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In less than a week, Kesari's Akshay Kumar has turned out to be a box-office blockbuster. The drama of the war surpbaded 100 crores on Thursday, making it the fastest film to reach this figure this year.
Kesari is a dramatization of the Battle of Saragarhi, where a small Sikh regiment of the former British colonial government was facing a Pashtun army.
The film is another addition to the "nationalist" films in which Akshay Kumar is the star. With the help of IMDb data and a broad categorization of 120 movies starring it, India's data intelligence service today discovered that the number of Nationalist films & # 39; from Akshay Kumar have been on the rise since 2010.
Dividing the genres into actions, nationalistic, dramatic / familial and romantic / comic, here is the trend of the movies in which the Khatron Ke Khiladi has played Most Number Of Movies in three phases (action 1991-1999, 2000-2010 Roma and nationalist 2010-2019).
(Note: The films on the themes of social change, patriotism, and historical significance come under the "nationalist" label.)
ACTION HERO PHASE (1991- 1999)
The 1990s, Akshay Kumar was described as a hero of action. He played the role of action hero in 83% of the movies in which he played during this period. During the same period, 9.8% of the films were nationalistic, 4.9% were romantic / comedy comedies and 2.4% were dramatic and family-oriented. A total of 41 films were taken into account for this.
Akshay began his career at Saugandh (1991), in which he played the role of hero of action, followed by Khiladi (1992). At that time, six films had the term "Khiladi" in their titles. Films like Kayda Kanoon (1993), Mohra (1994), Maidan-E-Jung (1995), Insaaf: The Final Justice (1997) and Jaanwar (1999) also belonged to the genre of action.
ROM-COM PHASE (2000-2010)
Our badysis shows that between 2000 and 2010, Akshay reduced the number of action films and began to play more in romantic and comic films.
Between 2000 and 2010, Akshay played in 45 films. Of this total, 55.6% belonged to the genre of romance and comedy. The percentage of action films fell from 83% to 12% and drama / family and nationalistic films accounted for 7% and 13% of his career during that period, respectively.
The famous humorous film Hera Pheri, starring Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty and Akshay Kumar, published in 2000. His sequel, Phir Hera Pheri (2006) also appeared during this period. Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Heyy Babyy (2007), Welcome (2007) and Singh is Kinng (2008) were some of his big comedies during this phase.
Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon (2004), Police: An Inside Story (2004) and Aan: Men At Work (2004) are the nationalist films in which he played during this phase.
NATIONALIST HERO (as of 2010)
After delivering for nearly two decades in action and romantic comedy films, Akshay's focused on films of national importance.
Statistics show that the percentage of films of national importance in which Akshay plays increased to 40.7% (2010-19) from 7% in the previous phase
During this phase, romantic / comedy films were reduced to 40.7%, action films to 14.8% and family fiction to 3.7%. [19659002] Films including Special 26 (2013), Holiday (2014), Baby (2015), Toilet E Prem Katha (2017), Pad Man (2018) and Kesari (2019) were either patriotic or had a social message to promote a cause.
Even among his upcoming films, Mission Mangal, Prithviraj Chauhan and Sooryavanshi are movies that fall into the category.
His interest in patriotism has also increased. Akshay often appears in advertisements promoting positive change in the country and shares patriotic messages on Twitter.
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