Kesari (
transl. Saffron) is a 2019 Indian
Hindi-language
war film[4] written and directed by
Anurag Singh. It was jointly produced by
Karan Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Sunir Khetarpal under the banners of
Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films, Azure Entertainment and
Zee Studios. The film stars
Akshay Kumar with
Parineeti Chopra,
Vikram Singh Chauhan , Sarwar, Vansh Bhardwaj, Jaspreet Singh, Vivek Saini, Vikram Kochhar and Rakesh Sharma in supporting roles. 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.