Lakshmi (2006 film)

Lakshmi
Directed by	V.V. Vinayak
Produced by	Nallamalupu Bujji
Written by	Siva Akula (story/dialogues)
Screenplay by	V.V. Vinayak
Starring	Venkatesh Nayantara Charmme Kaur
Music by	Ramana Gogula Mani Sharma (background score)
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Release dates	15 January 2006 (2006-01-15)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹120 million (US$1.8 million)
Box office	₹335 million (US$4.9 million)

Lakshmi (A Powerful Man) is a Telugu movie produced by Nallamalupu Bujji on Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions on banner, directed by V.V. Vinayak. Starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, Charmme Kaur in the lead roles and music composed by Ramana Gogula. The film received mixed reviews from critics. The film recorded as Super Hit at box-office.^[1] The film dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taaqat.

Plot

Lakshmi Narayana (Venkatesh) is an elder son in a family with three brothers and two sisters. He is very strict about disciplining his brothers so that they become the men their father wanted them to be, to the point of beating them for coming home drunk. He owns a factory that is worth hundreds of crores. Shailaja a.k.a Shailu (Charmme Kaur), an employee in Lakshmi's company, has a huge crush on him. 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 Lakshmi '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. The only one standing beside Lakshmi are all the people in his factory and his other sister. Lakshmi even ends working in his factory for all this. He even moves into a small house with his sister where he is later joined by his mother. Later, it is revealed that Lakshmi had fallen in love with a girl, Nandini (Nayantara) earlier who was the niece of his foster father. Nandini was threatened by a young man who was the son of a Kolkata based don, Rayudu (Pradeep Rawat). Lakshmi beats up the guy and sends him into coma which earns him the wrath of Rayudu. The rest of the story is about how Lakshmi stands up to all these people together.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ramana Gogula. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Reception

Critical Reception

IMDb gave the film 5.7 out of 10 stars.^[2] Indiaglitz gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said "V V Vinayak's direction is on safe lines. He keeps to the linear path, without taking any chances. He knows whom he is catering to and delivers what he promised".^[3] Jeevi of idlebrain.com gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said "First half of the film is OK and the scenes before interval are good. The second half divulges into a entirely different flashback episode. There are certain good moments in the film and has got orientation towards masses and family crowds. However, the VV Vinayak could not blend in Venkatesh’s family image and Vinayak’s mass taking in a smooth way. The biggest advantage of this film is that Lakshmi is the only mass film for the entire season of Sankranthi which gives good market penetration in C and D centers as well in the first week itself".^[4]

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.^[5] The film collected Rs.8 crores in its opening week.^[6] Lakshmi was declared a "super hit" and collected around Rs.22 crores.^[7] It had a 50-day run in 215 centres.^[8] The film had a 100-day run in 94 centres.^[9]

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

External links

• Lakshmi at the Internet Movie Database