The film relentlessly depicts Lakshmi's attack on him after the exposure of Lakshmi's wife making pads. The repressed atmosphere and tension made the audience doubt the film's comedic positioning. Although the first half of the film has been filled with various laughs, it eventually cancels out the impact of the plot. In addition, the contradictions of the film have been highlighted enough, and some of the plots are slightly overly provocative and exaggerated, but the original full emotions are distorted. Good performances, though, can make audiences more empathetic, and Akshay Kumar's warm but powerful performance manages to do just that. In this real-life story environment, his sincere performance has the power to touch the hearts of the audience and make the story more convincing. Sonam Kapoor's performance is not surprising but still remarkable. While the main contradiction of the film is clear enough, there is not much need for the emotional line, but as a standard green leaf character necessary in the biopic genre, Kapoor also fulfills the task well. In terms of focusing on women's status and rights, the film performs better than "Wrestle! Dad", "Mystery Superstar", "Toilet Hero" are more straightforward. From the "little love" to his wife at the beginning to the "big love" for all Indian women, although the change is not very convincing, the film's final UN speech scene successfully completed the emotional advancement. When Lakshmi uttered such eloquent words as "the good of women, the good of the country" in less fluent English, the audience would no longer feel contrived. This is where the film succeeds and the meaning of the biopic's existence.
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