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Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh released in cinemas on April 18 2025. Starring Akshay Kumar Ananya Panday and R Madhavan the historical drama has completed its five days of theatrical run today. Karan Singh Tyagi’s directorial had a promising start at the box office but saw drop in its earnings on its first Monday and Tuesday. According to Entertainment tracking portal Sacnilk the Akshay Kumar starrer saw rapid growth in the first three days of its release as it collected Rs 30.21 crore. On Day 4 Monday it earned approximately Rs 4.50 crore not even close to the amount collected on Sunday. On Day 5 Tuesday the film earned Rs 0.32 crore which is again comparatively less than a day before. Kesari Chapter 2 has reached a total of Rs 34.71 crore as reported by Sacnilk. Kesari Chapter 2 is leading in South India with occupancy rate of 72.25% in 47 shows followed by Hyderabad and Bengaluru. On Tuesday the film had an overall Hindi occupancy of 9.39%. Despite a drop on Monday and Tuesday Kesari Chapter 2  became the 7th highest-grossing Hindi film of the year surpassing the lifetime collections of Kangana Ranauts Emergency and Sonu Soods Fateh. It has entered the list of Top 10 highest Bollywood grossers of 2025.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Dharma Productions (@dharmamovies) Produced by Dharma Productions Leo Media Collective and Cape of Good Films Kesari 2 is receiving excellent receives from audience and critics alike. Akshay Kumar is being praised for his powerpact performance and dialogue delivery in court. Whereas R Madhavan’s impactful performance in a few scenes in second half and even Ananya Pandays portrayal has been highly appreciated. Several Bollywood stars took to social media to praise the film. Vicky Kaushal wrote An untold story told with so much grit sincerity and sensitivity! This is one hell of a directorial debut @karanstyagi. Katrina Kaif shared Akshay Kumar R Madhavan and Ananya Panday were just terrific. Congrats Dharma Productions Leo Media Collective and Karan Johar. Set against the backdrop of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Kesari Chapter 2 is giving tough fight to Sunny Deols Jaat with its holdover release. The courtroom drama will face its new competition from May onwards. For the unversed the Ajay Devgn starrer Raid 2 will be releasing on May 1.