Akshay Kumar shares a new still from Kesari on the occasion of Baisakhi

Akshay Kumar will be seen in a never-seen-before avatar in the period drama, Kesari. The movie also starring Parineeti Chopra is slated to release in 2019. Akshay today shared a new still from the film wishing everyone on the occasion of Baisakhi. In the picture, Akshay is seen looking intently at the onset of dawn. The still is extremely intriguing and Akshay's transformation will stun you. 

Meanwhile, Akshay will next be seen in Gold where he is paired alongside Mouni Roy and others. Akshay also has Housefull 4 in the pipeline. Kesari is based on the Battle of Saragarhi. The actor will be seen playing the role of a military commander of 21 Sikh soldiers named Havaldar Ishar Singh who fought against thousands of Afghani invaders.

 Talking about Kesari, Akshay stated to a leading tabloid, "It is not that I will do only this kind of film. I am doing a war film called Kesari, it is for the first time that I am doing a war film, it is new for me. So I am very excited about it."Besides, the makers of Kesari got Lawrence Woodward (stunt coordinator of films like Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road and Moulin Rouge) to choreograph the action sequences, according to a leading tabloid.

 A source informed the tabloid, "Lawrence has already met the makers on his last visit to Mumbai and will be returning in December to start prep with Akshay. Kesari is heavy on action and Lawrence will be training the actor in sword-fighting besides rehearsing for other action sequences, which also includes hand-to-hand combat. They start shooting from the first week of January in Mumbai, followed by a schedule in Wai, a town in Satara district where huge sets of the Saragarhi and Gulistan forts, as well as a village, will be erected and then later at Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh."