Gold (2018)

Directed by

Reema Kagti

Genre

athletics film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Tapan Das as he works to build and lead India's national hockey team to win its first gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It shows the team's journey and struggles against the backdrop of India's independence.

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What happens

Gold: The Dream That United Our Nation, or simply Gold, is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language period sports film written and directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sunny Kaushal and Nikita Dutta. Gold is based on the journey of India's national hockey team to the 1948 Summer Olympics and follows Tapan Das, the man who won India its first gold medal in the same event. Gold was theatrically released on 15 August 2018 during India's Independence Day. The film grossed ₹158 crore (US$17 million) against a budget of ₹61 crore (US$6.4 million) at the box office. Gold also became the first Bollywood film to be released in Saudi Arabia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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