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Akshay Kumar's Kanchana remake titled Laxmi set to roll next week

Superstar Akshay Kumar, who is currently basking in the success of his latest release, Kesari (2019), will start shooting for his next film, Laxmi, from next week. To be directed by multi-talented Raghava Lawrence, the movie is an official remake of Tamil horror-comedy, Kanchana (2011), and stars Kiara Advani as the female lead.

The first schedule of the remake is expected to kick-start with a dance number called Bismillah. Kumar will wrap up the first schedule by the end of the month, before joining Rohit Shetty on the sets of their first collaboration, Sooryavanshi.


For the uninitiated, Kanchana is regarded as one of the most successful horror comedy franchises of Indian cinema. Raghava Lawrence, who is calling the shots for the Hindi remake, has written, directed and starred in all four films in the Kanchana franchise. He is presently busy promoting the next instalment of the series, which is set to roll into theatres on April 19.

Akshay Kumar, whose first horror comedy was Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), has multiple films in his hands right now. He will next be seen in Dharma Productions’ Good News, followed by Mission Mangal and Housefull 4. Sooryavanshi is set to release next year.

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  • Government to criminalise porn that shows strangulation or suffocation during sex.
  • Part of wider plan to fight violence against women and online harm.
  • Tech firms will be forced to block such content or face heavy Ofcom fines.
  • Experts say the ban responds to medical evidence and years of campaigning.

You see it everywhere now. In mainstream pornography, a man’s hands around a woman’s neck. It has become so common that for many, especially the young, it just seems like part of sex, a normal step. The UK government has decided it should not be, and soon, it will be a crime.

The plan is to make possessing or distributing pornographic material that shows sexual strangulation, often called ‘choking’, illegal. This is a specific amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. Ministers are acting on the back of a stark, independent review. That report found this kind of violence is not just available online, but it is rampant. It has quietly, steadily, become normalised.

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