Akshay Kumar's first look from his film Kesari is out

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar's first look from the film 'Kesari'. Picture courtesy/Akshay Kumar's Twitter account

Akshay Kumar begins shooting on Friday, January 05, 2018 for his much-awaited film 'Kesari'. This is the same film, which was announced with Salman Khan and Karan Johar coming onboard as the film's producers. On hearing these three bigwigs joining hands for this epic saga, their fans couldn't contain their excitement. However, due to certain reasons, Salman Khan opted out of the association.

Akshay took to his Twitter account to release the first look of the film and wrote how proud and happy he is to begin 2018 with 'Kesari'. In the picture, Akshay is seen in an orange turban with a thick moustache and a long beard. He captioned it as, "Feeling nothing but immense pride and gratitude while sharing this. Beginning my 2018 with #KESARI, my most ambitious film and a lot of passion. Need your best wishes as always (sic)."

Talking about Salman's fallout from the film, Akshay himself cleared the air and said, "Yes, we couldn't do it. I am making the film with Karan Johar and that's it."

'Kesari' is based on 1857 Battle of Saragarhi between Sikh soldiers of the British Indian army and Pashtun Orakzai tribesmen.

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