'Kesari: Chapter 2' Completes 50 Days In Theatres With Hit Box Office Collection

Mumbai, June 6 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's Kesari: Chapter 2 is completing 50 days in theatres, emerging as one of the very few Indian films of the year to this much longevity. It is directed by debutante Karan Singh Tyagi and produced by Dharma Productions, in association with Leo Media Collective and Cape of Good Films.

Even as Akshay Kumar moves to the new release in the form of Housefull 5, it is Kesari 2, which proved to be one of the few successes the actor has had post the Covid-19 pandemic. It has minted approximately 145 crore worldwide collection so far and is among the top 5 biggest Bollywood grossers of the year.



No one had expected Kesari 2 to perform well at the box office, as the trade almost rejected it before the release. However, the movie put all the conservative trade projections to the dustbin, and emerged as a victorious at the box office despite the targeted negativity towards it.

It can be argued that the overall box office result of Kesari 2 is not up to the level Akshay has set over the years, but it must be admitted that it was among the films which was least expected to perform well. The title change nearly a month before the release did play its part, but the movie also struck a chord with the audience, resulting in a success at the ticket window.

Kesari 2 is one of the most memorable films in Akshay's career and easily the best-reviewed movie of the actor in the recent past. It is a spiritual sequel to the historical action film Kesari (2019), and its plot is based on the book The Case That Shook The Empire by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat. The movie is centred around C. Sankaran Nair and the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

The film stars Akshay Kumar as Nair, a lawyer who fought against the mighty British Empire to reveal the truth behind the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and also features R. Madhavan and Ananya Panday in key roles.

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