Lakshyam (2007 film)

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Lakshyam
Lakshyam.jpg
Movie poster
Directed by Sriwass
Written byM. Ratnam (dialogues)
Screenplay bySriwass
Gopimohan (Co-Screenplay)
Story bySriwass
Produced by Nallamalupu Bujji
Starring Gopichand
Jagapati Babu
Anushka Shetty
Cinematography Sekhar V. Joseph
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 5 July 2007 (2007-07-05)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹15 crore distributors' share [1]

Lakshyam (transl.Target) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji) on Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions and directed by Srivass. It stars Gopichand, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and music is composed by Mani Sharma. It was later remade in Tamil as Maanja Velu (2010) and in Kannada as Varadhanayaka (2013). [2] The film won two Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award.

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Plot

The film begins with Indu, a plucky, naughty girl fleeing from her forced marriage and DIG Hari Narayan chasing her. Meanwhile, a valiant Chandu absconds from the police prison by smashing them. The two reach the outskirts, where Chandu shockingly kills Hari Narayan and the story shifts to the past.

A few months ago, ACP Bose, a stout-hearted cop, was newly deputed to the Hyderabad. Here, he encounters a notorious Shankar who acts the crimes and settlements utilizing the sections in law and skips from a sentence. Therefore, he is famed as Section Shankar. Bose leads a jollity life with his parents, wife, daughter Pinky, and younger brother Chandu. Once, Indu is acquainted with Bose's family and nears them, but she is unbeknownst to Chandu. Destiny makes them collegians and their cognizance of squabbles. After a series of incidents, Indu is aware of the actuality, and they fall in love.

Meanwhile, Shankar illegally harvests 1,000,000,000 (US$12 million) of loan from a bank by entrapping the chairman with the aid of his associate DIG Hari Narayan. However, Bose destroys his domain, and as the balloon goes up, the chairman pressures him to return the loan. As a result, Shankar's sidekick, Shafi who is one of Chandu's friends, technically assassinates the chairman by electrocuting him. Shafi has lusted for Indu for a long time and requests Shankar for her. Accordingly, Shankar forcibly takes Indu on his statue's inauguration day, but Chandu reaches there and saves her, beats his henchmen crushing him and his statue.

Later, Indu invites Chandu to her hometown for her cousin's wedding. Being conscious of it, Shankar ploys and instructs Shafi to be behind him and his men. Eventually, Shankar's men were onslaught on Chandu and wound him. Since he is ignorant of Shafi's diabolic shade, he asks him to get away with Indu from the place. Abstractedly, Indu moves with Shafi who locks her up. Meanwhile, Bose uncovers the chairman's death as murder, and the bank seals down when the victims violently protest outside. Bose catches the Manager and secretly hides him to recover every penny of the depositors. Shankar and the DIG are anxious as their names may come out, but they can't detect the manager's whereabouts. Shafi, however tactically finds Bose's location at the general hospital and the three of them land therein, stab Bose, and kill the manager.

Fortuitously, Chandu, recovering at the same hospital, spots his brother at death's door and backs the knaves. DIG poses Bose as an outlaw before the media, who vanished with the depositors' amount by killing the manager. Bearing this in mind, the public conducts riots where Shankar's men throw Bose in a scary toy thrown into a burning bus. Chandu rescues Bose when some drops of Bose's blood fall on him. However, Bose dies in Chandu's arms. Meanwhile, Bose's wife gives birth to a baby boy when Chandu thresholds his pain and hides Bose's death. Chandu eventually finds a locket in his pocket which his friends identify it as Shafi's. Chandu realizes of Shafi's betrayal. He goes to his house where he relieves a captured Indu and thrashes Shafi's men. After getting complete knowledge of his brother's murder, he kills Shafi on behalf of Bose and warns the remaining through a note. Frightened, Shankar and the DIG confirm that Bose is still alive, viewing the CCTV footage on the day of the protest. The next day, Chandu and Indu hatch a plan to lure the DIG to a highway. Yet suddenly, Chandu is hauled by the DIG where he and Shankar tie him and beat him up. Indu's father abruptly fixes her espousal, which she escapes, as shown prior.

Presently, a new DIG, Ajay Prakash takes charge and announces that he will arrest Bose. As a result, Bose's family members strike before the DIG office, allowing them to see Bose. In that chaos, Shankar catches hold of Bose's family and threatens Chandu to bring Bose. Chandu bursts into tears and divulges the actuality and onslaughts. Just as Ajay Prakash arrives, Shankar strives to counterfeit him. On this, Ajay proclaims that he knows everything because of his wisdom toward Bose's sincerity and seeks Chandu to finish off Shankar. At last, Chandu ceases him after winning back a total of depositors. Finally, the movie ends with all maintaining Bose alive forever to act beyond the law.

Cast

Soundtrack

Lakshyam
Film score by
Released10 June 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Soundtrack
Length25:00
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Dubai Seenu
(2007)
Lakshyam
(2007)
Chirutha
(2007)

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and was released with the Aditya Music label. [3]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sukku Sukku" Chandrabose Tippu, Sujatha 4:11
2."Chekkara Keli" Ramajogayya Sastry Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal 4:24
3."Gullo Devudu"Chandrabose Madhu Balakrishnan 4:16
4."Niluvave" Kosaraju Hemachandra 3:08
5."Yevadu Yevadu"Chandrabose Ranjith 5:07
6."Sukku Sukku (Remix)"ChandraboseTippu, Sujatha3:54
Total length:25:00

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "The film is good with some good action and sentiment. And it does not bore the viewer". [4] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "First half is entertaining with perfect blend of entertainment and emotion. The tempo goes down a bit in second half because of formulaic narration and predictability in the story". [5]

Awards

Nandi Awards - 2007 [6]
Filmfare Awards South

References

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  2. "13 years for Lakshyam : Gopichand expresses his gratitude to fans". The Times of India. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. "Audio launch - Lakshyam". Idlebrain.com . 10 June 2007. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. Vardhan, G. P. Aditya (6 July 2007). "Lakshyam thrills". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. Jeevi (5 July 2007). "Telugu Movie review - Lakshyam". Idlebrain.com . Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. "Nandi awards 2007 announced - Telugu cinema news". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2012.