R Madhavan
starrer 'Kesari: Chapter 2' is set to release in theatres on April 25. The second installment is a biopic on C Sankaran Nair and is a completely different story line from the first installment. However, it takes forward a lot of patriotic sentiments which are synonymous to both. Ahead of the release of 'Chapter 2', here's when you can watch '
Kesari
'.
One can watch 'Kesari' on Amazon Prime Video now. The film had originally release in 2019 and starred Parineeti Chopra alsongside Aksay. It was directed by Anurag Singh. It made around Rs 200 crore worldwide gross. The film takes forward the patriotic essence of 'Kesari' which was based on the Battle Of Saragahi.
Recently, the film is in the news, not just because of the release of '
Kesari 2
'. But also because Randeep Hooda has dropped some allegations on the makers of 'Kesari'. According to the 'Highway' actor, he had begun the film on 'Battle Of Saragarhi' much before. But he alleged that the makers of 'Kesari' played dirty wit him.
He said that he completed 30 to 40 percent of the shoot and then it was shelved abruptly. He told Shubhankar Mishra, "Woh picture ki shooting bhi hui. Woh lalchi logon ke lalach ki vajah se nahi bani. Usme main akela hi Sikh tha. Baki koi Sikh nahin tha.”
Randeep said that he gave up his role in the sequel to Extraction to be able to do justice to this film, but it was shelved. Thus, the actor was quite depressed.