Gold (2018 film)

Gold
The poster features Akshay Kumar and his team mates in hockey uniform. The title appears at bottom (gold).
Theatrical release poster
Directed byReema Kagti
Written byScreenplay:
Reema Kagti
Dialogues:
Rajesh Devraj
Story by
  • Reema Kagti
  • Rajesh Devraj
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyÁlvaro Gutiérrez
Edited byAnand Subaya
Music bySongs and Score:
Sachin–Jigar
Additional Songs:
Tanishk Bagchi
Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Production
company
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) (India)
Running time
151 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹61 crore
Box office₹158 crore[2][3]

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 an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sunny Kaushal and Nikita Dutta.[4][5]

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$19 million) against a budget of ₹61 crore (US$7.3 million) at the box office[6] Gold also became the first Bollywood film to be released in Saudi Arabia.[7] It was also released in Chinese theatres on 13 December 2019.

  1. ^ "Gold | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Gold - Movie - Box Office India". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Gold - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Akshay Kumar shares his first look from Reema Kagti's 'Gold' and it is intriguing! - See pic". Zee News. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Check out Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' look for Reema Kagti's next". DNA India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Gold".
  7. ^ "Gold Becomes The First Bollywood Film To Release In Saudi Arabia". Headlines Today. Retrieved 31 August 2018.