India, May 3 -- Karan Singh Tyagi's debut directorial Kesari Chapter 2 starring Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday and R Madhavan has had a gradual growth at the box office. But for the director, the box office numbers aren't as important as the "longevity of the movie and the love it is receiving". He says, "I have seen videos of people clapping, whistling, hooting, shouting slogans like 'Inquilab zindabad' with Sankaran Nair (played by Akshay) as he gives his last powerful monologue.

While the film showed lawyer Sankaran Nair filing a case against the British empire in the film, the records show that General Dwyer had actually filed a defamation case against the lawyer. He was given a choice to either apologise or pay a 500 Pound fine, and he...