Kesari 2 Movie Review | Anupama Chopra | THR India

Anupama Chopra reviews "Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh," a historical courtroom drama starring Akshay Kumar as C. Sankaran Nair. In this review, Anupama examines how debutant director Karan Singh Tyagi brings to life the story of a lawyer who fought against the British Empire following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, noting that while Akshay Kumar may be miscast as a Malayali statesman, he delivers one of his more complex performances in recent years.

Anupama highlights the performances of R. Madhavan as the Anglo-Indian lawyer Neville McKinley, Ananya Panday as Dilreet Gill, and Krish Rao as a young boy who loses his family in the massacre. She observes that while the film prioritizes impact over historical authenticity and occasionally lacks persuasive plotting, it intermittently succeeds in telling the riveting story of a man who stood against an empire, calling it "the equivalent of a blunt-edged instrument which occasionally hits the target."

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