Vansh Pandita

A film named durgavati which is the official remake of the Anushka Shetty starrer , 'Bhaagimathie' has just hit the Amazon platform ... So , the plot of the movie is quite interesting. A politician named Ishwar Prasad (Arshad Warsi ) is accused of stealing, 12 prestigious God's idols In the last 6 months and a CBI officer Satakshi Ganguly is put into job . Soon she meets the ACP ( Jisshu Sengupta) , and he tells him if there is one person who can tell her about Ishwar Prasad is his P.A. Chanchal Chauhan (Bhumi pednekar ) , who is a I.A.S officer and is put behind the bars in the reason of killing ACP's brother , who was also her fiance , Shiv (Karan Kapadia) . Soon, they decide to shift chanchal to the durgavati mansion, which is rumored to be haunted for the further investigation . When they shift chanchal , strange things start happening to her . Is she really possessed by the spirit of the queen , or it's just a trap to run from the investigation. All the answers lie in Durgavati .There are positives too, but negatives can definitely hurt anushka shetty lovers or more bhaagimathie lovers . The post interval scene , where Bhumi transforms herself to the queen is a utter disappointment . Anushka Shetty nailed that scene . Bhumi lacked that energy . Also some foolish, illogical scenes were there which were of no use , but did harm to the film by increasing its length . Also, it was promoted as a horror movie, but nothing scary in it . They show saviour is the star cast and its clever writing . Bhumi pednekar and Arshad warsi's show stealing performance has made durgavati watchable . Mahie gill and jisshu Sengupta are good in their roles . Karan Kapadia also tries to make an Impact but fails . But it's suspense is so good that you will start to bite your nails , especially in the last 30 to 35 minutes. So in short durgavati is a very powerful film but will definitely hurt some sentiments of the original movie . My review 3/5

If u are hoping to make ur diwali khushiyon waali . Lakshmi will not disappoint u . Even though it's a remake still it's a life time experience.. Akshay Kumar at his best . Definitely one of his best performances .. The bgm is great and also at some instances the film tickle u with humuor. Even though there are positives , there are negatives too . The weak writing is absolutely disgusting .. The talented actors like Manu Rishi Chaddha are totally wasted . But Apart from akshay , it is sharad Kelakar who carries the film on his shoulders despite playing a cameo . So if u are trying to make ur diwali memorable I recommend u to watch lakshmi for a life time experience.