Punnami Naagu (2009 film)

Punnami Naagu (transl. Full moon Nāga) 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]

Punnami Naagu
Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Screenplay by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by	Yandamuri Veerendranath
Produced by	G. Vijay Kumar Goud
Starring	Mumaith Khan
Cinematography	P. N. Babu
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Sound & Clap
Release date	10 April 2009 (2009-04-10)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Mumaith Khan as
  • Nagamani, the female snake
  • Honey, a model
• Rajiv Kanakala
• Suhasini as Gangamma Lakshmi
• Nizhagal Ravi as Honey's father
• M. S. Narayana as Gangamma Lakshmi's uncle
• Srinivasa Reddy
• Nalini as Mayadevi Bhairavi
• Sajid Khan
• Delhi Ganesh as a priest
• Vinod Kumar Alva as a poacher
• Madhusudhan Rao as a poacher
• Manobala as SI Velangara Ramana Reddy
• Shankar Melkote as Dr. Pallalokam
• Aditya Om as the male snake dancer (special appearance)

Production

Mumaith Khan plays a snake woman who believes in love and not revenge, and the people from the village think that her character is a devadasi.^[4][2] A childhood scene regarding Mumaith Khan's character was shot in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Soundtrack

Punnami Naagu
Soundtrack album by S. A. Rajkumar
Released	2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:04
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	S. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology
Gorintaku (2008) Punnami Naagu (2009) Maa Annayya Bangaram (2010)
External audio Punnami Naagu – Jukebox on YouTube

The music is composed by S. A. Rajkumar.^[5] The film features a remix of "Ragulutondi" from Khaidi (1983) and also reuses archival footage from the said film.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Boddu Kinda Cheera"	Bhaskarabhatla	Gayatri	4:48
2.	"Raguluthondi"	Abhinaya Srinivas	Ranjith, Suchitra	4:13
3.	"Ajare Ajare"	Kandikonda	S. A. Rajkumar, Suchitra	4:44
4.	"Om Namah Shivaya"	Siva Shakthi Datta	Gopika Poornima, Rahul	3:31
5.	"Poojinchey Punnami Nagu"	Siva Shakthi Datta	K. S. Chithra	4:48
Total length:				22:04

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".^[7] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "The story itself is pretty old-fashioned and sans logic".^[6]