Akshay, Kiara begin shooting for 'Kanchana' Hindi remake

Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani have started shooting for 'Laaxmi Bomb' which is a Hindi remake of Tamil superhit 'Kanchana'. Filmmaker Raghava Lawrence shared the news on social media on Sunday.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, roped into the Hindi remake of the Tamil film 'Kanchana' along with actress Kiara Advani, kick started the first schedule of the movie on Sunday.

After helming the Tamil franchise, Raghava Lawrence is directing the horror-comedy film in Hindi titled 'Laaxmi Bomb'. Lawrence took to social media to share the news along with a photo of himself with Akshay.

He wrote, "Hi dear friends and fans! Shooting of Hindi remake of 'Kanchana', starring the great Akshay Kumar Sir, has began. Need all your blessings."

• Hi dear Friends and Fans..! Shooting of Hindi remake Kanchana staring the great @akshaykumar sir has began...
  need all your blessings #LaaxmiBomb pic.twitter.com/BB2zZ5szAD

  — Raghava Lawrence (@offl_Lawrence) April 28, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Hi dear Friends and Fans..! Shooting of Hindi remake Kanchana staring the great @akshaykumar sir has began...
  need all your blessings #LaaxmiBomb pic.twitter.com/BB2zZ5szAD

  — Raghava Lawrence (@offl_Lawrence) April 28, 2019

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  Hi dear Friends and Fans..! Shooting of Hindi remake Kanchana staring the great @akshaykumar sir has began...
  need all your blessings #LaaxmiBomb pic.twitter.com/BB2zZ5szAD

  — Raghava Lawrence (@offl_Lawrence) April 28, 2019

Meanwhile, Kiara also shared a post on Twitter making the announcement along with a picture.

• First Day of #LAAXMIBOMB 💥 @akshaykumar @RowdyGabbar #raghavalawrence @TusshKapoor and the journey has just begun 👻🔥 pic.twitter.com/ct8mAPd5Y5

  — Kiara Advani (@Advani_Kiara) April 27, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  First Day of #LAAXMIBOMB 💥 @akshaykumar @RowdyGabbar #raghavalawrence @TusshKapoor and the journey has just begun 👻🔥 pic.twitter.com/ct8mAPd5Y5

  — Kiara Advani (@Advani_Kiara) April 27, 2019

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  First Day of #LAAXMIBOMB 💥 @akshaykumar @RowdyGabbar #raghavalawrence @TusshKapoor and the journey has just begun 👻🔥 pic.twitter.com/ct8mAPd5Y5

  — Kiara Advani (@Advani_Kiara) April 27, 2019

Apart from Akshay and Kiara, the Hindi remake will also star actor Tusshar Kapoor. It has also been reported that megastar Amitabh Bachchan will portray a transgender in the film.

With inputs from IANS.