Kesari

Awards

Album Awards:
• 2019 - Mirchi Music Awards - Album Of The Year - Jasbir Jassi, Tanishk Bagchi, Chirantan Bhatt, Gurmoh, Jasleen Royal, Arko
Song Awards:
• 2019 - National Film Awards - Best Male Playback Singer - Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - B Praak
• 2019 - Zee Cine Awards - Best Lyrics - Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - Manoj Muntashir
• 2019 - IIFA Awards - Best Lyrics - Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - Manoj Muntashir

Trivia

Album

• The film was a fictionalised account of the Battle of Saragarhi which took place in 1897 between the British and the Afghans. It was a last-stand battle in which 21 Sikh soldiers of the British army gave up their lives defending the fort of Saragarhi. They were awarded the Indian Order of Merit posthumously.
• The film was initially announced with Salman Khan as one of the producers. However, he parted ways with it before it went on the floors.[1]

Song

• Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - Disappointed at not winning the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song, Manoj Muntashir announced that he would not attend any award show again. The award was won by Ankur Tewari and Divine for the song "Apna Time Aayega" ("Gully Boy", 2019). Filmfare was criticised by many for giving as many as 13 awards to "Gully Boy" (2019) that year while ignoring other deserving nominees.[2][3]
• Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - In 2021, lyricist Manoj Muntashir released a video titled 'Whose heir are you? Choose Your Legacy And Your Heroes!' in which he denounced Mughal rulers as "glorified dacoits". The video resulted in a highly polarised debate on the legacy of Mughals with many in the Hindi film industry openly denouncing the lyricist. Days after the controversy broke out, some critics of Muntashir retaliated by levelling charges of plagiarism against him. They claimed that Muntashir's poem "Mujhe Call Karna" from his book "Meri Fitrat Hai Mastana" (2018) was simply a translation of Robert J. Lavery's "If One Day You Call" from his book "Love Lost: Love Found" (2007). There were also allegations that this song was originally by a Pakistani artist. On "Mujhe Call Karna", the lyricist accepted that the poem was inspired but also defended himself saying that being inspired by others' works was an integral part of writing poetry. On the plagiarism charges against this song, he said that it was original and the viral video attributed to a Pakistani singer was in fact a version rendered by the Gujarati folk artist Geeta Rabari.[4][5][6]
• Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jaawan - This was singer B Praak's debut Hindi film song. It was a rare instance of a singer winning the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer on his debut.
• Judai Pae Jaani - This song was part of Raju Singh's background score for the film. It was not included in the music album but was released separately as a single.

1. ^ Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar's Battle of Saragarhi film to be titled Kesari
2. ^ Teri Mitti lyricist Manoj Muntashir vows to never attend award shows after Apna Time Aaega wins Filmfare
3. ^ Gully Boy (2019)
4. ^ Manoj Muntashir's video denouncing Mughals kicks off social media storm
5. ^ Manoj Muntashir on allegations of plagiarism over Kesari song Teri Mitti: 'None of my creations are 100% original'
6. ^ Manoj Muntashir on plagiarism row: 'Teri Galiyan, Tere Sang Yara were inspired too, none of my creations are 100 percent original'