Movie review of LAXMII |
Akshay Kumar starrer film `Laxmmi` proved to be a dud in comparison to all the hype it created in its promotions. The idea of the story was to tell the story of a transgender person, with empathy and sympathy. But the two-hour film could not live up to the expectations of the audiences. Akshay Kumar plays Aasif, a Muslim, married to Rashmi, played by Kiara Advani, a Hindu girl. They had married against the wishes of the girl`s parents. Rashmi`s mother asks her daughter to come home, and get pardoned for her step. The film was supposed to be a horror-comedy, based on the director`s 2011 Tamil original, Kanchana. The audience does see a haunted parcel of land, menacing shadows flitting about in the middle of the night, creaking doors, heartbroken sobs in the girl`s household. Aasif, whose life`s mission is to fight superstition, starts acting funny soon as he gets possessed by a `wandering soul,` out to take revenge. Akshay was a hoot in Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Priyadarshan`s 2007 flick which was also a horror-comedy. As befits a Priyadarshan film, the strokes were broad, but that were missing in this film.
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