Meet The Man Behind Kesari 2

'I found a story that merged my two passions, history and law. I couldn't have found a better story for my debut film.'

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Akshay Kumar may just have a winner on his hands with Kesari: Chapter 2, giving his career a much-needed respite from a spate of flops. The film, a courtroom drama revolving around the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, has been directed by first-timer Karan Singh Tyagi.

A lawyer by training, Tyagi has written OTT shows like Bandish Bandits and Kaalkoot. Kesari 2 may not have got it right historically, but Tyagi defends his work, "Just like my screenwriter hero Aaron Sorkin, who said that movies on real life events and people are not supposed to be photographs. They can be 'paintings'. In a painting, there is more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in creating a sense of drama."

How did you achieve this synthesis of history and fiction in your directorial debut?