Akshay Kumar-starrer “Laxmmi Bomb” title changed-New title “Laxmii”

New Delhi: Days before Akshay Kumar-starrer Laxmmi Bombm’s release on an OTT platform, the makers have changed the name and has now titled it “Laxmii”.

This comes after the makes reportedly received a legal notice from the Shri Rajput Karni Sena.

Laxmmi Bomb, starring Akshay and Kiara Advani in the lead roles, is scheduled to release on November 9 on Disney+ Hotstar. The film centres around Akshay’s character getting possessed by the ghost of a transgender person.

NEW DEVELOPMENT… #LaxmmiBomb title changed… New title: #Laxmii… Premieres 9 Nov 2020 on #DisneyPlusHotstarVIP… Stars #AkshayKumar and #KiaraAdvani. pic.twitter.com/P1K35OXNuN

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 29, 2020

As per the notice, Laxmmi Bomb, was being considered “derogatory” and “offensive” to Goddess Laxmi by the Hindu community. It further claimed that the makers had “deliberately” used the title Laxmmi Bomb with the sole purpose of lowering the “dignity” of and to show “disrespect” towards the goddess. It added that the name sends out a wrong message to the society at large towards the “ideology, customs, gods and goddesses of Hindu religion”.

This is a developing story.