Indian star Akshay Kumar’s latest outing Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story Of Jallianwala Bagh made an opening collection of $5.8 million worldwide. The film, based on a book, made it to the top grossing films for the weekend on Comscore’s latest list. Kesari Chapter 2 made $4.2 million in India in its first three days at the box office.
Akshay Kumar Scores Big Opening With Kesari Chapter 2
Kesari Chapter 2 is a captivating film that has engrossed critics and fans alike. The film saw an impressive box office run over the first weekend at the ticket windows. Directed by debutant Karan Singh Tyagi, Kesari Chapter 2 is based on the book The Case That Shook The Empire. Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat wrote the book. The film features Akshay Kumar alongside R Madhavan and Ananya Panday in important roles. Amit Sial, Regina Cassandra, Mark Bennington, Simon Paisley Day, and Alexx O’Nell also play pivotal roles in the film.
Kesari Chapter 2: Box Office Report
Kumar’s new film made an opening collection of $1.5 million worldwide. Kesari Chapter 2 is now the fourth highest-opening Hindi film of 2025. The third one on the IMDb’s list is Kumar’s Sky Force which is preceded by Chhaava and Sikandar.
After making a humble opening, Kesari Chapter 2 saw as significant rise at the box office on Saturday. It scored $2.5 million in India and $3.6 million worldwide by the end of two days at the ticket windows.
The Sunday collection for Kesari Chapter 2 rose significantly. The film made a global gross collection of $5.8 million and ranked at the ninth spot on Comscore’s list of highest-grossing films worldwide for the weekend ending April 20.
Kesari Chapter 2
Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story Of Jallianwala Bagh is about the real story of Indian lawyer Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair. He served as the Advocate-General of Madras and was a member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in early 1900s. He was also the elected president of Indian National Congress in the late 1890s. Kumar’s film focuses on Nair’s fight against the British Crown, a case that resulted in the world recognizing the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919).
Tyagi smoothly combines warm emotions and the brilliance of Nair’s personality that results in an engaging movie. The three lead actors – Madhavan, Kumar and Panday – display exceptional acting prowess that makes the audience ebb and flow with the story as and when it gets emotional, sad, angry or motivational.
A major feat that the director manages to achieve is that theatrics suitable for Kumar’s stardom and fanbase do not seem too exaggerated even in this realistic movie because of the points at which we see them in the narrative. Tyagi also manages to highlight issues that remain relevant even decades after the case – issues such as misuse of legalities to crush dissent and the suppression of the media speak to today’s global realities.
Kesari Chapter 2 omits quite a few important aspects of Nair’s life, but whatever it chooses to pick and show, the film treats it with utmost cinematic brilliance and sensitivity. The film gets a little loud for its own tone towards the end, but Kumar and Madhavan manage to maintain the engrossing grip on the audience with their brilliant performances.