Kesari is the first of a line up of Akshay Kumar starrer releases this year. As with momo of his releases it is neither a superb movie, nor a bad one, but somewhere in between.
The movie is about how 21 sikh soldiers stood and battled against an army of 10000 afghan soldiers. The movie has a good script which helps the movie. Unlike most other movies it gets straight to the point instead of beating around the bush and creating too many lengthy backstories for the characters. The script helps in creating character arcs mostly with the help of dialogues and thus does not need flashbacks. Thus within a short span of time you are able to empathise with most of the characters. Thus during the battle sequences you end up rooting for these characters, which is a positive for this movie. The movie's ongoings happen at a fast pace and thus kudos to the editors who have done well in making the movie fast paced and crisp. The action is well choreographed at most places, however the last action scene where Akshay Kumar is single handedly killing multiple afghan soldiers does not look authentic. The movie has been shot in really beautiful locations which have been captured very well on camera.
Akshay Kumar is ok in a role of a sikh soldier during British rule while Parineeti Chopra has too small a role to leave any impact. Acting wise the movie is ok with no spectacular performances.
Anurag Singh's good direction can be seen in both the emotional and action scenes and he seems to be able to handle them both equally well. However this is his first Hindi movie and I can't compare the movie with his other Punjabi works as I haven't seen them. Would be waiting for his next movie to get an idea of the kind of director he is.
Overall the movie is good for a one time watch. So anyone who wants to watch an emotional action movie can go watch this movie.
Rating - 3 / 5
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