A fire broke out on the sets of Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Kesari’ at a village in Maharashtra’s Satara district on Tuesday. The sources say that the fire was brought under control and nobody was hurt.
Akshay Kumar is playing the lead role in Kesari, which is based on the historic battle of Saragarhi that took place in 1897. The shoot of the film was taking place at Pimpode Budruk village in Wai tehsil, around 30 km from Satara.
Asked how the fire started, the police said the shoot had a scene depicting a bomb explosion and apparently some embers fell on set material in the vicinity. The makers were canning the climax and final portions of the film when this incident happened. While Akshay Kumar had returned to Mumbai after shooting for his portions for the day, the leading lady of the film Parineeti Chopra is currently on a vacation in Australia. So, all the members of the cast and crew were left unscathed by the mishap.
The film is being helmed by Anurag Singh and jointly produced by Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films and Azure Entertainment.
Kesari is a war drama inspired by the Battle of Saragarhi of 1897, where an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans. Parineeti Chopra is playing the female lead.
On the otherside, Akshay Kumar will also be seen in Shankar’s Sci-fi 2.0 in which Superstar Rajinikanth is playing the lead role.