Kesari creating records at the ticket windows |
Kesari, Akshay Kumar`s war drama of the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi, performed well on its second weekend, bringing the total to Rs. 125 crore, it has been predicted that Kesari will cross the lifetime business of Akshay Kumar`s Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (Rs. 134.22 crore) to become his second highest earning film after 2.0 (the film`s Hindi version made Rs. 189.55 crore). At the ticket window, Kesari is battling new releases Junglee, starring Vidyut Jammwal, and Notebook, a Salman Khan film, starring newcomers Pranutan and Zaheer Iqbal. Pranutan is the granddaughter of late actress Nutan and the daughter of actor Mohnish Behl. As per a Box Office India report, Junglee has managed to collected over Rs. 13 crore in the opening weekend while Notebook scrapped only a few crores. According to critics, "Kesari has enough self-sustaining fire to be a well-above-average film. And with Akshay Kumar doing the heavy lifting with unwavering enthusiasm, the star`s fans will find it easy to get into the swing of this tale of extraordinary courage in the face of daunting adversity.". Kesari, also stars Parineeti Chopra in the film, is an incredible story of 21 Sikh soldiers fighting valiantly against 10,000 Afghan troops in the year 1897.
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