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Kesari

Kesari

The bravest battle ever fought.

20197.02h 31m

Overview

In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.

Directed by Anurag Singh
Written by Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir, Tanishk Bagchi
Produced by Sunir Kheterpal, Apoorva Mehta, Karan Johar
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Top Cast

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

Havildar Ishar Singh

Parineeti Chopra

Parineeti Chopra

Jeevani Kaur

Mir Sarwar

Mir Sarwar

Khan Masud

Ashwath Bhatt

Ashwath Bhatt

Gul Badshah Khan

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'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi

Saidullah

Suvinder Vicky

Suvinder Vicky

Naik Lal Singh

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Vivek Saini

Jiwan Singh

V

Vansh Bhardwaj

Lance Naik Chanda Singh

P

Pritbal Pali

Gurvukh Singh

Vikram Kochhar

Vikram Kochhar

Gulab Singh

Themes & Keywords

kingdompatriotismbased on true storykinghistorical drama19th centuryperiodic

About Kesari

Kesari is a action, drama, history, war film released in 2019 exploring themes of kingdom, patriotism, based on true story, king, historical drama, 19th century. Directed by Anurag Singh, it stars Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra, Mir Sarwar. In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.

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