Lakshmi

Kavita Sekhar
Rating: 2/5




Story

The story is about a caring brother Lakshmi Narayana (Venkatesh) who lords over a huge business empire and dotes on his sisters and brothers.

But life comes unstuck for him, when the scheming Janardhan (Sayi Shinde) --- an ex-employee of him ---- works in the background and creates sinister motives in the minds of Lakshmi’s brothers and sisters.

The inevitable happens, Lakshmi leaves it all for his brother and sister. There is also a small suspense regarding his real relationship with them. Meanwhile, there is also a flashback to him when he was in Kolkata. He has a romantic interest there (Nayantara), Then there is also his secretary in the company (Charmi).

So what is his background, what happens to his love interest and do the baddies get the better off him form the rest of the story.

Analysis:

What can one expect form a VV Vinayak’s movie- this movie offers everything and nothing new. The story of the movie is very routine with the typical masala elements to attract the masses. As lot of directors and producers tell in their interviews….this movie has the old theme line but the taking is different…to me it was a combination of a few other telugu movies.

There are too many villains and twists in the film which are at times irritating.

Artists:

Venkatesh looks smart and does his role very well. Nayana tara and Charmi are pretty though their roles are mostly limited to songs. Shayaji shinde is ok. The cartoon style slapstick fights between Venu Madhav and Telangana Shakuntala is hilarious and provides comic relief

Music:

Ramana Gogula’s music is certainly one of the highlights of the film. He has come with a good mix of melodies and mass numbers and the audiences are lapping it up in the theater (incidentally, it is Manisharma who is in charge of the re-recording).

Conclusion:

If you haven’t watched a mass masala for a long time you may take a chance.