'Laxxmi Bomb' faces boycott calls on social media after Akshay Kumar's video on Bollywood

Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Laxmmi Bomb has piqued the interests of his fans with the actor's stunning appearance in the first look and the poster of the film. Now that the film nears its release (November 9), netizens have been demanding a ban on the release of the film. The Khiladi of Bollywood recently posted a video on his social media handles where he defended the film industry in wake of Sushant Singh Rajput's untimely demise and that has seemingly not gone well with a lot of people who have been supporting the nationwide movement for justice.

On Saturday, soon after reports of AIIMS' alleged declaration of the actor's death case as suicide began to circulate, Akshay Kumar took to social media and posted a video where he admitted that the industry has drug problems but also requested fans of Bollywood films all over the globe to not generalize and assume the worst for every artist in the industry.

Have a look:

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In the days since the video has been posted, netizens have been trolling the actor for taking a stand for the film industry while the entire nation is upset with the ongoing probe into the drug nexus in Bollywood. The Narcotics Control Bureau uncovered names of several A-lister actors and personalities from Bollywood and the television industry including Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and others in their investigation of the network created by drug mafia within the film industry.

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Akshay Kumar's film Laxmmi Bomb is likely to face the heat by people of the country as hashtags like #BanLaxmiBomb and #BoycottBollywood have been trending on and off. So much so that the Google reviews tab for the film has been disabled it had been flooded with comments from netizens who have condemned Akshay's stand in support of the industry amid the furore created in the last 4 months.

Here are some of the reactions:

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