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| name = Lakshmi Movie Makers
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| type = [[Film producer|Film production]]<br />[[Film distribution]]
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| foundation = 1994
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| location_city = [[Chennai]]
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| key_people = K. Muralidharan<br />V. Swaminathan<br />G. Venugopal
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'''Lakshmi Movie Makers''' is an Indian [[film producer|film production]] and [[film distributor|distribution]] company headed by K. Muralidharan, V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corporatedir.com/company/lakshmi-movie-makers--india--limited|title=Lakshmi Movie Makers (india) Limited Company Information|website=corporatedir.com}}</ref>

== History ==
Lakshmi Movie Makers experienced significant success in the mid-1990s, with several projects such as ''[[Gokulathil Seethai (film)|Gokulathil Seethai]]'' (1996) and ''[[Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen]]'' (1998) becoming profitable.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |archive-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> V. Swaminathan, one of the producers occasionally made cameo appearances in his productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040626130641/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/23-10-98/vijayaka.htm|title=dinakaran|date=26 June 2004|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

Producer V. Swaminathan's son [[Ashwin Raja]] made his debut as an actor in ''[[Boss Engira Bhaskaran]]'' (2010) and has since appeared in comedy roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/promising-youngster/article3627378.ece|title=Promising youngster|first=K. R.|last=Manigandan|date=11 July 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/lakshmi-movie-makers-kmuralidharan-birthday-celebration-tamilfont-event-56430.html|title=Events - Lakshmi Movie Makers K.Muralidharan Birthday Celebration Movie Trailer Launch - IndiaGlitz தமிழ்|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>

By the end of the 2010s, the studio remained largely inactive owing to the rising costs of operating in the Tamil film industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelede.in/tamil-nadu/2020/02/24/madurai-anbu-tamil-film-industrys-biggest-shylock|title=Madurai Anbu: Tamil Film Industry’s Biggest Shylock|first=Special|last=Correspondent|website=The Lede}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width: 82%; text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Cast
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Synopsis
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Aranmanai Kaavalan]]''
| 1994
| Selva Vinayagam
| [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]], [[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]], [[Raghuvaran]]
| A taxi driver is forced to go to his village to save the people from an evil landlord.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Veluchami]]''
| 1995
| Arul
| [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]], [[Vineetha]]
| Veluchami faces a struggle to marry his lover.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Mr. Madras]]''
| 1995
| {{sortname||P. Vasu}}
| [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]], [[Vineetha]]
| A model ends up becoming the bodyguard for a rich woman.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Gokulathil Seethai (film)|Gokulathil Seethai]]''
| 1996
| {{sortname||Agathiyan}}
| [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Suvalakshmi]], [[Karan (actor)|Karan]]
| A rich man mends his womanizing ways after a girl enters his life.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dharma Chakkaram]]''
| 1997
| {{sortname|K. S.|Ravikumar}}
| [[Vijayakanth]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]], [[Deepti Bhatnagar]]
| A respectable rich man in village clashes with a cruel landlord
|
|-
! scope="row | ''[[Ulavuthurai]]'' (distribution only)
| 1998
| {{sortname||Ramesh Selvan}}
| [[Vijayakanth]] , [[Meena]]
| An ex naval officer whose wife was killed by terrorists returns to the Navy to solve a series of murders happening in the sea
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Priyamudan]]''
| 1998
| {{sortname|Vincent|Selva}}
| [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]
| A young man, who goes on to extreme lengths to achieve his goals, takes the identity of his friend to get his lover.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen]]''
| 1998
| {{sortname||Vikraman}}
| [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Roja (actress)|Roja]], [[Ajith Kumar]]
| A small-time thief gets reformed by a girl and helps the same girl become a singer.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Veeram Vilanja Mannu]]''
| 1998
| {{sortname|Kasthuri|Raja}}
| [[Vijayakanth]], [[Khushbu]], [[Roja (actress)|Roja]]
| A villager is forced to become a bandit in the forest and his long-lost son grows up to be a cop assigned to arrest him.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Unnai Thedi]]''
| 1999
| {{sortname|Sundar|C.}}
| [[Ajith Kumar]], [[Malavika (actress)|Malavika]], [[Swathi (actress)|Swathi]]
| A man who visits his friend's village comes to know that he is related to his friend's family.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Oruvan (1999 film)|Oruvan]]''
| 1999
| {{sortname|Suresh|Krissna}}
| [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]], [[Pooja Batra]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]
| A fireman finds out that a dreaded criminal, who killed his family, is still alive.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga]]''
| 1999
| {{sortname|Sundar|C.}}
| [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]
| A spoiled, rich young man is forced into a marriage by his parents, but he is already in love with someone else.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Unnaruge Naan Irundhal]]''
| 1999
| {{sortname||Selva|link=Selva (director)}}
| [[R. Parthiepan|Parthiban]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]
| A poor taxi driver helps a rich girl by paying off her debts.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Kannan Varuvaan]]''
| 2000
| {{sortname|Sundar|C.}}
| [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Manthra (actress)|Manthra]], [[Divya Unni]]
| A man is forced to take up the identity of the deceased person to make the family happy.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Ullam Kollai Poguthae]]''
| 2001
| {{sortname|Sundar|C.}}
| [[Prabhu Deva]], [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Anjala Zaveri]]
|When his girl friend loses her eyesight after her fiancé dies in an accident, her friend mimics his voice to make her believe he is alive.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Dosth (2001 Tamil film)|Dosth]]''
| 2001
| {{sortname|S. A.|Chandrasekhar}}
| [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]], [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]], [[Prakash Raj]]
| A man who is accused of murdering his friend finds out he is part of a conspiracy.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Unnai Ninaithu]]''
| 2002
| {{sortname||Vikraman}}
| [[Suriya]], [[Laila Mehdin|Laila]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]
| A man who gets cheated by his lover, meets her again and ends up helping her.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Bagavathi]]''
| 2002
| {{sortname|A.|Venkatesh|link=A. Venkatesh (director)}}
| [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Reemma Sen]]
| A tea shop owner becomes a gangster after his younger brother gets murdered.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Anbe Sivam]]''
| 2003
| {{sortname|Sundar|C.}}
| [[Kamal Haasan]], [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]], [[Kiran Rathod]]
| Two different personalities meet together during a trip and face a lot of problems during their journey.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Kangalal Kaidhu Sei]]''
| 2004
| [[Bharathiraja]]
| Vaseegaran, [[Priyamani]]
| A girl joins as a personal assistant to a rich man to expose his kleptomaniac ways.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Daas (2005 film)|Daas]]''
| 2005
| Babu Yogeswaran
| [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Renuka Menon]]
| A boy and a girl from different religions falls in love with each other.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Oru Naal Oru Kanavu]]''
| 2005
| {{sortname||Fazil|link=Fazil (director)}}
| [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]], [[Sonia Agarwal]]
| A girl who plays pranks on a man ends up falling in love with him.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Pudhupettai]]''
| 2006
| {{sortname||Selvaraghavan}}
| [[Dhanush]], [[Sonia Agarwal]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]
| A simpleton who arrives in the city transforms into a gangster.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Silambattam (film)|Silambattam]]''
| 2008
| {{sortname|S.|Saravanan}}
| [[Silambarasan]], [[Sana Khan]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]
| A meek priest comes to know about his sad past and decides to avenge the death of his family.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Aattanayagann]]''
| 2010
| Krishnaram
| [[Shakthi Vasudevan|Shakthi]], [[Remya Nambeesan]], [[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]]
| An unemployed man hides the fact from the family that his elder brother is a gangster.
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Sakalakala Vallavan (2015 film)|Sakalakala Vallavan]]''
| 2015
| {{sortname||Suraj|link=Suraj (director)}}
| [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], [[Anjali (film actress)|Anjali]]
| A naive villager is forced to marry a city bred girl and both do not get along with each other.
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/sakalakala-vallavan-old-crass-and-hostile/article7488820.ece|title=Sakalakala Vallavan: Old, crass and hostile|first=Sudhir|last=Srinivasan|date=1 August 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://lakshmimoviemakers.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Film distributors of India]]
[[Category:Film production companies based in Chennai]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1994]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1994]]

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