‘Kill’ Star Lakshya Defends Film’s ‘Hardcore’ Violence and Gore, Insists Movie Was Made With ‘Honesty’ and ‘Sincerity’

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Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events SPOILER WARNING: This story contains descriptions of specific scenes in “Kill.” “Kill” star Lakshya says his mother is very proud that he’s starring in the new action movie.

However, that doesn’t mean she’s actually watched the film. “She has seen the trailer and teaser, but she still has a little bit of a problem with me doing that level of violence,” Lakshya says. “She probably won’t ever see it.

My father will. He’ll love it.” The level of violence in “Kill,” which premiered at TIFF in September, is brutal, bloody and graphic – so much so that marketing for the Hindi-language film includes the declaration, “India’s most violent movie ever.” Lakshya stars as an elite Army commando who boards a train to New Delhi hoping to derail his girlfriend (Tanya Maniktala) from going through with an arranged marriage planned by her parents.

Things turn very violent when Lakshya takes on a gang of 40 thieves who have overtaken the train to rob the passengers. Dozens of people are killed in the movie, many in gory detail with slashed throats, crushed skulls and gutted-out insides.