Lakshya (actor)

Lakshya
Lakshya in 2024
Born
Laksh Lalwani

(1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28)[1]
Delhi, India
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Laksh Lalwani (born 19 April 1996), known mononymously as Lakshya, is an Indian actor.[2] He played the titular warrior in the period drama series Porus (2017–2018) and made his feature film debut with a starring role in the action film Kill (2023).

Career

Early television career (2015–2018)

In 2015, Lakshya made his acting debut with the television series Warrior High.[3] His television debut went unnoticed, and he followed this with the role of Yuvraj Madhav Shekhawat/Krish in the &TV series supernatural series Adhuri Kahaani Hamari (2015–2016) and appeared in an episode of Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.[4]

In November 2016, Lakshya joined Ekta Kapoor's StarPlus romantic drama series Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2016–2017) in the supporting role of Veer Mehra, which proved to be his first big break.[5][6] He finally gained popularity for his portrayal of the titular warrior, Porus the Elder in the historical TV show Porus (2017–2018), which is rumoured as India's most expensive television series with a budget of ₹500 crore.[7][better source needed]

Struggles and film debut (2019–present)

In 2019, Lakshya signed a three-film deal with Karan Johar of Dharma Productions, giving a greenlight to his expansion in Hindi cinema.[8] He officially announced his film debut with Johar's production Dostana 2 alongside Kartik Aaryan and Janhvi Kapoor, which went on floors in late-2019, but hit a production hell due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and was finally shelved in April 2021 out of creative differences between Johar and Aaryan.[9][10] In March 2022, he joined Shanaya Kapoor and Gurfateh Pirzada in Johar's romantic drama Bedhadak directed by Shashank Khaitan, but that film too was shelved, continuing the jeopardy in Lakshya's film debut.[11][12]

Lakshya had his first film release in Dharma Productions' action film Kill. It premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released the following year to largely positive reviews, emerging as his breakthrough role.[13] He played Amrit, a stoic army man who has to fight off dacoits in a running train. Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail wrote that he "conjures the hero with frightening ferocity".[14]

Lakshya will next star in Aryan Khan's streaming series Stardom,[15] and the romance Chand Mera Dil alongside Ananya Panday.[16]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Ref.
2024 Kill Amrit Rathod [17]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Warrior High Parth
2015–2016 Adhuri Kahaani Hamari Yuvraj Madhav Shekhawat/Krish Malhotra
2016 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Aarav Gaitonde
2016–2017 Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil Veer Mehra
2017–2018 Porus Porus
TBA Stardom TBA Filming[15]

References

  1. ^ "Laksh Lalwani : My 20th Birthday Is The Best Birthday Ever!". 18 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Laksh Lalwani drops his surname - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Prarthna (16 September 2015). "'Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan' actor Parth Samthaan thrown out of upcoming TV show for being unprofessional?". International Business Times. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ India-West, ARIELLE, Special to. "'Adhuri Kahani Hamari's' Laksh Lalwani: I Have Worked on My Voice". Retrieved 8 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Laksh Lalwani is back on the TV screen". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil actor Laksh Lalwani doesn't mind playing second lead - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Porus actor Laksh Lalwani gets injured during a horse riding sequence - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Laksh Lalwani drops his surname - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Confirmed: Newbie Lakshya to join Kartik Aaryan and Janhvi Kapoor in 'Dostana 2'". Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Janhvi Kapoor kicks off Dostana 2 shoot in Amritsar with lassi and a visit to Golden Temple". Hindustan Times. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Shanaya Kapoor starts shooting for her debut film; father Sanjay Kapoor says, 'work hard, focus'". Bollywood Hungama. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Bedhadak First Look: Karan Johar announces Shanaya Kapoor to debut opposite Lakshya Lalwani and Gurfatez Pirzada in Shashank Khaitan directorial". Bollywood Hungama. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  13. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (8 September 2023). "Karan Johar, Guneet Monga Kapoor, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat on Toronto Film 'Kill': 'Even 'John Wick' Gives You Some Respite, This Is Relentless'". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  14. ^ Hertz, Barry (5 July 2024). "Review: Spectacular, and spectacularly violent, Bollywood thriller Kill shoots for the, well, you know". The Globe and Mail.
  15. ^ a b "'Stardom': Aryan Khan shoots song sequence at the beach with Lakshya after wrapping up Bobby Deol's schedule". The Times of India. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Ananya Panday, Lakshya to star in Karan Johar's Chand Mera Dil; makers reveal actors' first look". The Indian Express. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Karan Johar's upcoming production 'KILL' starring Lakshya to be presented at the Toronto International Film Festival". Firstpost. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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