{"id":296804,"date":"2025-05-03T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/ananya-panday-shadowed-a-lawyer-took-dialect-classes-akshay-kumar-understood-the-core-emotion-says-kesari-2-director-karan-singh-tyagi\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:52:07","slug":"ananya-panday-shadowed-a-lawyer-took-dialect-classes-akshay-kumar-understood-the-core-emotion-says-kesari-2-director-karan-singh-tyagi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/ananya-panday-shadowed-a-lawyer-took-dialect-classes-akshay-kumar-understood-the-core-emotion-says-kesari-2-director-karan-singh-tyagi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ananya Panday shadowed a lawyer, took dialect classes; Akshay Kumar understood the core emotion,\u2019 says Kesari 2 director Karan Singh Tyagi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kesari Chapter 2, directed by Karan Singh Tyagi,<\/a> <\/strong>received largely good reviews<\/a><\/strong> upon its release and at the ongoing Waves Summit 2025, Karan praised actors, Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday, for delivering \u201cincredible performances\u201d in the film. During the SCREEN panel discussion titled \u2018Old Ghosts, New Generation: Portrayal of Colonial History in Indian Cinema and its Relevance\u2019, Karan called Akshay and Madhavan \u201cpowerhouses of talent\u201d and shared that Akshay understood his intention behind making the film<\/a><\/strong> pretty early on. He also spoke about Ananya\u2019s preparation for her character.<\/p>\n

\u201cAkshay understood pretty early on that we were making the film for two reasons. One, we were making the film to honour the lives of people who died at Jallianwala Bagh. They came to celebrate Baisakhi and they left as martyrs. We wanted to honour their sacrifice. So he understood that core emotion and he also understood that we are bringing to light, a person\u2019s life that the world doesn\u2019t know about, which is Sankaran Nair. He came on board as far as these two emotions are concerned,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

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Karan also spoke about R Madhavan\u2019s fictional character Neville McKinley and said, \u201cAs far as R Madhavan is concerned, he is a stalwart. And we are so lucky that he played a part in our film.\u201d He added, \u201cEvery great protagonist requires a very strong antagonist and for us, Maddy sir was that. So when Maddy sir enters the courtroom, we wanted the audience to feel that Sankaran Nair has a worthy opponent, that Sankaran Nair can lose the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking about Ananya\u2019s character Dilreet Gill, Karan said, \u201cI have put in very little effort, it was Ananya who put in a lot of effort in creating the character of Dilreet Gill along with me.\u201d He further shared, \u201cWe looked up at a lot of pictorial references of women lawyers of that time, Cornelia Sorabji being one of them. We modeled her look on Amrita Shergill. And Ananya went to the extent of shadowing a female lawyer in the Bombay High Court to understand courtroom mannerisms. She took dialect classes to get the Punjab diction right and what you see on screen is a result of her hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kesari Chapter 2 is still in theatres.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n