Punnami Nagu(1980)
Posted by octron on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: 1900 - 1999, Thriller, Drama, Telugu
Punnami Naagu is a Telugu film that was directed by Rajasekhar and produced by AVM Productions.Chiranjeevi, Rati Agnihotri, Narasimha Raju, and Padmanabham played important roles.This film was released on June 13, 1980.It;s somehow a thriller movie that revolves around a snake charmer Naagulu (Chiranjeevi).
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Rati Agnihotri
Naagulu a snake charmer falls in love with Menaka, whose adopted brother Narasimha Raju is in love with Naagulu’s cousin Laxmi(Rati Agnihotri).Naagulu’s father feeds him with poisoned food since childhood and this makes him resistant to any snake bite.Every fullmoon night, Naagulu behaves like a cobra and searches for a woman and every woman he meets, dies due to his poison.
On one such fullmoon night, he kills Menaka and Raju gets suspicious about this, as he doesn’t see any marks of snake bite on her body.A young teacher comes to that village and becomes Naagulu’s victim.Raju investigates with the help of film in her camera and finds out that Naagulu has become a snake.
Naagulu’s father reveals his secret before dying and Naagulu tries to find a remedy, but its too late for that. His skin starts peeling off like a snake and Raju advises him to leave that village before villagers find and kill him.But Naagulu prefers death than to life of a snake and commits suicide from a hilltop.
Chennai Kadhal
With his innocent looks, everyone thought that he could not play professional killer to good extent. But, Mahesh proved his critics wrong once again in this action drama. Though movie started as a pure action oriented, it slowly goes towards family drama. With few hiccups which are quite natural in mainstream cinema, Athadu is a must watch for Mahesh’ performance, good music and lavish production values. Kudos to Mahesh.