Actor Akshay Kumar’s upcoming movie Kesari is all set to hit the theatre on 21 March. Before 'Kesari', Akshay has tried his hand at several patriotic themes and social issues such as 'Gold', 'Rustom', 'Padman'and 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'.

When Akshay is asked if patriotic films or socially driven films is his current focus, Akshay says that he doesn't like to get typecast. "It all depends on the story. I am doing 'Housefull 4' and I am doing a horror comedy too..."

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Talking about 'Kesari", Akshay said it is a story which needs to be told. Akshay Kumar said, "It is an emotional film. It is the story about those brave Sikhs who fought for their country. Unfortunately, not many people know about their battle. A year ago, when I was researching about it, there were hardly 3-4 articles on the internet, but now there are about 40,000 articles on them..” He further said, "I hope after this film, things will change and it will be added in the school syllabus.”

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Kesari is based on 1897 Battle of Saragarhi, in which 21 Sikh soldiers of the East India Company army fought 10,000 Afghan invaders.  Directed by Anurag Singh, 'Kesari' also stars actress Parineeti Chopra. It is due to release on Thursday.