinema. Cinema Express. Rajendran. Gopinath. 10 August 2020 . 14 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Punnami Nagu - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn . . 15 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Punnami Naagu: Reptile repulsion. Bangalore Mirror. 11 April 2009. 6 May 2023. 6 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230506103154/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/-punnami-naagu-reptile-repulsion/articleshow/22172594.cms. live.
  6. Web site: Punnami Nagu review - Telugu cinema Review - Mumaith Khan & Rajiv Kanakala. Idlebrain.com. 16 February 2020. 11 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200211021939/http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-punnaminagu.html. live.