Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007 film)

Lakshmi Kalyanam
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Directed by	Teja
Written by	Paruchuri brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Teja
Story by	Teja
Produced by	K. Mahendra
Starring	Nandamuri Kalyan Ram Kajal Aggarwal
Cinematography	A.R. Krishna
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Release date	15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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 debut.

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

• Kalyan Ram as Ramu
• Kajal Aggarwal as Lakshmi (Voice dubbed by Raasi)
• Ajay as Giridhar
• Sayaji Shinde as Chenchuramaiah
• Suhasini as Parijatham
• Avinash as Chalamaiah
• Srinivasa Reddy as Gopalam
• Nagineedu as District Collector
• Prabha
• Subhashini
• Telangana Shakuntala
• Pavala Syamala
• Raghu Babu
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
• Rallapalli
• Narra Venkateswara Rao
• J. V. Ramana Murthi
• Chittajalu Lakshmipati

Music

Lakshmi Kalyanam
Soundtrack album to Lakshmi Kalyanam by R. P. Patnaik
Released	26 January 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	30:07
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.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(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 Sastry	Nihal, Pranavi	04:06
4.	"Chinni Chintakaya"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Master Rohith	04:24
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]

References

1. "Lakshmi Kalyanam completes 50 days". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
2. "Lakshmi Kalyanam audio launch - Telugu cinema function - Kalyan Ram & Kajol". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
3. "Telugu Movie review - Lakshmi Kalyanam". Idlebrain. 15 February 2007.
4. "Lakshmi Kalyanam". Sify. 17 February 2007.^{[dead link‍]}
5. "Lakshmi Kalyanam Review". Full Hyderabad.

External links

• Lakshmi Kalyanam at IMDb