Actors Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra starrer "Kesari" has raked in over Rs 21 crore at the box office on the first day of its release.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Friday tweeted: "'Kesari' roars. Sets the box office on (fire)... Emerges the biggest opener of 2019 (so far)... After limited shows in morning/noon (Holi festivities), the business witnessed massive growth from 3 p.m.-4 p.m. onwards... Evening shows saw terrific occupancy... 21.50 crores. India biz."
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has co-produced the film, tweeted: "Gratitude for the abundant love for our film 'Kesari'".
This is the cutest picture I’ve seen today, hope they enjoyed the film. God bless them ❤️ https://t.co/eJdu9TlabD
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 22, 2019
Gratitude for the abundant love for our film #Kesari! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 @SinghAnurag79 @akshaykumar ! pic.twitter.com/eZOefeRsrh
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) March 22, 2019
To everyone who is messaging me, thankyouu for the love!! 😍 Kesari was a film where I did not calculate my screen time - I just wanted to be a part of it!!! Thankyou @karanjohar @SinghAnurag79 & @akshaykumar for having me in the team!! ❤️😍This one is special ❤️ #Kesari
— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) March 22, 2019
congratulations for the biggest n grand opening of #kesari @akshaykumar paji can’t wait to watch it,n thanks for the surprise visit with @GurpreetGhuggi paji🤗 love u both 🙏 pic.twitter.com/aE01BStff3
— KAPIL (@KapilSharmaK9) March 22, 2019
Sat shri akaal @akshaykumar Paaji #Kesari movie going great guns n rocking at the box office..chak de phatte... pic.twitter.com/LI5RBASLK9
— King Mika Singh (@MikaSingh) March 22, 2019
Mubaraka to the whole team of #kesari @akshaykumar @SinghAnurag79 @ParineetiChopra @karanjohar @bhattchirantan
— Jazzy B (@jazzyb) March 22, 2019
Directed by Anurag Singh, "Kesari" is based on the historic Battle of Saragarhi in 1897.
The North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), saw 21 Sikhs of the 36th Sikh Regiment (now the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment) of British India, defending an army post against more than 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen.