Lakshyam (2007 film)

Lakshyam
Directed by	Srivass
Produced by	Nallamalupu Srinivas
Written by	M Ratnam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Srivass Gopimohan (Co-Screenplay)
Story by	Srivass
Starring	Gopichand Jagapati Babu Anushka Kalyani
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Sekhar V. Joseph
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Release date	5 July 2007 (2007-07-05)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹8 crores

Lakshyam (English:Target) is a 2007 Telugu film produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji) on Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner, directed by Srivass. Starring Gopichand, Jagapati Babu, Anushka in lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office. It was later remade in Tamil as Maanja Velu, in Bengali as Fighter and in Kannada as Varadhanayaka. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Bhai - The Lion and in Malayalam as Chandu - The Hot Her.

The film starts with a flashback in Hyderabad. ACP Bose (Jagapati Babu) is a sincere police officer happily married and lives with his parents and younger brother Chandu (Gopichand) Chandu is a college student and he falls in love with his classmate Indu (Anushka). Enters Section Shankar (Yashpal Sharma), the villain who is notorious for settlements and land deals. He kills anyone who comes in his way and does not leave any evidence or witness behind. He takes a loan of ₹100 crores from a private bank with the help of a conniving DGP and a politician. He kills the bank’s chairman in order to avoid repayment and puts the blame on Bose. Bose tries to stop Section Shankar. Chandu also gets into disputes with Section Shankar.

Music composed by Mani Sharma. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.