Venkatesh's Sankranthi blockbuster Laxmi celebrated its completion of 50 days at 215 centers. This is the highest ever number of centers for a Venkatesh film so far. The 50 days function was held on 12th March at Sir CRR College Grounds, Eluru and was attended by Producer Nallamalupu Bujji, MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, DIG Narasimha Reddy, Collector Agarwal, SP Jaganmohan Reddy, Maganti Babu, D Suresh Babu, Kodali Nani, KL Narayana, KS Rama Rao, Sagar, EVV, C Kalyan and KC Sekhara Babu.

"People started calling me Lakshmi Bava after the release of this film. The credit for the success of this film goes to the entire unit of Laxmi. The success of Laxmi has given me a lot of encouragement" hero Venkatesh said and further went on to entertain the audiences when he danced along with Amma Rajasekhar, for a song.

The event, hosted by Bhargavi and Venu Madhav, took an emotional turn when director VV Vinayak took the blessings of his mentor, director Sagar, by touching his feet. Sunil, Brahmanandam and LB Sriram were also present and kept the audiences in a good humor with their witty one-liners.