Nagavalli

Nagavalli is a 2010 Telugu horror comedy written and directed by P. Vasu and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh for Sri Sai Ganesh Productions, starring Venkatesh and Anushka Shetty, with music by Gurukiran. It is a remake of Vasu’s own 2010 Kannada film Aptharakshaka and a spin-off of his 2005 Tamil hit Chandramukhi, itself a remake of the Malayalam Manichitrathazhu (1993). It was released on 16 December 2010.

What the story is about

An old painting of the dancer Chandramukhi, also called Nagavalli, is presented as a prize to a Bharatanatyam dancer, Gayathri, and goes home with her to her family in Tirupati. Years later strange things begin to happen in the household: on the youngest sister Gowri’s wedding day a guest faints at the sight of a huge snake and the groom calls off the marriage. Suspecting the portrait, the family turns to a spiritual guide, Acharya Ramachandra Siddhanthi, who brings in a psychiatrist, Dr. Vijay, to get to the bottom of it.

Cast and crew

• Venkatesh in a double role, as Dr. Vijay and as Naga Bhairava Rajshekhara
• Anushka Shetty as Chandramukhi / Nagavalli
• Richa Gangopadhyay as Gowri
• Kamalinee Mukherjee as Gayathri and Shraddha Das as Geetha
• Sarath Babu as Shankar Rao, the sisters’ father
• Avinash as Acharya Ramachandra Siddhanthi
• Brahmanandam as Seenu and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Appa Rao

Writer and director: P. Vasu. Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh (Sri Sai Ganesh Productions). Music: Gurukiran, lyrics by Chandrabose. Runtime: 159 minutes.

Making the film and music

The film was first titled Chandramukhi 2. Its soundtrack, on Aditya Music, was launched on 16 November 2010 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad with guests including D. Ramanaidu, Rajamouli, Puri Jagannadh and V. V. Vinayak. The tunes for “Ghirani Ghirani” and “Omkara” were carried over from the Kannada version.

Reviews and box office

Reviews were mixed. Idlebrain gave it three out of five, naming Venkatesh and the Chandramukhi premise as the plus points, and saying a better screenplay and a more exciting climax would have helped. At the box office it made a strong start: Supergoodmovies reported that it collected more than ₹10 crore in its opening week.

Where to watch Nagavalli

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Nagavalli and the review and report it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.