Rakesh Chaturvedi Om, who had shared screen space with Akshay Kumar in last year's film Padman, has reunited with the action hero in Kesari. The actor will be seen as an Afghani in Kesari for which Akshay donned the turban to play Havaldar Ishar Singh.

Remembering how he bagged the role, he said, "I do theatre very regularly with actor Naseeruddin Shah in his theatre group Motley. So, director Anurag Singh and casting director Jogi have seen my couple of performances on stage with Mr. Shah. And one fine day, I got a call from Dharma office for the screen test. After 6-7 tests, Anurag Sir finalized me for this character."