''Swetha Naagu'' is a 2004 Indian devotional horror starring

Soundarya K. S. Sowmya (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Telugu films and has also worked in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She was regarded as one o ...

, Abbas, and

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. The film was originally planned to be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil; however the film was later shot simultaneously in Kannada as ('' Shwetha Naagara'') with a slightly different supporting cast for both the language versions. Many resources state that this was Soundarya's 100th milestone film and also her last proper film while still alive; she died two months later in that horrible helicopter crash and the latter had further two posthumous releases in the later part of the year. A white snake from

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was used in the film. Abbas who garnered acclaim with his debut in the Tamil film, ''

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'' was signed to play one of the leads in the film. The film began production in mid-2003. The movie was partially reshot and dubbed in Tamil as ''Madhumathi''.

Cast

as Madhumathi * Abbas as Praveen, Madhumathi's love interest *

as Shankar Reddy, Madhumathi's professor * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sarpararanya Dhora (Telugu) / Sarpa Kaadu Dhorey (Kannada) *

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as Naagini, a tribal girl * Anand as Naagini's husband *

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as a shapeshifting snake dancer (Cameo appearance)

Telugu and Tamil versions

* Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Ashok Kumar, Madhumathi's father * Mallikarjuna Rao as Madhumathi's guardian *

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as a tribal man * Sangeeta as Madhumathi's mother *

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as a chief guest *

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as "Black" Baba, a bus conductor (Tamil version) * Pattabhi Ram as a tribal man *

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as Praveen's father

Kannada version

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as Ashok Kumar, Madhumathi's father * Kunigal Nagabhushan as Madhumathi's guardian *

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as a chief guest *

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as Praveen's father * Karibasavaiah as a bus conductor * Shridevi as Madhumathi's mother * Meena as Praveen's mother

Release

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'' gave the film a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and wrote that " Swetha Nagu is an average devotional film. And the USP (Unique Selling Point) is Soundarya". A critic from ''

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'' noted that "The first half of the film is interesting, but the film peters out in the second half. However the plus point of the film is Soundarya".

References

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*{{IMDb title, tt0940779 2004 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian multilingual films Films about snakes Indian films about revenge Indian horror films 2004 horror films 2004 multilingual films