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Kesari

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Kesari

Released Mar 21, 2019

2h 30m

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A Sikh warrior participates in the Battle of Saragarhi.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

We get bloodshed in slow motion, a few good men fighting until their last breath and a plaintive soundtrack to underline their immense sacrifice. It gets a little exhausting.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 22, 2019

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Akshay Kumar is the film. And he pulls it off, keeping that 'kesari pagdi' aloft right till the end, delivering thundering speeches while keeping his men's morale up.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 22, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

It would have, perhaps, worked with good casting and performances supporting the main lead. However, in the one-man show, none of the other characters or actors turn out memorable.

Mar 22, 2019

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Surya Komal

Just for Movie Freaks

...despite Akshay Kumar’s noteworthy performance, Kesari falls flat in regards to storytelling, building up memorable characters and developing a tighter narrative, not beyond two-hours.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 30, 2025

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Sukanya Verma

Rediff.com

Akshay and Action are Kesari's strengths

Rated: 3/5

Apr 17, 2025

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

Firstpost

A barely disguised propaganda vehicle [that chronicles a] remarkable episode [of Indian history] with self-defeating twists.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2020

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Stephen C

2.5 hours based on a true story!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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Sameer Khan

Very fantastic movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Robert M

Wow A great movie with adventure, action, fun, exciting, and heart felt, Great acting, awesome cast, This movie is A must see. I was able to get fully absorbed into it from start to finish. Great filming location, special affects, timing & A movie you will tell AII to watch and see. I'm telling you it's well worth your time and add to your collection. God bless you all.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Audience Member

The movie was very engaging from the beginning to the end. Yes, the story must have been exaggerated, but it is on real extraordinary historical event. And those who did not know about the real event, they are in for a shock post movie how the actual event was beyond comprehension. Those critics who call themselves experts have left such a naive negative review that is is disappointing. Calling the movie to be "too much" bloodshed and killing that it becomes exhausting shows that they have no sense of the event the movie was made. It's like watching a baking show and complaining about too much baked products being made. I am ready to debate with these expert idiots to show how silly their comments are. If you don't like to see bloodshed, don't watch war based movies. Simple! This has to be one of the best battle based movies, up to the par of Dunkirk.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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watch full amazing movie online on https://glamcinema.com/

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/24

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Anil K

Very Mind relaxing movie.The soldiers killed the Muslim this is the point where my mind relaxed.But at the end we all over nation faded and we faced a invasion 😞

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/24

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Synopsis

A Sikh warrior participates in the Battle of Saragarhi.

Director: Anurag Singh
Producer: Karan Johar, Sunir Kheterpal, Akshay Kumar, Apoorva Mehta
Screenwriter: Girish Kohli, Anurag Singh
Production Co: Azure Entertainment, Dharma Productions, Zee Studios, Cape of Good Films
Genre: Action, History, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 18, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 2h 30m

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