Big budget historical movies have always been a trend in Bollywood and one can easily expect a release every year. Year 2019 saw three such high budgeted movies where lives of historical legends came alive on  silver screens. Here is a comparison of three historical movies of 2019 with latest being Panipat. Take a look at list yourself and choose which one was your favourite historical drama of this year.

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Historical Bollywood movies

Panipat

Panipat is a Hindi langu period drama showcasing  epic battle of Panipat which occurred in 80s. film is directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar who has already proved his directing skills in this niche earlier in movies like Jodha Akbar, Lagaan, and Mohenjo Daro. movie is produced by Sunita Gowarikar and plot of movie is based on third battle of Panipat which took place on January 14, 1761, between n king of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas. Panipat stars Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti San, Zeenat Aman, Sharad Kelkar, Padmini Kolhapure in lead roles.  movie hit atres on December 6. movie was in news lately due to allegations by Marathi bestselling velist Vishwas Patil who stated that movie was adapted from his book of same name. 

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Manikarnika:  Queen of Jhansi

Kangana Ranaut starring as queen of Jhansi in movie Manikarnika:  Queen of Jhansi saw a critical as well as commercial success in box office. Due to massive success of movie, it will be released in Japan on January 3, 2020. historical drama directed by Kangana Ranaut and Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi showcases  strength, sacrifices and cour of Rani Laxmibai. Atul Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa, Suresh Oberoi, and Ankita Lokhande also played pivotal roles in film that was released on January 25, 2019.

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Kesari

Kesari was a war-based action film depicting  battle of Saragarhi fought between British Indian Empire and Afghan tribesmen.  Sikh soldiers were a part of British Indian Army and fought against Afghani invaders. fight between  army of 21 Sikh soldiers and thousands of Afghani invaders is considered to be one of greatest battles in Indian history. Every year, September 12 is celebrated as Sikh Military Commemoration Day in memory of Battle of Saragarhi. In movie, Akshay Kumar played role of military commander Havildar Ishar Singh who led army of 21 Sikh soldiers. Directed by Anurag Singh, Kesari released during Holi this year on March 21.

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