![]() ![]() Despite the commanding officer's orders to abandon the fort and flee, Ishar Singh and his men decide to fight till their death. Saidullah, with the entire Afghan army at his back, kills the woman Ishar Singh had rescued earlier in front of the Saragarhi Fort. Ishar and his battalion sees ten thousand tribesmen approaching and encircling the fort. John Haughton from Lockhart fort sees the Afghan Forces marching towards Sargarhi and alerts Ishar. Ishar Singh and Lal Singh go to a nearby village in search of their informant who hadn't reported to them for over three days. Meanwhile, Saidullah forms an alliance between the Afghan tribes and motivates them to mount an attack on British territories as a unified force. The troops are furious at first, but later begins to respect Ishar Singh after learning that he too was living without food. He enforces discipline by punishing all to live without food for an entire week. Upon arriving there, he finds the troop in a mess. Ishar Singh duly travels to Saragarhi fort. He is given a punishment transfer to Saragarhi fort, which sits between Gulistan and Lockhart forts, and enables communication between them. Nevertheless, Ishar Singh is blamed by his superiors for his actions which caused the breach of peace with the Afghans. Soon enough, the Afghans attack the British-controlled Gulistan fort, but are held at bay by Ishar Singh who fights valiantly, killing many Afghans. ![]() When the troops return to Gulistan fort, the British officer writes a strong report informing his commanding officer, who sits at the nearby Lockhart fort, of Ishar Singh's disobedience and insubordination. In defiance of the orders of his officer, Ishar Singh goes ahead and intervenes, fights off the tribesmen, and rescues the woman by killing her husband, thereby disobeying his immediate superior. The British officer refuses to intervene and save the woman for two reasons: firstly, she is an Afghan citizen and does not reside in British territory and secondly, it is a family matter pertaining to tribal custom, and the policy of the British Raj is to not interfere in such matters. Once, while on a border patrol, the troops see a group of Afghan tribesmen, led by one Saidullah, on the verge of killing a married Afghan woman because she refuses to accept her husband, who has been chosen by her family without her consent. The regiment is posted at Gulistan Fort, on the border between British-held territory and the Afghan border. His superior and commander is an arrogant British officer, who deems all Indians to be cowards, and is jealous of Ishar Singh because of his superior fighting skills. Ishar Singh is a havildar in the Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army. The film grossed over ₹100 crore worldwide in its opening weekend. It received positive reviews from critics, who appreciated performances of ensemble cast, visuals, production values, art direction, action sequences, and tribute, it had a good start at the box office, while the opening day morning collection was affected by Holi-related celebrations. The film was released in India during the Holi festival, on 21 March 2019. Produced on a budget of ₹80 crore (equivalent to ₹84 crore or US$11 million in 2020), the film was distributed internationally by Zee Studios. The soundtrack was composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gurmoh and Jasleen Royal with lyrics written by Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir, Kunwar Juneja and Bagchi. ![]() Principal photography for the film began in January 2018 and concluded in December. Parineeti Chopra was cast as the wife of Kumar's character. Initially planned as a production collaboration between Salman Khan and Johar with Kumar starring in the lead role, Kesari was announced in October 2017, with Kumar and Johar reprising their responsibilities Khan later quit the project. It follows the events leading to the Battle of Saragarhi, a battle between 21 soldiers of the 36th Sikhs of the British Indian Army and 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai Pashtun tribesmen in 1897. The film stars Akshay Kumar with Parineeti Chopra in a special appearance, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Sarwar, Vansh Bhardwaj, Jaspreet Singh, Vivek Saini, Vikram Kochhar, and Rakesh Sharma in supporting roles. It was jointly produced by Aruna Bhatia, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Sunir Khetarpal under the banners of Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films, Azure Entertainment, and Zee Studios. Saffron) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language war film written and directed by Anurag Singh. ![]()
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