Kesari Diaries: Anurag Singh On Akshay Kumar: No Starry Tantrums Or Ego Issues
Director Anurag Singh, who has teamed up with Akshay Kumar for their upcoming film, Kesari, says working with stars is a big responsibility. Anurag has directed Kesari that is based on the Battle of S
Director
Anurag
Singh,
who
has
teamed
up
with
Akshay
Kumar
for
their
upcoming
film,
Kesari,
says
working
with
stars
is
a
big
responsibility.
Anurag
has
directed
Kesari
that
is
based
on
the
Battle
of
Saragarhi
fought
between
the
British
Indian
army's
Sikh
Regiment
and
Afghan
tribesmen
in
September
1897.
"I
did
not
think
that
if
I
have
a
star
in
my
film
so
I
will
not
focus
on
anything
else.
Rather
the
responsibility
is
more
when
you
have
a
star
in
your
film
as
you
don't
want
to
dishearten
fans.
"The
budget
is
bigger
so
you
need
to
justify
that
also.
I
don't
think
a
filmmaker
is
relaxed
when
they
have
a
star
in
a
film.
I
am
rather
scared
that
what
I
make
should
be
received
well
and
people
should
like," Anurag
told
PTI.
The
filmmaker
praised
Akshay
for
his
professionalism
and
dedication.
"We
are
getting
to
work
with
a
star,
there
are
no
starry
tantrums
or
ego
issues.
He
comes
on
time,
is
disciplined
and
will
do
what
a
director
says.
Once
he
was
ok
with
the
script,
he
said,
'you
tell
me
what
I
have
to
do',"
said
Anurag.
There
were
other
two
films
to
be
made
on
the
same
subject
by
Ajay
Devgn
and
filmmaker
Rajkumar
Santoshi,
which
was
to
feature
Randeep
Hooda
as
Havildar
Ishar
Singh.
Anurag
said
he
was
aware
about
these
two
films
and
believes
everybody
has
the
freedom
to
make
a
film
on
any
subject.
"I
was
not
worried.
We
did
not
discuss
what
others
are
doing;
we
just
wanted
to
make
the
best
film
that
we
can.
We
were
aware
that
Santoshi
sahab
is
making
a
film
and
Ajay
is
also
doing
it.
"When
we
started
out
we
came
to
know
that
none
of
the
other
films
are
happening.
By
the
time
we
started
work
on
our
film
and
got
dates,
all
of
it
fell
in
place.
We
got
to
know
that
none
of
the
other
films
are
happening,"
he
said.