Kesari Chapter 2 Box Office Collection Day 2: Akshay Kumar's courtroom drama aims to cross Rs. 20 crore mark with a significant growth

Kesari Chapter 2 Box Office Collection Day 2: Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, and Ananya Panday starrer courtroom drama, Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh, opened strongly at the box office with Rs. 7.75 crore. The film, garnering a lot of attention, seemingly won fans' hearts, as the responses are positive on social media. As per Sacnilk, Kesari Chapter 2 earned more than Rs. 9 crore on day 2 at the box office. 

Kesari Chapter 2 Box Office Update

Kesari Chapter 2 tells the story of lawyer C. Sankaran Nair's legal battle against the British Empire to uncover the truth behind the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The film earned praise from fans as well as critics.

As per Sacnilk, the film managed to collect Rs. 9.50 crore on day 2, and with that, the film made Rs. 17.25 crore in total as of now. The film is expected to cross the Rs. 20 crore mark on day 3. 

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Kesari Chapter 2 cast

In Kesari Chapter 2, Akshay Kumar was seen as a lawyer, C. Sankaran Nair. R. Madhavan played a lawyer for the British side, Neville McKinley, while Ananya Panday played a lawyer, Dilreet Gill, who supported Nair. Regina Cassandra played Sankaran Nair's wife, Palat Kunhimalu Amma. Apart from them, the cast also includes Simon Paisley Day, Alexx O'Nell, and Steven Hartley.

Directed by Karan Singh Tyagi, the film is produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Aruna Bhatia, Adar Poonawalla, Anand Tiwari, and Amritpal Singh Bindra.

Meanwhile, the OTTplay review for Kesari Chapter 2 reads, "The film isn’t just a courtroom drama—it’s a case of the conviction of bringing the charm of the movies as an art form back to even a minimal extent. With Akshay Kumar donning the robe of Sankaran Nair, the film raises an objection against historical amnesia and sustains it with powerful performances."

Kesari Chapter 2 on OTT

Kesari Chapter 2, which hit theaters on April 18, will be available for streaming on JioHotstar, and the reports suggest that the film will drop on the OTT platform around June 20. 

Meanwhile, the plot of Kesari Chapter 2 follows the legal battle between lawyer C. Sankaran Nair and lawyer Neville McKinley. McKinley, played by Madhavan, was appointed to defend the British. The topic of the battle was to uncover the truth behind one of the biggest genocides, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The film covers the parts that history books did not include in the schools. The plot is also based on the book The Case That Shook the Empire by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat.