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Akshay's 'Kesari' creates new box office records on first day

Akshay's 'Kesari' creates new box office records on first day

Mar 23, 2019
12:10 am

What's the story

This Holi, the box office turned Kesari, courtesy Akshay Kumar's recent release. Based on the Battle of Saragarhi, Kesari is one of the most talked about movies of the year. Given the palpable excitement for Akshay's war drama, the movie set the box office on fire. Helmed by Anurag Singh, Kesari created new records at the box office on the first day itself.

Collection

Surprising all, 'Kesari' emerges as highest opener of 2019

After the intriguing trailer left the audience mesmerized, it was expected that Kesari would open to a decent collection. But much to everyone's surprise, the war drama went on to emerge as the highest opener of the year. Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to declare, "Kesari roar. Emerges the biggest opener of 2019 [so far]. Thu Rs. 21.50 cr. India biz".

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'Kesari' is Akshay's second biggest opener, informs Adarsh

Opener

'Kesari' replaces '2.0' to emerge as Akshay's second highest opener

Furthermore, Kesari went on to become Akshay's second highest opener ever. The first place is taken by Akshay's 2018 release Gold, which opened to an impressive collection of Rs. 25.25 cr. While Gold was followed by Akshay-Rajinikanth's 2.0, with the first day collection of Rs. 20.25 crore, it has now been replaced by Kesari. We wonder how many records Kesari will shatter.

Story

'Kesari' is the story of 21 brave heart Sikh soldiers

For the uninitiated, Kesari narrated the story of the Battle of Saragarhi, which is said to be one of "the bravest battles ever fought" in the history of the world. This battle was fought between 21 soldiers of the British Indian Army's Sikh Regiment and 10,000 Afghan tribesmen in September 1897. The regiment, which was led by Havildar Ishar Singh, fought till their death.

Information

'Kesari' leaked online by TamilRockers, just a day after release

Meanwhile, Kesari became the recent target of piracy giant TamilRockers and was leaked online just a day after its theatrical release. According to media reports, the movie was available for free download in HD quality. Would this affect the movie's collections? Only time will tell.