Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007 film)

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Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam.jpg
Movie Poster
Directed by Teja
Written by Paruchuri brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay byTeja
Story byTeja
Produced byK. Mahendra
Starring
CinematographyA.R. Krishna
Edited byShankar
Music by
Release date
  • 15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Lakshmi Kalyanam is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Teja. Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Kajal Aggarwal played the lead roles. The film was released on 15 February 2007 and was declared average at the box office. [1] The film was dubbed into Hindi as Meri Saugandh (2011) and into Tamil as Machakaalai. This film was Kajal's Telugu cinema and lead debut.

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Plot

Two feuding villages form the backdrop of the story, with Ramu (Kalyan Ram) and Lakshmi (Kajal Aggarwal) belonging to one village and the villain Giridhar (Ajay) to another. Lakshmi and Ramu are cousins who grow up to love each other, which is not appreciated by Lakshmi's father, who is also the village head.

Meanwhile, Giridhar's evil eye falls upon Lakshmi when he chances upon her in college. He writes on her back in blood that he would marry her. This enrages Ramu, who confronts Giridhar, only to be taunted to prove his love towards Lakshmi by opening the doors of the temple, which is the bone of contention between the two villages.

Cast

Music

Lakshmi Kalyanam
Soundtrack album to Lakshmi Kalyanamby
Released26 January 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length30:07
Language Telugu
Label Madhura Entertainment
Producer R. P. Patnaik

Audio of Lakshmi Kalyanam was released on 26 January 2007 at Big 92.7 FM radio station in Hyderabad. Big FM station director Ashwin launched the audio and gave the first unit to music director RP Patnaik. This function was also graced by Swapna (programming director of BIG FM), Jeethi (producer), Nihal, Pranathi and Malavika. Madhura Entertainment bought the audio rights. [2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Avva Avva"Chinni Charan Karthik, Malavika 04:39
2."Bava Bava" Ramajogayya Sastry Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan 04:38
3."Aligava"Ramajogayya SastryNihal, Pranavi04:06
4."Chinni Chintakaya"Ramajogayya SastryMaster Rohith04:24
5."Gunde Gontulo"Ramajogayya Sastry K.K. 04:38
6."Labjanaka"Ramajogayya Sastry R. P. Patnaik, Ravi Varma, Raghu Babu, Harsha, Kondavalasa, Duvvasi, Geetha Madhuri 04:58
7."Rathi Gunde"Ramajogayya Sastry Vandemataram Srinivas 02:44
Total length:30:07

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com opined that "Kalyan Ram and Ajay are revelations in this film". [3] A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "Run-of-the-mill" and wrote that "To cut a long story short, Lakshmi Kalyanam is regular commercial film". [4] A critic from Full Hyderabad said that "Lakshmi Kalyanam is not a must-watch". [5]

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