Naaga is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language political action film starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in the main role. The film is directed by D. K. Suresh, and the film's music was composed by Music Directors, Vidyasagar and Deva. It was released on 10 January 2003 to negative reviews and was declared a flop at the box office. The film's storyline was compared to Mudhalvan (1999), also produced by A. M. Rathnam.
| Naaga | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | D. K. Suresh |
| Written by | Story: D. K. Suresh Screenplay: A. M. Rathnam Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers |
| Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Jr. |
| Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
| Music by | Deva (4 Songs) Vidyasagar (2 Songs) |
Production company | Sri Surya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editA man wages a battle against politicians and their dishonourable ways of campaigning when some political goons harm his father and sister due to a trivial issue.
Cast
edit- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Suryadevara Nagaraju "Naaga"
- Sadha as Vijji
- Jennifer Kotwal as Angel
- Raghuvaran as Suryadevara Krishnamurthy, Naaga's father
- Nassar as CM
- Rajan P. Dev as Home Minister
- Sudeepa Pinky as Naaga's sister
- Shakeela as Mandaram
- Paruchuri Gopala Krishna as Potti Kasaiah
- Sunil as Ravi
- Tanikella Bharani as Subramaniam "Subbu", Viji's father
- Varsha
- Sudha
- Easwari Rao as Vijji's sister
- Srinivasa Reddy
- Siva Reddy
- Babloo Prithiveeraj
- Anand
- Rajeev Kanakala
- Venu Madhav
- L.B. Sriram
- P. J. Sarma
- M. S. Narayana
- Narra Venkateswara Rao
- Surya
- Rambha as an item number in the song "Naayudori Pilla"
- Anasuya Bharadwaj in an uncredited role as a law college student
- Raghava Lawrence in a guest appearance in the song "Naayudori Pilla"
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Deva and Vidyasagar.[1] The audio release function was held on 22nd December 2002 at Annapoorna Studios with K Ashok Kumar, KL Narayana, KS Rama Rao, Kodali Nani, M. S. Raju, Naga Lakshmi and Tarun as special guests.[2]
Except for "Naayudori Pilla", all other songs were reused from Tamil films: three songs were reused from Kushi (2000) and two songs from Dhool (2003), both produced by Rathnam with the music of latter film also being composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack version of "Oka Konte Pillane" featured vocals of Karthik while the film version utilized vocals provided by Hariharan.
| Naaga | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Recorded | 2003 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 32:22 |
| Label | Aditya Music |
| Producer | Deva Vidyasagar |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Entha Chinna Muddu" (based on "Ithanundu Muthathile" from Dhool) | A. M. Rathnam | Vidyasagar | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 04:27 |
| 2. | "Macarina Macarina" (based on "Macarena" from Kushi) | A. M. Rathnam | Deva | Devan, Sowmya Raoh | 06:44 |
| 3. | "Naayudori Pilla" | Kulasekhar | Deva | Mano | 04:39 |
| 4. | "Oka Konte Pillane" (based on "Oru Ponnu Onnu" from Kushi) | A. M. Rathnam | Deva | Karthik, Hariharan, Anuradha Sriram | 05:39 |
| 5. | "Megham Karigenu" (based on "Megam Karukuthu" from Kushi) | A. M. Rathnam | Deva | Karthik, Chinmayi | 06:07 |
| 6. | "Anakapalli Centrelo" (based on Koduva Meesai from Dhool[2]) | Chandrabose | Vidyasagar | Karthik, Tippu, Chandran, Vasu, Manikka Vinayagam, Timy | 04:46 |
| Total length: | 32:22 | ||||
Release and reception
editJeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film two-and-three-quarters out of five and wrote that "The main asset of the film is NTR and one may watch this film once for NTR".[3] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film on the whole is a political ‘kichidi’ to expose the opposition parties and our larger-than-life hero’s prescription for miracle cure for the state!"[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad rated the film six out of ten and wrote that "Naaga is like a lavish yet routine Andhra meal with the right amount of spice, zing, color and flavor. Predictable, yet palatable".[5]
It was dubbed in Hindi as Mera Kanoon.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Naaga Songs Download - Telugu Songs Online @JioSaavn".
- ^ a b "Naaga Audio function". Idlebrain.com. 22 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ jeevi (10 January 2003). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Naaga - NTR, Sadaf, Jennifer, Kumarswamy, Rajan P Dev, Rambha - AM Ratnam". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ Moviebuzz. "Review: Naga". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ Kalanidhi, Manju Latha. "Naaga Review". fullhyd.com. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Mera Kanoon (4K) (Naaga) - Jr NTR, Sadha, Jennifer Kotwal". YouTube.
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