Swetha Naagu is a 2004 Indian devotional horror starring Soundarya, Abbas, and Sarath Babu. 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.[2] 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.[3] A white snake from Meghalaya was used in the film.[2] Abbas who garnered acclaim with his debut in the Tamil film, Kadhal Desam was signed to play one of the leads in the film.[4] The film began production in mid-2003.[4] The movie was partially reshot and dubbed in Tamil as Madhumathi.
| Swetha Naagu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sanjeevi |
| Produced by | CV Reddy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Diwakar |
| Edited by | Lanka Bhaskar |
| Music by | Koti |
Production company | CV Arts |
Release date | 18 February 2004[1] |
Running time | 145 minutes (Telugu) 123 minutes (Kannada) |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu Kannada |
Idlebrain 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".[3] A critic from Sify 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".[5]