‘Akira’ Review: Female-Centric Bollywood Action Drama Suffers From Lazy Filmmaking

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The last time we saw a leading lady kick ass on screen was Priyanka Chopra as Mary Kom in the Olympic boxer’s 2014 biopic, which earned mixed reviews. So when Sonakshi Sinha—just six years into her film career and so far known for her tendency to choose damsel-in-distress roles in vapid potboilers—snagged the title role in director A.R Murugadoss’s action film, “Akira,” there was hope that not only would she turn her own one-note image on its head, but also that we’d be in for an engaging twist on a genre Bollywood reserves almost exclusively for men. Read More