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2.00
Akshay Kumar Fails To Deliver Queen-Sized Entertainment In This Kanchana Remake
In a runtime of around two hours and fourteen minutes, you are served a platter which is filled with dialogues laced with forced comedy, some OTT acting in the name of humour and stereotypes. One of the biggest drawbacks in the film is the shoddy execution, which hardly gives us enough reasons to 'clap'.(more)
Source: Madhuri, One India
2.00
Akshay Kumar's Laxmii misses to recreate the magic of the original, Lawrence's Kanchana.
Akki sparkles in his role but sadly we get tired of him soon enough, courtesy a mundane script which, sadly, has a crackling of a premise, in fact. Kiara does a good job of looking pretty - that's about it, nothing more about her or her characterisation to write about. Akshay and Kiara don't seem to have much of a chemistry going on. Perhaps an older heroine or a younger hero could have done the trick.(more)
Source: Behindwoods Review Board, Behindwoods.com
1.00
Akshay Kumar film is nonstop nonsense
Claiming to break stereotypes by heavily stereotyping people across the board is a device bad Bollywood never seems to get enough of: all the transgender characters clap their hands, and dance around a fire; a good Muslim character wears a 'topi' and beard; and everyone else speaks their lines in the hope of making us laugh. No one succeeds, not even Akshay, who can be really good when he isn't taking himself too seriously. The only one does take his role seriously is Kelkar (effective), as Laxmii-the-transgender, who is wronged.(more)
Source: Subhra Gupta, Indian Express
1.50
Akshay Kumar's torturous acting and loud storytelling drown out every good intention in the script
several mindless aspects of the writing, a dated storytelling style in which boisterous songs just pop up out of the blue unrelated to the mood of the narrative at that point, the overall flashiness and noise. The powerful image, for instance, of a Muslim man entering a Durga temple in which the villain has taken refuge because a bloodthirsty spook cannot cross that threshold to evict him.Or those visuals of an assembly of trans persons lost in their prayers to Lord Shiva. Or the tale of a prejudiced man from a majority community growing fond of his son-in-law from a minority community.(more)
Source: Anna MM Vetticad, Firstpost.com
3.00
Akshay Kumar brings the bomb in this Diwali blockbuster
To conclude, Laxmii is the perfect watch with your family this festive season. The film has its faults but its heart is in the right place. Watch it for the fabulous performances and the message it intends to send across. (more)
Source: Divyanshi Sharma, India Today
