FIR Filed Against Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 For Allegedly Insulting Bengal’s Freedom Struggle

An FIR has been filed against seven producers of the film Kesari Chapter 2for allegedly distorting the history of West Bengal’s contribution to India’s freedom struggle. The complaint has been registered under multiple sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Bidhannagar South police station after the ruling government of Bengal accused the makers of insulting Bengali revolutionaries.

The controversy erupted over a scene that allegedly misrepresents freedom fighters Khudiram Bose and Barindra Kumar Ghosh. As per the ruling Trinamool Congress Party leaders in Bengal, Bose was referred to as Khudiram Singh, whereas Ghosh was called Birendra Kumar from Amritsar. In a press conference, the political leaders called it a ‘deliberate distortion of history’ and a ‘deep insult to Bengal’.

Meanwhile, Kesari Chapter 2 has been directed by debutant Karan Singh Tyagi and stars Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, Ananya Panday and Regena Cassandra among others.

The film chronicles the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, one of the darkest chapters in Indian history. It stars Akshay Kumar as the lawyer and former Indian National Congress President C. Sankaran Nair. Madhavan plays the fierce opposition lawyer, Neville McKinley, in the trial that followed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Meanwhile, Ananya Panday plays lawyer Dilreet Gill.

Filmfare’s review of Kesari Chapter 2 reads, “The film might be hugely fictional and overly dramatic, but it does bring home the point that the British were able to effectively control us from across the seven seas just because a majority didn’t revolt against them. Sankaran Nair was a judicial reformer who dared to go against the tide, and his efforts should rightly be lauded. Kudos to the filmmakers who brought to light this long-forgotten hero, who sadly passed away in 1934, long before India’s Independence. Watch Kesari Chapter 2 for Akshay Kumar’s and R Madhavan’s performances and for its message of unity and judicial integrity, much needed in today’s times.”