Lakshmi (2006 film)

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Lakshmi
Directed by V.V. Vinayak
Produced by Nallamalupu Bujji
Written by Siva Akula
V.V. Vinayak
Starring Venkatesh
Nayantara
Charmme Kaur
Sayaji Shinde
Pradeep Rawat
Music by Ramana Gogula
Release dates January 15, 2006
Language Telugu
Budget - crores
Box office - crores

Lakshmi (dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taqat) is a Telugu movie directed by V.V. Vinayak starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, and Charmme Kaur in the lead roles. The film was a "super hit" at the box office.[1]

Plot

Lakshmi Narayana (Venkatesh) is an elder son in a family with three brothers and two sisters.He is very strict about disciplining is brothers so that they become the man their father wanted then to be, to the point of belting them for coming home drunk. He owns a factory that is worth hundreds of crores. Janardhan (Shinde), a former employee of Lakshmi Industries who was accused of forgery, plans to take revenge on Lakshmi by creating division in his family.Soon Laksmi 's sister falls in love with a man and he is accepted by Lakshmi with the marriage concluding in a grand manner. It is later revealed that this man is the nephew of Janardhan. This leads to Lakshmi Narayana revealing to this siblings that he and his sister (the youngest of the five) were actually adopted by their parents at a young age as they were orphans who were being ill treated by their uncles and aunts. All this leads to the splitting of the siblings with Lakshmi and his sister being thrown out of the house by their younger brothers. It is also revealed that Lakshmi holds the wrath of a don based in Kolkata. How Lakshmi reunites his family, eliminates the don, and win his lady love, Nandini (Nayantara), forms the rest of story.

Cast

Box office

The film was released in 316 screens, including 284 in Andhra Pradesh, 11 in Karnataka, 3 in Mumbai, 2 in Orissa, 2 in Chennai, and 14 overseas.[2] The film collected Rs.8 crores in its opening week.[3] Lakshmi was declared a "super hit" and collected around Rs.22 crores.[4] It had a 50-day run in 215 centres.[5] The film had a 100-day run in 94 centres.[6]

Music

Lakshmi has six songs composed by Ramana Gogula:

  • "Dhaga Dhaga" - Ramana Gogula & Ganga
  • "Tara Taluku Tara" - Raju & Sunitha
  • "Hey Satya Bhama" - Shankar Mahadevan & Sudha
  • "Ammayi Andhra Mirchi" - Tippu & Shreya Ghoshal
  • "Lakshmi Bava" - Rajesh & Ganga
  • "Hey Satya Bhama" (Remix) - Ramana Gogula

References

  1. ↑ "A few hits and many flops". Chennai, India: The Hindu. December 29, 2006. Retrieved Dec 29, 2006. 
  2. ↑ ::Welcome to Superhit
  3. ↑ Nonstopcinema Box Office - Tollywood’s mid-year report card : Telugu movies, tollywood, cinema
  4. ↑ http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=14243985
  5. ↑ Lakshmi 50 days function- Telugu cinema - Venkatesh, Nayana Tara & Charmme
  6. ↑ Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com

External links

Films directed by V. V. Vinayak
2000s
2010s
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