Kesari Chapter 2
| Kesari Chapter 2 | |
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| Directed by | Karan Singh Tyagi |
| Written by | Karan Singh Tyagi Amritpal Singh Bindra |
| Dialogues by | Akshat Ghildial |
| Based on | The Case That Shook The Empire by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat |
| Produced by | Hiroo Yash Johar Aruna Bhatia Karan Johar Adar Poonawalla Apoorva Mehta Amritpal Singh Bindra Anand Tiwari |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Vicky Kaushal |
| Cinematography | Debojeet Ray |
| Edited by | Nitin Baid |
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| Distributed by | Dharma Productions |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹150 crore |
| Box office | ₹142–144.35 crore |
Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical courtroom drama film directed by Karan Singh Tyagi and produced by Dharma Productions, Leo Media Collective, and Cape of Good Films. A spiritual sequel to Kesari (2019), the plot is based on the book The Case That Shook The Empire by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat, which is centered around C. Sankaran Nair and the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The film stars Akshay Kumar as Nair alongside R. Madhavan, Ananya Panday and Regena Cassandrra.
Kesari Chapter 2 was released on 18 April 2025, coinciding with the 106th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.The film received positive reviews from both critics and the audience alike, but underperformed at the box office. At the 56th IFFI 2025 it fetched the Best Debut Film of a Director trophy.