Kesari Chapter 2 trailer: Akshay Kumar and R Madhavan face-off in court over the Jallianwala Bagh case

The trailer of Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday starrer Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh was unveiled by the makers on Thursday. The period legal-drama is based on the case fought by lawyer and Nationalist leader C Sankaran Nair against the British Empire in the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It is directed by Karan Singh Tyagi.

The trailer opens with Akshay’s Sankaran Nair questioning General Reginald Dyer in court over the tragedy. He asks the British military officer whether he gave fair warning to those assembled at Jallianwala Bagh before opening fire. “They were armed,” retorts Dyer to which Akshay replies, “With what? Their kadas (Holy iron bangle of the Sikhs) or their fists?” As Akshay vows to fight against the Crown, he has to face R Madhavan’s Neville Mckinley, who is the defense lawyer for the British. Ananya Panday is also seen in the role of lawyer Dilreet Gill while Amit Sial seems to be playing a government officer on side of the Empire. The trailer is energetic and filled with rip-roaring comebacks.

The film is adapted from the book The Case That Shook The Empire, written by Pushpa Palat and Raghu Palat. It is a spiritual successor to the 2019 film Kesari, which also starred Akshay in the lead and told the story of the Battle of Saragarhi, where 21 Sikh soldiers fought against an army of 10,000 troops.

Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, Kesari Chapter 2 will be released in theatres on April 18.