‘Laxmmi Bomb’: Director Raghava Lawrence Reveals Why The Title Was Changed From ‘Kanchana’

Both the Tamil and the Hindi movie has been directed by Raghava Lawrence. Read on.

New Delhi: Starring Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani, ‘Laxxmi Bomb’ is an upcoming horror-comedy. The movie witnesses the ‘BellBottom’ star portraying the role of a transgender. The movie has been making waves and fans have been eagerly waiting for its release ever since the makers dropped the trailer. ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ is the remake of the Tamil movie ‘Muni 2: Kanchana’. Both the Tamil and the Hindi movie has been directed by Raghava Lawrence. Recently, while interacting with ANI, the director revealed why the movie’s name was changed from ‘Kanchana’ to ‘Laxmmi Bomb’. He said, “Our Tamil film was named after the main lead character Kanchana. Kanchana means 'gold' which is a form of Lakshmi. Earlier I considered going the same way for the Hindi remake but we collectively decided that the name must appeal to the Hindi audience as well and what better than Laxmmi.” The director added, “By god's grace, it was turning out to be a cracker of a film, so we named it 'Laxmmi Bomb'. Like a dhamaka of Laxmmi Bomb cannot be missed, the transgender lead character is powerful and radiant. Hence the name fits perfectly.” Emphasizing on why the director chose to make a film on transgenders, Raghava said that he wanted to tell their story to everyone through the character Laxmi. He was quoted saying by ANI, “I run trust and a few transgenders approached my trust for help. When I heard their story, I felt like I wanted to tell their story to everyone through the character called Laxmi in this movie. After watching the film audiences will know what I am talking about.” Speaking about helming a movie with a mainstream Bollywood actor portraying the role of transgender for the first time on-screen, the director said that he is thankful to the ‘Sooryavanshi’ actor for accepting this role. He said, “after 'Kanchana' released in Tamil, the movie received huge appreciation from transgenders. They directly came to my home and blessed me. So, in Hindi when Akshay sir is playing the role, I believe that the message will reach an even wider audience. My special thanks to Akshay sir for accepting and playing this role.” The makers released the trailer of the movie last week. Take a look at it here:

‘Laxmmi Bomb’ is all set to premiere on the OTT platform Disney+Hotstar from November 9, 2020. Stay tuned for more updates!