Laxmii Movie Review

Laxmii Movie Review : More noise and less fireworks at display

Laxmii is a 2020 Indian Bollywood comedy horror film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence in his Hindi directorial debut. It is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film Kanchana and stars Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will be released in cinemas with the selected overseas markets in India and was streamed digitally on Disney+Hotstar on 9 November 2020.

Critic's Rating : 2.0/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 1.3/5

Laxmii Movie Review : 

He is a self-proclaimed ‘hard-core lover’ and there are very few things in life Asif wouldn’t do for his spouse of three years. It is this very reason that prompts him to pack his bags and rush off to Daman to patch things up between Rashmi and her family, and maybe procure a place in their hearts for him, too.“He runs granite and marbles business and is a senior member at the Jagoo Aavam committee; they are fighting the superstitious beliefs surrounding ghosts and spirits,” declares Rashmi – proudly – when quizzed about her husband’s profession. So when the neighbourhood kids refuse to play at the adjacent ground because an evil spirit dwells there, Asif, quite expectedly, brushes it off and pledges to play a full IPL game on that abandoned land.

Soil nailing, very dramatically, changes the Earth above and beneath – dark, ferocious clouds looming around at an alarming pace, while dried autumn leaves caress the faces. The witch sleeping underneath that piece of turf has been shaken awake, and now, she must follow the culprit home: Asif. Too dramatic? So is the plot of this film, read on. When the spirit does make her way into that home, it’s complete mayhem and madness. Who is it? What does she want? And why is Asif having a little escapade of his own with sarees and bangles? Questions aplenty, answers lie in ‘Laxmii’ – literally and figuratively.

‘Laxmii’ sets out to be a satire against age-old beliefs and biases – we get it! – but the insipidness of the narrative and whatever follows thereon, butchers the lessons it originally desires to impart.

Looking back, the reiterating catchphrase happens to be ‘Maine kuch nahin dekha… yahaan koi nahin hain’ and that’s the vibe we’re latching on to at the moment.

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Laxmii Movie Trailer :  

• Directer : Raghava Lawrence
• Producer : Akshay Kumar,Shabinaa Khan,Tusshar Kapoor
• Writer : Farhad Samji
• Story : Raghava Lawrence Based on Muni 2: Kanchana
• Starring : Akshay Kumar,Kiara Advani,Tusshar Kapoor,Tarun Arora,Sharad Kelkar,Mir Sarwar
• Music : Manj Musik,Chandan Saxena
• Cinematography : Vetri
• Editor : M.R. Varma
• Casting : Parag Mehta
• Production Design : Wasiq Khan,Rajat Poddar
• Art Direction : Rajinder Sharma
• Production Management : Siyad-Kannoth-Zee,Sadanand Sugur
• Assistant Director : Tavishi Ghosh,Mohanjeet Kalsi
• Art Department : Dipesh Tunwal
• Sound Department : Divyank Dubey,Justin Jose,Parikshit Lalwani,Rohit Meena,Sujit Shingare
• Special Effects : Mahipal Tyagi
• Visual Effects : Jaimil Desai,Pulkit Huda,Uday Kumar Kongathi,Paras Shah,Dinesh Shrivastav,Neel Trivedi
• Action Directer : Sham Kaushal
• Production company : Cape of Good Films, Tushar Entertainment House, Shabinaa Entertainment,Fox Star Studios
• Distributor : Fox Star Studios
• Genre : Horror, Comedy, Romance, Action
• Release date : 9 November, 2020 ( Online on Disney+Hotstar)
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Story Of The Film :

Rashmi (Kiara Advani) sees it as an opportunity to mend ties when her estranged mother invites her over for their 25th wedding anniversary. The woman, who has secretly been pining to reunite, takes her husband Asif (Akshay Kumar) along. Soon after, the family home is witness to strange occurrences and Asif is turning out to be someone he is not – a vengeful spirit, Laxmii.

Star cast Of The Film :

• Akshay Kumar as a Raghav
• Kiara Advani as a Amisha
• Tusshar Kapoor as a Gaurav, Raghav's brother
• Sharad Kelkar as a Laxmmi
• Tarun Arora as a MLA Tarun Shankar Singh
• Elena Roxana Maria Fernandes as a Geetha
• Ashwini Kalsekar as a Raghav's mother
• Mir Sarwar as a Abdul Chacha
• Muskan Khubchandani as a Palak, Raghav's sister-in-law
• Vijay Kaushik as a Girja S Baba (Fake Priest 1)
• Babu Antony as a Bhai
• Rajesh Dubeay as a Baba (Fake Priest 2)
• Vaibhav Choudhary
• Narendra Singh Dhami as a Prem
• Aryan Preet as a Young Laxmii
• Manu Rishi Chadha

Production :

The film, a remake of Kanchana, was announced in the second half of January 2019 by the director of its original version i.e. Raghava Lawrence with Akshay Kumar in lead role. Film Shooting Started on 22 April 2019 with the shoot of song "Bismillah".In January 2020, the starcast filmed song "Burj Khalifa" in Dubai. The film shooting was wrapped up on 1 March 2020.

Release 

Laxmii was scheduled to be released on 22 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 29 June 2020, Disney+ Hotstar conducted virtual press conference where Akshay Kumar announced that the film will release on Disney+ Hotstar exclusively as part of Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex initiative which was a result of theatre shut down due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was later decided to release the film in countries where theatres re-opened such as United Arab Emirates, Australia and New Zealand.

On 29 October 2020, the film's title was altered due to legal notice sent to the filmmakers on behalf of Shri Rajput Karni Sena. According to the notice, the film's title was considered to be disrespectful to Goddess Laxmi, thereby hurting Hindu community's sentiments. The notice also demanded a change in the film's title and said that the current one sends out a wrong message to the society. Initially titled Laxmmi Bomb, it will now be released as Laxmii.

The film was released globally on 9 November, near to Diwali.

Songs / Music :

The film's music was composer are Tanishk Bagchi, Shashi–DJ Khushi, Anup Kumar and Ullumanati while lyrics writter are Vaibhav Shrivastava, Vayu, Gagan Ahuja, Farhad Samji, Anup Kumar and Ullumanati.

1. "Burj Khalifa" - Shashi–DJ Khushi, Nikhita Gandhi, Madhubanti
2. "Bam Bholle" - Viruss

"Burj Khalifa" Full Video Song :

• Music Composer - Shashi,Dj Khushi
• Singer  - Shashi,Dj Khushi
• Female vocals,Nikhita Gandhi
• Lyrics  - Gagan Ahuja

"Bam Bholle" Full Video Song :

• Singer - Viruss
• Music - Ullumanati
• Composition - Ullumanati
• Programming - Ullumanati
• Lyrics - Ullumanati
• Mix and Master - Eric Pillai 

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