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 [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 , in Bengali as Fighter , and in Bengali Bangladesh as Darowaner Chele, and in Kannada as Varadhanayaka . [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 enforced nuptial while she is chased by DIG Hari Narayan. Besides, a valiant Chandu absconds from the police prison by smashing them. The two reach the outskirts, where Chandu hits Hari Narayan shockingly, and the story moves rearward. A few months ago ACP, Bose, a stout-hearted cop, was newly deputed to the city. Here, he encounters a notorious Shankar who acts the crimes & 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 donnybrooks, Indu is aware of the actuality, and they fall in love.

Meanwhile, Shankar illegally harvests 1,000,000,000 (US$13 million) of loan from "Good Luck 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 recoup the loan. As a result, the chairman is technically assassinated by Shankar's sidekick, Shafi, Chandu's bestie, who forges as upright. Shafi lusts for Indu for a long time and requests Shankar for her. Accordingly, Shankar forcibly takes Indu on his idol's inauguration day. Anyhow, Chandu safeguards her by crushing him and his model.

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. After that, Shankar's men onslaught on Chandu and wounds him. Since he is ignorant of Shafi's diabolic shade, he asks him to get away with Indu from that place. Abstractedly, Indu moves with Shafi, and he seizes her. Simultaneously, Bose uncovers the chairman's death as murder, and the bank seals down when the victims crumble & revolt. Bose catches the Manager and secretly hides him to recover every penny of depositors. Shankar & DIG are anxious as their names may come out, but they cannot detect his whereabouts. Then, they tactically find Bose's location at the general hospital via Shafi, and 3 of them land therein, backstab Bose, and slay the Manager.

Fortuitously, Chandu, recovering at the same place, 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 perceives it as some drops of Bose's blood falling on him and efforts to protect his brother, but in vain. Bose leaves his breath in Chandu's lap, letting him a locket. At the same time, his wife gives birth to a baby boy when Chandu thresholds his pain and hides Bose's expiry. Chandu discovers Shafi owns the locket and blows up on his home, where he relieves captured Indu. After getting complete knowledge of his brother's murder, he eliminates Shafi on behalf of Bose and warns the remaining. Frightened, Shankar & 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 DIG into custody. Plus, Indu's father abruptly fixes her espousal, which she escapes, which is shown prior.

Presently, a new DIG, Ajay Prakash, a rectitude, takes charge and announces apprehending of Bose. As a result, Bose's family members strike before the DIG office, allowing them to see Bose when they notify him of his flight risk. In that chaos, Shankar catches hold of Bose's family and threatens Chandu to get Bose out. Thus, Chandu bursts into tears, 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]

Box office

Anushka's popularity increased because of her performance role in the film and it was declared a super hit at the box office. [6]

Awards

Nandi Awards - 2007 [7]
Filmfare Awards South

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