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Lakadbaggha 2023 Movie Review and Revival

Lakadbaggha 2023 


Anshuman Jha famously known for his role as the writer in the Mastram series comes back with a banger. A very fresh and unique fantasy crime ( although I didn't find much fantasy in it, but still). 
When the first trailer of the movie came out, I was curious and quite interested too. A film about a Kolkata-based vigilante who fights for animal rights. What's not to like about it? Then it just vapourised from people's minds and honesty, mine too. 
But recently it just popped into my head that there was going to be a film about a dog lover right? Then I went to Google Mastram and then to the name and work of Anshuman Jha and from there, I got the name of Lakadbaggha. 
As I watched it, I felt like it was worth watching. Although the story felt quite flat. Hero with the inspiration of his dead father and villain with the trauma of his dead father. And a very, very good-looking heroine in between. The writing was pretty decent and the action sequences were well choreographed. Although I felt like a little bit more hard-core action would have been like a cherry on top. 
The CGI of Lakadbaggha is a mess and the character building only justifies if they make a sequel of it. 
The performances of the actors were pretty good if nothing brilliant. But the most eye-catching was the catch of this film which set itself apart from every other film. The plot of animal rights issue. The people who live in Kolkata know very well about animal smuggling and how it was illegally used for human consumption. The film plays well with this idea and presents a unique perspective on it. 
Our hero being a hard-core lover of animals of all kinds and there is a ruthless animal smuggler cut to loose. It would have been an insanely wild film but felt quite short. 

Overall, I'd say this film is indeed a good one-time watch. 
I'd give this film a 3.5/5 with a heart to it. 

            ~ Subhodeep Chakraborty 


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