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shahrukh is love one kiwi blogs bollywood and beyond skip to content menu home the full filmi index the downlow occasionally asked questions link o rama about this blog shahrukh is love one kiwi blogs bollywood and beyond laxmii posted on november 13 2020 november 13 2020 by vanessa barnes raghava lawrence 2020 i honestly don t know where to begin the nicest thing i can say about laxmii is that it has good intentions unfortunately having good intentions means nothing when the vehicle for those intentions is a hot ridiculous mess of contradictions and nonsense the story revolves around asif akshay kumar apparently a marble and granite salesman though we never see him doing that who spends his spare time as a kind of professional skeptic going around proving that ghosts and spirits aren t real he s married to rashmi kiara advani who has been estranged from her family for the past three years ever since she eloped with asif because her father disapproved of his hindu daughter marrying a muslim well grumpy dad needs to get over that quick smart because his apparently alcoholic wife invites rashmi asif and their nephew to visit as a kind of ambush wedding anniversary present her husband is guaranteed not to love when asif and rashmi arrive aside from the predictable family melodrama they discover that their in laws are being plagued by nightmares and spooky happenings and the local kids are frightened of an empty abandoned plot of land nearby they tell asif they won t play there because it s haunted which is like waving a red flag in front of a bull nonsense asif the professional skeptic cries forcing all the children to follow him into the haunted barrens forcing a cricket stake into the dry ground and unwittingly directly into a dead body haunted never the bloody cricket stake will come to play a ridiculously convoluted part like something out of final destination in getting the crux of the film going i m just going to lay it out for you asif washes the blood off the cricket stumps so it falls directly into a lemongrass plant growing outside he then uses the lemongrass to make a cup of tea he drinks the tea and gets possessed by the vengeful spirit laxmii a woman who is out to kill a bunch of people who wronged her from here on in things get weird and violent and quite dark in some places laxmii is a hindi language remake of the 2011 tamil film kanchana also written and directed by raghava lawrence though kanchana received mixed reviews from critics it was a commercial success i guess that s what led to the powers that be deciding to remake it for the hindi market you d think having the same writer director at the helm would be a pretty good guarantee of the film s quality yeah nah first issue laxmii apparently sets out to be a comedy horror in actuality it s only kind of unintentionally funny in places and not especially scary exhibit a when laxmii is not possessing asif the ghost is this talking wig thing when the film remembers that it advertised itself as a horror film it kind of throws everything at the wall and hopes something will stick regardless of whether it has anything to do with anything i kind of love the chaotic energy of shit like this random clown just turning up or the cheerful song at the beginning which has my absolute favourite thing akki flying in a chariot made of bones for absolutely no apparent reason ultimately genre wise it fails as a comedy horror because it s all over the place as a social justice issues film now here s where it gets interesting here s where laxmii definitely has the good intentions but lacks the execution to pull it off the thing is i referred to the spirit that possesses asif above as a woman as at that point in the film we see a man being taken over by a feminine force and adopting feminine coded behaviours twist we later find out that laxmii the vengeful spirit that is possessing asif is transgender or hijra in indian culture regarded as third gender hijra as a term encompasses transgender eunechs and intersex assigned male at birth but more comfortable living as a woman bollywood isn t exactly known for being especially progressive but the transgender plot arc in laxmii is one that is aiming for acceptance kindness tolerance and love like i said good intentions there s definitely the idea you re supposed to get that acceptance is key transgender people are people just like anyone else we all have the same emotions etc etc the problem is for all the good the film does e g hey let s show transgender people as relatively normal if a little murderous and preach acceptance and love and kindness it immediately undoes it by spouting bizarre lore about transgender people s weird supernatural powers and then has them all gather the other in a creepy supernatural rave under the full moon for nefarious purposes i mean i did the research in ancient times apparently hijra were actually revered and respected holding positions of religious authority and important positions in society it was the british yes colonialism ruining everything as usual that criminalised and stigmatised hijra some positives for me akshay kumar being possessed by a feminine spirit basically akki in a sari wasn t ever played for cheap laughs the way man in a dress is usually played i actually thought akki did a good job of conveying a fierce vengeful woman the big song from the film bam bhole the context in the film is it s a full moon and all the transgenders are gathering to dance on the beach which as i said is a problem is a pretty good depiction of man in sari as being fierce and feminine without it being comic relief or something to mock shaarad kelkar who plays laxmii before she s a ghost is amazing not enough of him in the film also good to see plenty of casting of actual hijra in the film but seriously shaarad kelkar very very good i love akshay kumar and i love that even in films like this one that have a terrible script and are all over the place he puts in 1000 to make what he can of a pig s ear into some semblance of a silk purse he does a great job in my opinion holding it together but ultimately laxmii is not the game changer anyone wanted it to be tagged akki leave a comment posts navigation older posts top posts the tan badan mystery aunty no 1 tum mile ek the power of one this is quite a short review because i m running out of ways to say awesome ain t nobody like my desi boyz when good mooches go bad jaani dushman tan badan in its entirety mera naam joker tags 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s aamir khan abhay deol saviour of hindi film abhishek love abomination akki love a little more personal all time favourite am i really the only kiwi bollywood fan amjad khan anupam kher awfulsome bebo big b bobby deol bromance bunty aur babli cherry chi chi chi chi week 2010 confusion conspiracy cosmic fated love cracktastic crazy dancing crazy eyes deol dhamaka dharmendra dil dil dil dippy disco doublethumb doublethumb theory 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