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Punnami Naagu (2009 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Punnami Naagu' is a 2009 Telugu language female-centric horror film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Mumaith Khan plays dual roles as a snakewoman and a city woman.
Cast
* Mumaith Khan as the female snake / Honey, a model. People from the village think that Honey is a devadasi.
* Rajiv Kanakala as Rajiv
* Nizhagal Ravi as Honey's father who is a sincere police officer
* Suhasini as Kajal
* Srinivasa Reddy
* Nalini as Mayadevi Bhairavi, the witch
* M. S. Narayana as Kajal's uncle
* Aditya Om as Naagraj, the male snake
* Vinod Kumar as one of the poachers
* Madhusudhan Rao as one of the poachers
* Manobala as a police officer
* Shankar Melkote as Dr. Pallalokam
* Venu Madhav
; Tamil version
* Delhi Ganesh as a priest
* Adithya as a police officer
* Venniradai Moorthy as a lawyer
* Aarthi as a police officer
Production
A childhood scene regarding Mumaith Khan's character was shot in Tamil Nadu. The film was partially re-shot in Tamil as 'Pournami Nagam' with director Yaar Kannan with Karunas portraying the male lead.
Release
'Idlebrain' 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".
'Behindwoods' also gave the film a rating of one and ahlf 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".
References
Category:2009 films
Category:2000s Telugu-language films
Category:Films about snakes
Category:Indian films about revenge
Category:Indian horror films
Category:Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar
Category:2009 horror films
Category:Films about shapeshifting
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