Gold (2018 film)

Gold: The Dream That United Our Nation is a 2018 Indian historical sports-drama film based upon the
Gold
national hockey team's title at the 1948 Summer Olympics, directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Ritesh
Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment banner.[2][3] It stars Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Kunal
Kapoor, Vineet Kumar Singh, Amit Sadh, and Sunny Kaushal.

The movie became the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia.[4]

Contents
Plot
Cast
Production
Development
Filming
Soundtrack
Marketing and release
Box office
References
External links

Theatrical release poster

Plot Directed by Reema Kagti

Produced by Ritesh
After India's independence, a drunk Indian Hockey Team Manager (pre-independence), Tapan Das (Akshay
Sidhwani
Kumar), holds aspirations of playing hockey as a free country, coaching a novice hockey team to earn independent
India's first Olympic gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics while battling his own personal demons and the Farhan Akhtar
changing independence era. Written by Javed Akhtar
(Dialogue)

Cast Screenplay by Reema Kagti

 Akshay Kumar as Tapan Das[5] Story by Reema Kagti
Kunal Kapoor as Samrat[6]
Rajesh Devraj
Mouni Roy as Monobina Das, Tapan's Wife[7]
Amit Sadh as Raghubir Pratap Singh[8] Starring Akshay Kumar
Pradeep Chhatani as Amit Trivedi Mouni Roy
Vineet Kumar Singh as Imtiaz Ali Shah[9]
Kunal Kapoor
Sunny Kaushal as Himmat Singh[10]
Nikita Dutta as Simran [11] Amit Sadh
Lakshya Kochhar as Suryakant Pant Vineet Kumar
Joy Badlani as Mr. Harsh Kapoor Singh
Jatin Sarna
Sunny Kaushal
Udaybir Sandhu as Devang Chaturvedi[12]
Bhawsheel Singh Sahni as Tej Singh Randhawa Music by Songs and
Abdul Quadir Amin as Haries[13] background
Varun Singh Rajput as Aasim Bilal score:
Pravin Jaiswal as Basheer Ahmed Sachin–Jigar
Atul Kale as Mr. Mehta Additional
Darius Shroff as Mr. Wadia
songs:
Arko Pravo
Production Mukherjee
Tanishk Bagchi
Cinematography Álvaro
Development
Gutiérrez
The official announcement of the film was made in October 2016 by its lead actor Akshay Kumar.[14][15] The Arjuna
Edited by Anand Subaya
Award winner and former Indian national hockey team captain, Sandeep Singh, was signed to train the actors to
improve their hockey skills.[16] Production Excel
company Entertainment
Major shooting was done in Yorkshire and The Midlands, England.
Distributed by AA Films India
Director Reema Kagti said, "It’s a fictional take on what happened. Also, it is not just the golden victory in 1948 we Zee Studios Intl
will be looking at, but it will encompass 12 crucial years in India’s history."[17] Release date 15 August 2018

Running time 153 minutes

Filming
Country India
The Principal photography of the film began on 1 July 2017 in Bradford, England.[18][19] The shooting of the film was
carried out in Yorkshire at Bradford, Doncaster and Rotherham.[20][21] After finishing the England schedule, the Language Hindi
production team of Gold moved to Punjab in September 2017 for its second schedule in which shooting was done in
Amritsar and Patiala.[22][23][24] Some parts of the movie were also shot in New Egerton Woolen Mills, Dhariwal a Box office est. 149.50
town in Punjab. The reason was the British infrastructure in the long established mill which resembled the post crore[1]
independence era. The final schedule of the film was completed in Mumbai in December 2017.[25] On 10 December
2017, Akshay Kumar announced that the filming process of Gold had been completed.[26][27]

Soundtrack
The music and background score of the film were composed by Sachin-Jigar. Additional songs were composed
Gold
by Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Tanishk Bagchi. The lyrics were written by Javed Akhtar, Vayu, Arko Pravo
Mukherjee and Chandrajeet Gannguli.
Soundtrack album by Sachin-Jigar,
Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Tanishk
Track listing Bagchi

No. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length Released 20 July 2018[28]

1. "Naino Ne Baandhi" Arko Arko Yasser Desai 4:01 Recorded 2017-2018
2. "Chad Gayi Hai" Vayu Sachin-Jigar Vishal Dadlani, 3:05 Genre Feature film soundtrack
Sachin-Jigar
Length 29:30
3. "Ghar Layenge Gold" Javed Akhtar Sachin-Jigar Daler Mehndi, 3:23
Sachin-Jigar Language Hindi
4. "Monobina" Vayu Tanishk Yasser Desai, 3:36 Label Zee Music Company
Bagchi Monali Thakur,
Shashaa External audio
Tirupati, Farhad Official Audio Jukebox
Bhiwandiwala (https://www.youtube.com
5. "Khel Khel Mein" Javed Akhtar Sachin-Jigar K. K., Sachin- 3:12 /watch?v=MVWoJpY70MU) on YouTube
Jigar
6. "Rasta Rasta" Javed Akhtar Sachin-Jigar Sukhwinder 3:03 Sachin-Jigar chronology
Singh, Sachin- Parmanu: Gold Stree
Jigar
The Story of (2018) (2018)
7. "Jaaga Hindustan" Javed Akhtar Sachin Jigar Divya Kumar, 5:07 Pokhran
Sachin-Jigar
(2018)
8. "Bolte Parini" Chandrani Arko Arko 4:03
Gannguli Arko Pravo Mukherjee chronology
Total length: 29:30 Daas Dev Gold Satyameva
(2018) (2018) Jayate
Marketing and release (2018)

The teaser for the film was launched on 5 February 2018.[29] The first poster of movie was released by Akshay Tanishk Bagchi chronology
Kumar on his twitter handle on 12 June 2018.[30] The trailer of the film was released on 25 June 2018.[31] Fanney Gold Satyameva
Khan (2018) Jayate
Some Emoji were launched on Twitter to promote the movie which worked by applying hashtag before specific
(2018) (2018)
keywords like #GoldMovie or #Gold2018.[32] These emojis were effective until 16 August 2018.
Singles from Gold
The movie was released on 15 August 2018 in India, to tie-in with Independence Day. International distribution
has not yet been announced, but is expected to be about the same time. 1. "Naino Ne Baandhi"
Released: 6 July 2018

Box office 2. "Chad Gayi Hai"

Released: 11 July 2018
Gold collected 13.25 crores from advance bookings before release.[33] Gold released on 3050 screens in India
3. "Ghar Layenge Gold"
netted 25.25 crores on its opening day. First day worldwide gross of Gold was approx. 38 crores. It collected
Released: 25 July 2018
10 crores on third day,taking three days combined collection to 43 crores.[34] Gold faced box office clash
4. "Monobina"
with John Abraham starrer Satyameva Jayate released on same day.[35] Gold became 3rd highest opener of
Released: 7 August 2018
2018 and best opener for Akshay Kumar.[36]
5. "Bolte Parini"
Released: 9 August 2018
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External links
Gold (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6173990/) on IMDb
Gold (http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/gold/) at Bollywood Hungama

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