Lakshmi (2006 film)

Lakshmi
Directed by	V.V. Vinayak
Produced by	Nallamalupu Bujji
Written by	Siva Akula (story/dialogues)
Screenplay by	V.V. Vinayak
Starring	Venkatesh Nayantara Charmme Kaur
Music by	Ramana Gogula Mani Sharma (background score)
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Release date	15 January 2006 (2006-01-15)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹120 million (US$1.9 million)
Box office	₹335 million (US$5.2 million)

Lakshmi (A Powerful Man) is a Telugu movie produced by Nallamalupu Bujji on Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions on banner, directed by V.V. Vinayak. Starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, Charmme Kaur in the lead roles and music composed by Ramana Gogula. Jyothika was about to do the role essayed by Nayantara. The film received mixed reviews from critics. The film recorded as Super Hit at box-office. The film dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taaqat.

Lakshmi Narayana (Venkatesh) is an elder son in a family with three brothers and two sisters. He is very strict about disciplining his brothers so that they become the men their father wanted them to be, to the point of beating them for coming home drunk. He owns a factory that is worth hundreds of crores. Shailaja a.k.a. Shailu (Charmme Kaur), an employee in Lakshmi's company, has a huge crush on him. Janardhan (Shinde), a former employee of Lakshmi Industries who was accused of forgery, plans to take revenge on Lakshmi by creating division in his family. Soon Lakshmi 's sister falls in love with a man and he is accepted by Lakshmi with the marriage concluding in a grand manner. It is later revealed that this man is the nephew of Janardhan. This leads to Lakshmi Narayana revealing to this siblings that he and his sister (the youngest of the five) were actually adopted by their parents at a young age as they were orphans who were being ill-treated by their uncles and aunts. All this leads to the splitting of the siblings with Lakshmi and his sister being thrown out of the house by their younger brothers. The only one standing beside Lakshmi are all the people in his factory and his other sister. Lakshmi even ends working in his factory for all this. He even moves into a small house with his sister where he is later joined by his mother. Later, it is revealed that Lakshmi had fallen in love with a girl, Nandini (Nayantara) earlier who was the niece of his foster father. Nandini was threatened by a young man who was the son of a Kolkata based don, Rayudu (Pradeep Rawat). Lakshmi beats up the guy and sends him into coma which earns him the wrath of Rayudu. The rest of the story is about how Lakshmi stands up to all these people together.