Akshay Kumar plays the lead role in the disappointing recreation of the Battle of Saragarhi

On paper, Kesari has it all to please: a remarkably valuable contest and places of evocative sacrifice (Wai in Maharashtra, Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh) that credibly reproduce the battle site in the North-West Frontier Province in present-day Pakistan, as well as an esteemed support cast. The main character Akshay Kumar, who has jumped to the rescue in many movies, also appears as an imminent figure in the role of Isher Singh, who leads the 36th Sikh Regiment to death and eternal glory.

Anurag Singh and his co-author Girish Kohli have no excuses for botching the material, but they do it anyway. Kesari is a mediocre attempt to revisit a chapter of Indian military history that has aroused the admiration and even celebrated of the British colonizers. today in Punjab.

Kesari (2019) With the permission of Dharma Productions / Zee Studios

The opening sequences are auspicious: Isher Singh participates in a skirmish with tribes Afghans who establishes his personal code of honor and his independent spirit.His British superior, Lawrence (Edward Sonnenblick), however, disapproves of the acts of Isher and sends him to the head of the nearby neighbor of Saragarhi, where, it is said, nothing happens

Isher Comes in search of the 36th Sikh Regiment in disarray As a captain taking charge of an unruly cricket team, Isher gives his men a boost, just in time to face the Afghans in raiding, led by the fundamentalist cleric Saidullah (Rakesh Chaturvedi). [19659002] The writers of the film put a revisionist religious point of view on the will of Isher and his men to give their life for their masters br The cleric is reprimanded for invoking religion for a territorial struggle and his kohl eyes doubled, the frequent use of the word "jihad" and incessant cruelty call him a villain. And yet, Isher turns out to be the mirror image of the cleric, leading his men to act in the name of Sikhism and invoking Sikh legends to remind them of their legacy.

The confrontation that should be between the 21 and the thousands of others becomes a conflict between religions. Afghans are portrayed as religiously minded savages who plunder and slaughter in twisted ways. "They attacked our religion," says a character to Isher, explaining what exactly this battle is.

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The loss of a process is an opportunity to stage a pure war drama and a great force. The 150 minutes, which include flashbacks on the parody of the woman he marries afterwards (played by Parineeti Chopra), and the wacky comic attempts of humor very often slow the momentum. A film that should have spoken about one last legendary fight becomes another starring vehicle for Akshay Kumar, who is the only character to have a late story. The other soldiers, including characters played by Vansh Bharadwaj and Pritpal Pali, are not awarded this honor and do not distinguish between them by their turbans and their beards badorted.

Akshay Kumar spreads his vocal cords up to breaking point . Kesari but its presence proves to be one of the many deterrents. Mohit Raina also played this role in the television series 21 Sarfarosh – Saragahri 1897 . The character of Kumar is a variant of the captainless superheroes that he has starred in so many movies. His distinctive voice and body language boast of the militiamen and policemen he has described in the past, as well as his acts of sanctification and statesmanship (helping the inhabitants build a mosque, sparing them the life of a warrior child on the battlefield) interrupt the action.

The film is the most engaging animated sequence of action animated by Anurag Singh and filmed by Anshul Choubey. They produce moments of inspiration, including the suggestion of Isher Singh originally the telescopic rifle and a sniper with glbades.

The design of the production and the costumes, as well as the places, bring us back to the end of the 19th century, but the religious tone of the film and its inability to see the battle as a territorial conflict opposing colonial subjects and colonizers place it resolutely in the present. As they die one by one, surely and mercilessly, Isher Singh and his men take their place in the pantheon of Sikh martyrs. For whom we are fighting, Isher suffers loud enough to be heard across the Hindu-Kush mountain range, and the answer gives a boring movement around a memorable stalemate.