Lakshyam (2007 film)

The film begins with Indu, a plucky, naughty girl, fleeing from her forced marriage as DIG Hari Narayan chases her. Meanwhile, a valiant Chandu absconds from the police prison by smashing them. The two reach the outskirts, where Chandu shockingly kills Hari Narayan and the story shifts to the past.

A few months ago, ACP Bose, a stout-hearted cop, was newly deputed to Hyderabad. Here, he encounters a notorious Shankar who commits crimes and settlements, using sections of law to evade punishment. Therefore, he is famed as Section Shankar. Bose leads a jolly life with his parents, wife, daughter Pinky, and younger brother Chandu. Once, Indu is acquainted with Bose's family and nears them, but she is unbeknownst to Chandu. Destiny makes them colleagues and their cognizance of squabbles. After a series of incidents, Indu is aware of the reality, and they fall in love.

Meanwhile, Shankar illegally borrows ₹1,000,000,000 (US$10 million) in loans from a bank by entrapping the chairman with the aid of his associate DIG Hari Narayan. However, Bose destroys his domain, and as the balloon goes up, the chairman pressures him to return the loan. As a result, Shankar's sidekick, Shafi, who is one of Chandu's friends, technically assassinates the chairman by electrocuting him. Shafi has lusted for Indu for a long time and requests Shankar for her. Accordingly, Shankar forcibly takes Indu on his statue's inauguration day, but Chandu reaches there and saves her, beats his henchmen, crushing him and his statue.

Later, Indu invites Chandu to her hometown for her cousin's wedding. Being conscious of it, Shankar ploys and instructs Shafi to be behind him and his men. Eventually, Shankar's men attack Chandu and wound him. Since he is ignorant of Shafi's diabolic shade, he asks him to get away with Indu from the place. Abstractedly, Indu moves with Shafi, who locks her up. Meanwhile, Bose uncovers the chairman's death as murder, and the bank shuts down when the victims violently protest outside. Bose catches the Manager and secretly hides him to recover every penny of the depositors. Shankar and the DIG are anxious as their names may come out, but they can't detect the manager's whereabouts. Shafi, however, tactically finds Bose's location at the general hospital, and the three of them land therein, stab Bose, and kill the manager.

Fortuitously, Chandu, recovering at the same hospital, spots his brother at death's door and backs the knaves. DIG frames Bose as an outlaw before the media, who vanished with the depositors' amount by killing the manager. Bearing this in mind, the public conducts riots where Shankar's men hide Bose in a scary dummy, which is later thrown into a burning bus. Chandu rescues Bose when some drops of Bose's blood fall on him. However, Bose dies in Chandu's arms. Meanwhile, Bose's wife gives birth to a baby boy when Chandu thresholds his pain and hides Bose's death. Chandu eventually finds a locket in his pocket, which his friends identify as Shafi's. Chandu realizes the betrayal by Shafi. He goes to his house, where he rescues a captured Indu and thrashes Shafi's men. After getting complete knowledge of his brother's murder, he kills Shafi on behalf of Bose and warns the remaining through a note. Frightened, Shankar and the DIG confirm that Bose is still alive, viewing the CCTV footage on the day of the protest. The next day, Chandu and Indu hatch a plan to lure the DIG to a highway. Yet suddenly, Chandu is hauled by the DIG, where he and Shankar tie him and beat him up. Indu's father abruptly fixes her espousal, which she escapes, as shown prior.

Presently, a new DIG, Ajay Prakash, takes charge and announces that he will arrest Bose. As a result, Bose's family members strike before the DIG office, allowing them to see Bose. In that chaos, Shankar catches hold of Bose's family and threatens Chandu to bring Bose. Chandu bursts into tears and divulges the actuality and onslaughts. Just as Ajay Prakash arrives, Shankar strives to counterfeit him. On this, Ajay proclaims that he knows everything because of his wisdom toward Bose's sincerity and seeks Chandu to finish off Shankar. At last, Chandu stops him after winning back all the depositors. Finally, the movie ends with all maintaining Bose alive forever to act beyond the law.

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and was released with the Aditya Music label.^[3]

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "The film is good with some good action and sentiment. And it does not bore the viewer".^[4] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "First half is entertaining with perfect blend of entertainment and emotion. The tempo goes down a bit in second half because of formulaic narration and predictability in the story".^[5]

Nandi Awards - 2007^[6]

• Third Best Feature Film - Bronze - Nallamalupu Bujji
• Best Supporting Actor - Jagapati Babu

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu - Jagapati Babu