The highly anticipated film Lakshmi, which stars Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani in the lead roles, was finally released on November 9, 2020 by the makers. Horror-comedy has been released on Disney + Hotstar and has been receiving a lot of response from audiences. Now, reports say this is the biggest movie launch on the popular OTT platform. Yes, you heard it right. Within hours of its release, it broke viewer records, which in itself was an achievement for the maker.
Prior to this, the record was released on June 24, 2020 by the late Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi starrer Dil Bechara. Meanwhile, speaking of Lakshmi, the streaming platform itself has admitted on social media that it broke the record for the biggest movie opening. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, manufacturers decided to release it on the OTT platform rather than in theaters. However, reports say it will be a dramatic release abroad.
Apart from Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani, Ayesha Raja Mishra, Ashwini Kalsaker, Rajesh Sharma and others are in the lead roles. The film is directed by Raghava Lawrence and is a remake of the 2011 Tamil drama Kanchana. For the upside, Lakshmi is the first big budget movie to be streamed digitally rather than released in theaters. . In addition, some of its songs, Bam Bhole and Burj Khalifa, have won music lovers.
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