Anurag Singh's Kesari is a period war drama feature film in Hindi. Kesari stars the fresh pairing of Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles.
Anurag last directed a Bollywood film back in 2007 titled Raqeeb which was also his debut feature film, he then went on to make a number of Punjabi films which were both critically acclaimed as well as did good business. Kesari is Anurag's second Bollywood film and is based on The Battle of Saragarhi. The story is about army of mere 21 sikhs who fought valliantly against 10,000 Afghans in 1897. The film is set to hit the screen of 21st March.
Direction: Anurag Singh | Cast: Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra, Bhagyashree, Edward Sonnenblick, R. Bhakti Klein, Mark Bennington, Toranj Kayvon, Vikram Kochhar, Sonia Albizuri, Ashwath Bhatt, Mir Sarwar, Bhawani Muzamil, Rimple Dhindsa, Murray Kerr
Writer: Girish Kohli, Anurag Singh
Based on: Battle of Saragarhi
Associate producer: Gaurav Bose
Producer: Karan Johar, Sunir Kheterpal, Akshay Kumar, Apoorva Mehta
Line producer: Somesh Shivraj, Navmeet Singh
Cinematography: Anshul Chobey
Film Editing: Manish More
Casting director: Jogi Mallang
Music: Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gurmoh, Jasleen Royal
Score: Raju Singh
Costume Design: Sheetal Sharma
Unit production manager: Punit Kumar
Production assistant: Varil Shah
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: Harshit Bhatia, Manav Bhinder, Kunal Mehta, Kavya Pande, Ambica Rana, Eeshaan Roy, Alyjah Sheikh
Production sound mixer: Sanjay Chaturvedi
Sound editor: Yash Darji, Pratik Goswami
Visual effects supervisor: Akhilesh Jain, Prashant Thakur
Action director: Parvez Shaikh
Stunts: Riley Suter
Stunt coordinator: Parvez Shaikh, Lawrence Woodward
Animator: Masod-Nasir
Casting assistant: Richa Gupta
Choreographer: Vijay Ganguly
Production company: Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films, Azure Entertainment, Zee Studios
