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Kesari 2 minimises Sankaran Nair's contributions to the freedom struggle, it's historical fiction presented as an 'untold story'
June 22, 2025 6:03 pm
Most real-life stories are slightly modified when they are adapted in movies, but if one changes the central conflict and the verdict, then it’s historical fiction in the garb of an “untold story”.
FIR lodged against film Kesari Chapter 2 for ‘distorting historical facts’ after police complaint in Bengal
June 18, 2025 12:37 pm
Ranajit Biswas, a resident of Bidhannagar South, alleged that the film falsely portrays revolutionaries Khudiram Bose and Barindra Kumar Ghosh as ‘Khudiram Singh and Birendra Kuma’ from Amritsar.
Even as Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 shows an imagined past, it ends up confronting the present
May 07, 2025 6:45 pm
There’s something strange that Akshay Kumar’s casting brings to Kesari Chapter 2. It adds a necessary layer of subtext that becomes harder to ignore.
Kesari 2 was made with the intention to highlight Sankaran Nair's courage and bravery, says director Karan Singh Tyagi: 'Our goal was pretty clear'
May 03, 2025 6:51 pm
Kesari Chapter 2 director Karan Singh Tyagi spoke at the SCREEN panel at the ongoing Waves Summit 2025 about his film.
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 12: Akshay Kumar's courtroom drama prepares to take a hit from Ajay Devgn's Raid 2, passes Rs 70 crore
April 30, 2025 9:10 am
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 12: While the Akshay Kumar-starrer's nett collection in India is moving at a glacial pace, it has maintained its lead over Sunny Deol's Jaat and Emraan Hashmi's Ground Zero.
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 10: Akshay Kumar-starrer eyes Rs 100 cr club globally, makes impressive Rs 8.15 cr; destroys Sikandar and Jatt record
April 28, 2025 11:00 am
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 10 India and Worldwide: Akshay Kumar-R Madhavan film's domestic nett collection now stands at Rs 65.45, with its Sunday collection at an impressive Rs 8.15 crore.
Shashi Tharoor lauds Akshay Kumar's Kesari Chapter 2: 'What it did was capture the spirit of resistance...'
April 27, 2025 5:52 pm
While it has been earning positive responses from all quarters, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also stepped forward recently to heap praise on Kesari Chapter 2, calling it a "well-crafted film".
'Sankaran Nair put the whole British Empire on trial': Kesari 2 director reveals how Gandhi, who had his differences with the lawyer, changed his opinion
April 25, 2025 1:06 pm
Kesari Chapter 2 director Karan Singh Tyagi talks about researching for the film and the two book which gave rise to the film, Gandhi and Anarchy and The Case That Shook The Nation.
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 5: Akshay Kumar's film plummets to single digits amid historical inaccuracy backlash, passes Rs 50 crore mark worldwide
April 23, 2025 9:20 am
Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 5: Akshay Kumar's film has collected Rs 38.75 crore in India and Rs 56.6 crore worldwide.
Kesari 2 director addresses Akshay Kumar's 'f**k you' in the film, says they did their 'research': 'We wanted to look Britishers in the eye and say it'
April 22, 2025 6:15 pm
Kesari 2 director Karan Singh Tyagi says they researched the origin of the phrase before they included it in the script.
KESARI PHOTOS
Highest box office openers of 2019: Kalank, Kesari and Gully Boy
April 19, 2019 9:50 am
Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan starrer Kalank has become the highest box office opener of 2019. The film, helmed by Abhishek Varman, also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Aditya Roy Kapur, Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt among others.
Celeb spotting: Alia Bhatt, Janhvi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and others
March 15, 2019 6:28 pm
Alia Bhatt, Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra, Janhvi Kapoor, Waluscha De Sousa, Ishaan Khatter, Shefali Zariwala and a few others were clicked by our photographers today.
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