Kesari Chapter 2 director says it was ‘important’ to use f-word in Akshay Kumar film

Kesari Chapter 2 director Karan Singh Tyagi said that the f-word in the film was taken after thorough research.

Tyagi made his grand directorial debut with the Karan Johar-backed film Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh.

The film generated significant buzz following the release of its teaser, which featured Akshay Kumar using the f-word.

Now, in an interview with Filmy Shilmy, Karan has responded to the stir, revealing that the team conducted thorough research and consulted historians before including the phrase in the film.

Tyagi says it was very important for them to include the ‘f**k you’ in the film because, for them, the whole point was to look the British in the eye and say ‘f**k you’ for what they had done.

He says that was the courage they imbibed from Sankaran Nair’s story, and it’s the same courage they wanted to depict.

Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh is a historical courtroom drama produced by Dharma Productions, Leo Media Collective, and Cape of Good Films.

The film stars Akshay Kumar as Advocate C. Sankaran Nair, who challenged the British Empire to uncover the truth behind the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. R Madhavan portrays Advocate Neville McKinley, Ananya Panday plays Dilreet Gill, Regina Cassandra essays the role of Parvathy Nair (Sankaran’s wife), and Simon Paisley Day stars as General Reginald Dyer.

The film opened to a positive response from audiences, critics, and industry peers alike.

[Source: Hindustan Times]