Laxmmi bomb is an official remake of 2011 Tamil movie Kanchana. The movie was announced in 2019 with an character poster of Akshay Kumar. On 9 October, Akshay Kumar and makers unveiled its trailer across all the digital platforms. The trailer has recieved praises but has also recieved flak from certain section of people. Let's talk about it.
- The remake controversy
Every year Bollywood churns out some amazing movie and some of them are remakes of already successful and great movies.While some producers buy the rights of the movie and make an official remake others just grab the main storyline of the movie without bagging rights and giving due credits to the original team. Some of the unofficial remake that Bollywood produced:-
1) Chak De India is an unofficial remake of the Hollywood movie Miracle starring Kurt russel. They marketed the movie as an original content but they just copied the plot, most of the key situations and even dialogues were just plainly translated in hindi.
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2) Judwaa movie starring Salman Khan was an official remake of movie twin dragon starring Jackie Chan. They just added some Bollywood masalas and the movie was made. Fun fact: The movie was again remade as Judwaa 2 starring Varun Dhawan.
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There are many other unofficial remakes in Bollywood but I gave example of two of the most prominent movies that are appreciated even today for its content.
So, my point here is,this movies didn't received any flak or negativity. Even the official remake ones like Kabir Singh, Rowdy Rathore, Drishyam, etc were all appreciated and were never criticised of being an remake. Drishyam even went on to win national award! So why now for laxmmi bomb? I see every youtuber spreading negativity against laxmmi bomb of being an remake and alleging it's maker for plagiarism. But the fact is that the movie is an official remake and even they have retained the original director and some of the crew member from the original movie. It was announced way before that laxmmi bomb is an remake of Kanchana and that time I didn't see any negativity or people alleging Bollywood for remake. For a matter of fact, Kabir Singh movie which was an remake of Telugu movie Arjun Reddy earned Rs 331.24 CR in India! People pointing finger towards Bollywood for churning out remakes every year, flocks in theatres in large numbers to see this remakes!
- Love Jihad
People now have problem with Akshay Kumar as he's playing a muslim character named Asif married to a hindu girl, but the movie is completely based on horror comedy! Why are we getting so communal? People boycotting it for love jihad are the same ones who boycotted Kedarnath movie starring Sushant Singh Rajput and are now ranting for justice.
For people telling why the character name is changed from raghav to asif, you guys haven't seen the movie yet. As you all guys are assuming things for spreading this hatred let me add one more assumption to your list. Going by the trailer, we saw a glimpse of Burj khalifa. For those of you who don't know ( Especially Andhbhakts) Burj Khalifa is in dubai and Islam is the official religion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). So, there is a possibility that Akshay kumar's character Asif is based in Dubai and he met Kiara Advani in Dubai. So that's the need of the script. Also add to this ,
**SPOILER ALERT**
In the movie Kanchana the priest that removed the ghost of Kanchana was muslim and in one scene they even visited the mosque. So to suit to this scene they must have named the character as Asif as a hindu guy won't visit a mosque rather he would visit the temple.
- Title Controversy
People are calling for boycott as they think it's demeaning to our hindu god and culture. I even saw some articles promoting this and asking if they can swap the god of other religion in the name of the movie.
***MAJOR SPOILER ALERT***
In the movie Kanchana, the central trans character is named Kanchana. Here in laxmmi bomb, it is named laxmmi. Other factor is that in the original movie, the antagonist seeks shelter in an temple to protect himself from the spirit. As spirits are considered evil so they can't enter temple then Kanchana seeks permission from the goddess Laxmi and she enters the temple to drag him out of the temple.
You guys must surely have got an idea why it's named laxmmi bomb. Those who have watched kanchana, knows it's nothing demeaning to our goddess.
- Transphobic
People are claiming that the movie has made an mockery of the trans people and is instilating fear in the minds of people about trans people. I have just one thing to say to them, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi,transgender rights activist, praised the trailer and even wished for its success. In the original movie also, the movie has dealt with a sensitive topic and its aimed to create awareness about trans people and discrimination against them.
Trans right Activist:
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
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- Nepotism
I will just give details about the cast and crew involved in the making of laxmmi bomb:-
# Director- Raghava Lawrence (Outsider)
# Co- Director - Balakrishnan Thevar (Outsider)
# Producers- Fox Star studios, Shabina Khan(outsider), Tusshar kapor(Nepotistic) and Akshay Kumar(Outsider)
# Cast- Akshay Kumar( Outsider), Kiara Advani( Partly Nepotistic), Manu Rishi Chaddha( outsider), Rajesh Sharma(Outsider), Ayesha Raza mishra( Outsider), Sharad Kelkar(Outsider), Ashwini Kalsekar( Outsider), Tarun Arora(Outsider).
# Cinematography- Vetri(Outsider)
# Story, screenplay- Raghava Lawrence( Outsider)
# Adapted Screenplay, dialogues- Farhad samji(Outsider).
Now you can analyse for yourself!
My only message to people spreading this hatred propaganda is fuck you! Social media influencer are making a fool out of you and you are enjoying being one. And for those people questioning Akshay Kumar's nationality should first question themselves as what they have done for this country. He's the highest tax payer of this country and he's the only one to come forward to help in any situation.
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