''Naaga'' is a 2003 Indian

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-language

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starring

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and

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. The film is directed by D. K. Suresh, and the film's music was composed by Music Directors, Vidyasagar and

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. It was released on 10 January 2003 to negative reviews and was declared a

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at the box office. The film's storyline was compared to '' Mudhalvan'' (1999), also produced by

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Plot

A 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

as Suryadevara Nagaraju "Naaga" *

as Angel *

as Vijji *

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as Suryadevara Krishnamurthy, Naaga's father *

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as CM * Rajan P. Dev as

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as Naaga's sister *

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as Mandaram * Paruchuri Gopala Krishna as Potti Kasaiah *

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as Ravi *

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as Subramaniam "Subbu", Viji's father * Varsha *

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as Vijji's sister *

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* Babloo Prithiveeraj * Anand *

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* Venu Madhav * L.B. Sriram *

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* Rambha as an

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in the song "Naayudori Pilla" *

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in a guest appearance in the song "Naayudori Pilla" *

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in a guest appearance in the song "Oka Konte Pillane" * Anasuya Bharadwaj in an uncredited role as a law college student

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and Vidyasagar. The audio release function was held on 22nd December 2002 at

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with K Ashok Kumar, KL Narayana, KS Rama Rao,

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, M. S. Raju, Naga Lakshmi and Tarun as special guests. Except for "Naayudori Pilla", all other songs were reused from Tamil films: three songs were reused from '' Kushi'' (2000) ("Macarena" as "Macarina Macarina", "Oru Ponnu Onnu" as "Oka Konte Pillane", "Megam Karukuthu" as "Megham Karigenu") and two songs from ''

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'' (2003) ("Ithanundu Muthathile" as "Entha Chinna Muddu", "Koduva Meesai" as "Anakapalli Centrelo") 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.

Release and reception

Jeevi 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". A critic from ''

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'' 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!" 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". It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Mera Kanoon''.

References

External links

* 2000s Telugu-language films 2003 films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer) {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub