Netizens trend 'Ban Laxmmi Movie

Netizens trend 'Ban Laxmmi Movie' & claim Akshay Kumar's film hurts religious sentiments, promotes love jihad

Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani starrer Laxmii is all set to release on November 9 on Disney Plus Hotstar. Ahead of the release on Diwali, netizens are demanding a ban on the film as they accuse Akshay and Kiara’s film of hurting religious sentiments.

Since the day the trailer of Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani's film Laxmii released, it has been at the center of attention due to the wrong reasons. Several Netizens have accused Akshay and Kiara's film of promoting 'love jihad' and hurting religious sentiments. Several times since the trailer was released, the 'boycott' and 'ban' trend began on social media against Akshay and Kiara's film. Recently, the song Bambholle was released and many Twitter users objected to it as they alleged that it disrespected Hindi Gods and Goddesses.

Now, once again, after the release of the song, Twitter users have kicked off the trend 'Ban Laxmmi Movie' as they claim that Akshay's film has hurt Hindu sentiments. Further, many have alleged that it promotes 'love jihad' as the hero of the film is Muslim and heroine is Hindu. Amid this, many fans of Akshay also have come out in support of the film and have claimed that the film will be a blockbuster. But, despite the same, many want a ban on the film and have been tagging Minister Prakash Javdekar on social media.

While earlier, there was an objection to the previous title of the film Laxmmi Bomb and many wanted it to be changed as they claimed it disrespected the Goddess Laxmi. The producers, keeping in mind the sentiments, changed the title to Laxmii. However, still the 'ban' trend continues.

Take a look at tweets:
#Ban_Laxmmi_Movie
In movie, d hero's name is Asif n heroine's name is Priya
The film is remake of South Indian film Kanchana In it, d protagonist's personality is nt Muslim Even then, in d Hindi movie, the hero Muslim n d young Hindu r shown righteous !pic.twitter.com/ILyqvDzaRR

Meanwhile, the film's new song BamBholle is doing well on the charts and is trending on YouTube as well. Akshay and Kiara will be seen in the lead. The film is a remake of the Tamil film, Muni 2: Kanchana. It is helmed by Raghava Lawrence. The film is the story of a man who gets possessed by a transgender ghost. It is a horror-comedy and is produced by Shabinaa Khan and Tusshar Kapoor. It will release on November 9 on DisneyPlus Hotstar.

Laxmmi, an upcoming Bollywood movie starring Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani, is receiving renewed backlash for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments. The film dropped the word “Bomb” from its title following social media outrage just a few days back. However, netizens have now expressed outrage over the movie’s new title as well as its alleged promotion of love jihad (a pejorative term used for inter-religious marriages/relationships between Muslim men and Hindu women) and are demanding a complete ban on its release on November 9.

Actor Tusshar Kapoor, who is venturing into production with Laxmii, said that the movie’s title was changed “keeping in mind the feelings of everyone who had or didn’t have any issue with the earlier title” and to maintain “peace and positivity.” As per the movie’s trailer, released on October 9, 2020, the film revolves around an inter-faith couple – Aasif and Priya. Twitter users have called out the movie’s makers for promoting love jihad. Additionally, netizens have attacked the makers on sacrilegious grounds for entitling a movie after Hindu Goddess Lakshmi and releasing the same on the occasion of Diwali. The widespread outrage has led #Ban_Laxmmi_Movie to trend on Twitter

What You Should Know:

#Ban_Laxmmi_Movie is trending on Twitter today.
Many users have expressed outrage over the movie’s alleged denigration of Hinduism and Hindu deities through its title and its alleged promotion of love jihad.
The movie’s title was recently changed to Laxmmi from Laxmmi Bomb.
However, many Twitter users are not satisfied with the name change and are demanding a complete ban on the movie’s release.

Love Jihad: Reel And Real
Last month, an advertisement released by jewellery brand Tanishq came under fire for showing a Muslim mother-in-law celebrating her Hindu daughter-in-law’s baby shower. Shortly after the outrage died down, a 21-year-old commerce student from Ballabhgarh, Haryana, was shot dead by a Muslim man called Tauseef for rejecting his marriage proposal. The incident only worsened the outrage over “love-jihad” which has refused to subside ever since.