The new trailer of Akshay Kumar-starrer Gold has released, and it brings back Akshay in his Mr Bharat avatar. Gold is loosely based on the life of Balbir Singh, who was a part of the team that won the first Olympic medal for India as an independent nation in 1948. Powerfully combining sports and patriotic fervour, Gold has all the essential ingredients to be a blockbuster. It’s genre has proven to be hugely successful in the past.
Check out the latest trailer of Gold here:
This trailer focuses on Singh’s struggle to unite the members of the team, who were squabbling over various ego issues. The tension is palpable, and the message universal: only when the people of India rise above individual state, religious and cultural differences and focus on their joint Indian identity, can we achieve success as a nation.
Akshay Kumar makes an impassioned speech about the importance of standing together in unity.
Watch the first trailer, which released on 24 June, here:
Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment, the film is written and directed by Reema Kagti. It marks the Bollywood debut of Naagin fame Mouni Roy, and also features Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh and Vineet Kumar Singh in pivotal roles.
Gold is scheduled to release on 15 August, and will clash with John Abraham-Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Satyamev Jayate.
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