Director Karan S Tyagi speaks at the Kesari-2 trailer launch event

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New Delhi: The trailer of Kesari Chapter 2 has been launched. The film is based on the events following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the fight for justice led by Shankaran Nair, a lawyer and former president of the Indian National Congress. During this event, director Karan S Tyagi speaks about the film.  #Kesari2 #KesariChapter2 #Kesari2Trailer #AkshayKumar #AnanyaPanday #RMadhavan #Bollywood #HindiCinema #Kesari2Movie #Kesari2Release #Kesari2StarCast #Kesari2Story #Kesari2Review #Kesari2Action #Kesari2Update #Kesari2Songs #Kesari2BTS #Kesari2Climax #Kesari2Director #Kesari2Producer #Kesari2Posters #Kesari2BoxOffice #Kesari2IMDB #Kesari2Reaction #Kesari2Villain #Kesari2Historical #Kesari2BasedOnTrueEvents #Kesari2Scene #Kesari2LegalDrama #Kesari2Epic #Kesari2Trending

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00:00I was just inspired by the story of Shankar Nair, because when I was studying law,

00:06I realized that law has the power to bring about enormous change. And here I came across

00:12a story where the law and a court battle brought down an empire. So that, for me was very fascinating.

00:20And Shankar Nair, as Akshay sir also pointed out, he was a lawyer who didn't believe in

00:27sitting across a table and negotiating with the Britishers. He took the Britishers on in their

00:33court, using their laws. So the laws of this country were written by the Britishers, but

00:37Shankar Nair used them to make a mighty statement and to bring the empire down to their knees.

00:44So as a lawyer, there is no better court case. As a lawyer, there is no better, you know, narrative.

00:51So I was actually lucky that I came across this book. And, you know, I just hope that all of you

00:57really like this movie. And yeah, it's in the book where General Dyer's character is described

01:03with the utmost precision. So, it came from a lot of books. Then we underwent a lot of

01:08casting process, where we auditioned a lot of UK actors. Then we came across this lovely actor,

01:14Simon Paisley Day, who got the mannerisms of Dyer down to the T. He was, you know,

01:22a general who was very racist in his attitude. So, we got that spot on. So,

01:32I was very lucky to work with a very, very good actor.

01:41And then Amrit really backed the story and backed the script. And then we were very lucky that we

01:48met Karan. And he was the biggest, biggest pillar for us. And then through Karan, through Amrit,

01:54we met Akshay sir. And in the first meeting, Akshay sir was just so supportive. And he was

02:00so collaborative. And then we wrote the script over a period of two years. And Akshay sir had a

02:04huge role to play in the scripting process as well. And we just researched everything we discussed

02:09each and every scene. And it was the most beautiful experience. He was involved in

02:14discussing each and every scene, each and every dialogue. It has been the most collaborative

02:19experience ever.

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