Nageswari
2001 Tamil film directed by Rama Narayanan
Nageswari () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language devotional film written and directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Ramya Krishnan in the title role alongside Karan and Vadivelu, while Vivek plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by S. A. Rajkumar, was released on 14 January 2001.
Plot
Nagaveni and her brother are great devotees of Nageswari Amman. When a woman sees the devotion Nagaveni has for the deity, she decides to get her wayward son Eashwar married to her. The night before the wedding, Eashwar and his friends, who are drunk, tease and then kill Nagaveni's brother and then her. But she rises from the dead and arrives in time for the wedding. Once inside the house, she torments her husband and his four friends.
Cast
Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.
Reception
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Though it is yet another film on the Goddess-protecting-her-devotees kind, it is more of a computer graphics-versus-a coherent story line here.
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