Lakshmi Kalyanam

Lakshmi Kalyanam is a 2007 Telugu romantic action film directed by Teja, who also wrote the screenplay. Kalyan Ram and Kajal Aggarwal play the leads, and it was Kajal’s debut in Telugu cinema. R. P. Patnaik composed the music, and the film was released on 15 February 2007.

What the story is about

The story is set between two feuding villages. Ramu and his cousin Lakshmi belong to one of them and have loved each other since childhood, though Lakshmi’s father, the village head, does not approve. Giridhar, from the rival village, sets his eyes on Lakshmi when he sees her at college and, in a chilling gesture, writes on her back in blood that he will marry her.

When an enraged Ramu confronts him, Giridhar taunts him to prove his love by opening the doors of the temple that has long been the bone of contention between the two villages. The film follows Ramu’s attempt to take up that challenge.

Cast and crew

• Kalyan Ram as Ramu
• Kajal Aggarwal as Lakshmi (her voice dubbed by Raasi)
• Ajay as Giridhar
• Sayaji Shinde as Chenchuramayya
• Suhasini as Parijatham
• Avinash as Chalamayya
• Srinivasa Reddy as Gopalam
• Nagineedu as the District Collector
• Telangana Shakuntala, Pavala Syamala, Raghu Babu and Rallapalli

Director and screenplay: Teja. Music: R. P. Patnaik.

Music

The soundtrack was released on 26 January 2007 at the Big 92.7 FM radio station in Hyderabad, where the station director launched it and handed the first copy to R. P. Patnaik. Madhura Entertainment bought the audio rights.

Release, reviews and box office

Reviews were mixed. Jeevi of Idlebrain thought “Kalyan Ram and Ajay are revelations in this film”. Sify‘s verdict was “run-of-the-mill”: “a regular commercial film”. Full Hyderabad said it was “not a must-watch”. At the box office the film was declared average; Wikipedia cites an IndiaGlitz report on its 50-day run for this. It was later dubbed into Hindi as Meri Saugandh and into Tamil as Machakaalai.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Lakshmi Kalyanam and the reviews and report it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.