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Lakshmi (लक्ष्मी) (2014 film)
Lakshmi (2014) is a Hindi drama directed and written by Nagesh Kukunoor, starring singer Monali Thakur as a trafficked girl who testifies against her brothel's operators; it won the Palm Springs 2014 audience award.
Lakshmi (லட்சுமி) (2018 film)
Lakshmi (லட்சுமி) is a 2018 Tamil-Telugu dance drama directed by A. L. Vijay, starring Ditya Bhande, Prabhu Deva, and Aishwarya Rajesh, about a girl secretly training for the Pride of India Junior dance competition; released 24 August 2018.
Lakshmi (லட்சுமி) (2024 TV series)
Lakshmi (லட்சுமி) is a 2024 Sun TV Tamil family drama, premiered 18 March 2024, starring Shruthi Raj as Mahalakshmi and Sanjeev Venkat as Selvam, about a wage-earning wife who keeps funding her birth family after marriage.
Lakshmi Ammani
Lakshmi Ammani (ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಿ), born 1742, was a Wodeyar queen of Mysore who negotiated the dynasty's restoration after Tipu Sultan's defeat and served as Regent Queen from 1799 to 1810.
Lakshmi Chilukuri
Lakshmi Chilukuri, UC San Diego Sixth College provost and researcher in high-pressure microbiology of marine Shewanella (SSB, DNA gyrase), also co-author of Penn immunology papers on PD-1 blockade; distinct from several namesakes.
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (ലക്ഷ്മി ഗോപാലസ്വാമി), born 1970 in Bangalore, is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and actress working mainly in Malayalam cinema. Debut: Arayannangalude Veedu (2000) with Mammootty; Kerala State Film Award winner; also Tamil, Kannada, Telugu films.
Lakshmi Manchu (మంచు లక్ష్మి ప్రసన్న)
Lakshmi Manchu (Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna), Indian Telugu actress, producer, and TV host, daughter of Mohan Babu; US debut in Las Vegas (2003), Nandi Best Villain for Anaganaga O Dheerudu, founder of Teach For Change.
Lakshmi Menon (ലക്ഷ്മി മേനോൻ) (actress)
Lakshmi Menon (ലക്ഷ്മി മേനോൻ), born 1996 in Kochi, is an Indian actress of Tamil and Malayalam cinema, known for Sundarapandian, Kumki, and Vedalam, her 2016 to 2021 break, and a 2025 Kochi abduction case.
Lakshmi Mittal (लक्ष्मी निवास मित्तल)
Lakshmi Mittal, also known as Lakshmi Nivas Mittal, is an India-born steel industrialist based in London who built ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker outside China.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Lakshmi Nandan Bora (লক্ষ্মীনন্দন বৰা) was an Indian Assamese novelist and short story writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Patal Bhairavi and the Padma Shri.
Lakshmi Narayan
Lakshmi Narayan (লক্ষ্মী নাৰায়ণ) was Maharaja of Cooch Behar from 1587 until his death in 1627, making the Koch kingdom a Mughal vassal while keeping autonomy.
Lakshmi Niwas (Marathi TV series)
Lakshmi Niwas (लक्ष्मी निवास) is a Marathi family drama on Zee Marathi premiering 23 December 2024, starring Harshada Khanvilkar and Tushar Dalvi; a remake of Kannada Lakshmi Nivasa, later remade in Hindi on Zee TV.
Lakshmi Niwas (लक्ष्मी निवास) (Hindi TV series)
Lakshmi Niwas (लक्ष्मी निवास) is a Hindi Zee TV family drama premiering 12 January 2026, starring Manasi Joshi Roy and Rajendra Chawla as a couple chasing a home of their own; a version of the Marathi and Kannada series of the same name.
Lakshmi Planum
Lakshmi Planum, Venus: the only elevated plateau on the planet, in western Ishtar Terra, ~4 km above mean radius, ringed by the highest Venusian mountain belts; formed by convergent, craton-like mechanisms.
Lakshmi Priya
Lakshmi Priya (ലക്ഷ്മി പ്രിയ), born Sabeena Abdul Latheef in 1985, is a Malayalam film and TV actress, Bigg Boss Malayalam contestant, AMMA vice president, and 2026 TwentyTwenty candidate from Perumbavoor; distinct from Tamil actress Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli.
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli (born 1984, Chennai) is a Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film actress, former India B-team cricketer, and Ultimate Frisbee champion who won the 2022 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum and played Padmini in Karnan.
Lakshmi Puja (लक्ष्मी पूजा)
Lakshmi Puja (लक्ष्मी पूजा) is the Hindu worship of the goddess Lakshmi, performed on the new-moon night of Diwali, when households light lamps and bless their account books.
Lakshmi Sahgal
Lakshmi Sahgal (24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012), née Swaminadhan, Indian doctor who commanded the INA's all-female Rani of Jhansi Regiment and served as minister of women's affairs in Azad Hind; later CPI(M) activist and 2002 presidential candidate.
Lakshmi Venu
Lakshmi Venu, born 1983, is an Indian business executive, daughter of Venu Srinivasan and Mallika Srinivasan, who leads Sundaram-Clayton and serves as Vice Chairman of TAFE.
Lakshmikanthan Kolai Vazhakku
Lakshmikanthan Kolai Vazhakku (லஷ்மிகாந்தன் கொலை வழக்கு) is a 2026 Tamil crime drama directed by Dayal Padmanabhan, starring Vetri as 1972 death-row convict Arivumathi and Rangaraj Pandey as a jailer, released 10 July 2026 with a U/A certificate.
Lakshminath Bezbaroa
Lakshminath Bezbaroa (লক্ষ্মীনাথ বেজবৰুৱা; 1864–1938) was an Assamese writer, satirist, and editor, called the father of the Assamese short story, who edited Jonaki and wrote Assam's anthem.
Lakshmipathy Balaji (லட்சுமிபதி பாலாஜி)
Lakshmipathy Balaji (லட்சுமிபதி பாலாஜி), born 1981 in Chennai, Indian right-arm fast-medium swing bowler for Tamil Nadu and India; took the IPL's first hat-trick with CSK, later bowling coach for KKR and CSK and India A head coach.
Lakshmipur District
Lakshmipur District (লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলা), also spelled Laxmipur, is a coastal district of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, formed 28 February 1984 from Noakhali; area 1,456 sq km, 2022 population 1,937,948, five upazilas, Meghna estuary flood exposure.
Lakshmisha
Lakshmisha (ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಶ), also known as Lakshmikanta Hebbar, was a 16th-century Kannada Vaishnava poet of the Vijayanagara period, best known for the devotional Jaimini Bharata, a retelling of the Sanskrit Jaimini Mahabharata.
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (லட்சுமி ராமகிருஷ்ணன்) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and director working mainly in Tamil and Malayalam cinema, and host of the reality show Solvathellam Unmai from 2011 to 2018.
Lakshraj Prakash
Lakshraj Prakash is a member of the Jaipur royal family who was installed as titular Maharaja of Sirmur, a former princely state in Himachal Pradesh, in 2013 at age nine.
Lakshya (लक्ष्य) (2004 film)
Lakshya (लक्ष्य) is a 2004 Hindi coming-of-age war drama directed by Farhan Akhtar, starring Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, and Amitabh Bachchan, set against the 1999 Kargil War; a box-office flop that won Filmfare and National Awards and gained a cult following.
Lakshya Asset Management Pvt. Ltd
Lakshya Asset Management is an Indian asset management company based in Ahmedabad, licensed by SEBI in 2026 and led by the founders of Benchmark Asset Management, which introduced ETFs to India.
Lakshya Sen
Lakshya Sen, Indian men's singles badminton player from Almora; former world junior No. 1 (2017), 2018 Asian junior champion, 2021 Worlds bronze, 2022 Commonwealth Games gold, Paris 2024 Olympic fourth place.
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar is an Indian hotelier and philanthropist anointed in April 2025 as 77th custodian of the House of Mewar, a claim his cousin contests.