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 by Reema Kagti
Produced by
Written by Javed Akhtar
(Dialogue)
Screenplay by Reema Kagti
Story by
Starring
Music by Songs and background score:
Sachin–Jigar
Additional songs:
Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Tanishk Bagchi
Cinematography Álvaro Gutiérrez
Edited by Anand Subaya
Production
company
Distributed by AA Films India
Zee Studios Intl
Release date
  • 15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)
Running time
 153 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹107 crore[1]
Box office est. ₹151.43 crore[2]

Gold: The Dream That United Our Nation is a 2018 Indian historical sports-drama film based upon the 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.[3][4] 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.[5]

Plot

After India's independence, a drunk Indian Hockey Team Manager (pre-independence), Tapan Das (Akshay 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 changing independence era.

Cast

Production

Development

The official announcement of the film was made in October 2016 by its lead actor Akshay Kumar.[15][16] The Arjuna Award winner and former Indian national hockey team captain, Sandeep Singh, was signed to train the actors to improve their hockey skills.[17]

Major shooting was done in Yorkshire and The Midlands, England.

Director Reema Kagti said, "It’s a fictional take on what happened. Also, it is not just the golden victory in 1948 we will be looking at, but it will encompass 12 crucial years in India’s history."[18]

Filming

The Principal photography of the film began on 1 July 2017 in Bradford, England.[19][20] The shooting of the film was carried out in Yorkshire at Bradford, Doncaster and Rotherham.[21][22] After finishing the England schedule, the production team of Gold moved to Punjab in September 2017 for its second schedule in which shooting was done in Amritsar and Patiala.[23][24][25] Some parts of the movie were also shot in New Egerton Woolen Mills, Dhariwal a town in Punjab. The reason was the British infrastructure in the long established mill which resembled the post independence era. The final schedule of the film was completed in Mumbai in December 2017.[26] On 10 December 2017, Akshay Kumar announced that the filming process of Gold had been completed.[27][28]

Soundtrack

Gold
Soundtrack album by Sachin-Jigar, Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Tanishk Bagchi
Released 20 July 2018[29]
Recorded 2017-2018
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 29:30
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Sachin-Jigar chronology
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
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(2018)
Arko Pravo Mukherjee chronology
Daas Dev
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(2018)
Tanishk Bagchi chronology
Fanney Khan
(2018)		 Gold
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Singles from Gold
  1. "Naino Ne Baandhi"
    Released: 6 July 2018
  2. "Chad Gayi Hai"
    Released: 11 July 2018
  3. "Ghar Layenge Gold"
    Released: 25 July 2018
  4. "Monobina"
    Released: 7 August 2018
  5. "Bolte Parini"
    Released: 9 August 2018

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

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Naino Ne Baandhi"ArkoArkoYasser Desai4:01
2."Chad Gayi Hai"VayuSachin-JigarVishal Dadlani, Sachin-Jigar3:05
3."Ghar Layenge Gold"Javed AkhtarSachin-JigarDaler Mehndi, Sachin-Jigar3:23
4."Monobina"VayuTanishk BagchiYasser Desai, Monali Thakur, Shashaa Tirupati, Farhad Bhiwandiwala3:36
5."Khel Khel Mein"Javed AkhtarSachin-JigarK. K., Sachin-Jigar3:12
6."Rasta Rasta"Javed AkhtarSachin-JigarSukhwinder Singh, Sachin-Jigar3:03
7."Jaaga Hindustan"Javed AkhtarSachin JigarDivya Kumar, Sachin-Jigar5:07
8."Bolte Parini"Chandrani GannguliArkoArko4:03
Total length:29:30

Marketing and release

The teaser for the film was launched on 5 February 2018.[30] The first poster of movie was released by Akshay Kumar on his twitter handle on 12 June 2018.[31] The trailer of the film was released on 25 June 2018.[32]

Some Emoji were launched on Twitter to promote the movie which worked by applying hashtag before specific keywords like #GoldMovie or #Gold2018.[33] These emojis were effective until 16 August 2018.

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.

Box office

Gold collected ₹13.25 crores from advance bookings before release.[34] Gold released on 3050 screens in India netted ₹25.25 crores on its opening day. First day worldwide gross of Gold was approx. 38 crores. It collected ₹10 crores on third day,taking three days combined collection to ₹43 crores.[35] Gold faced box office clash with John Abraham starrer Satyameva Jayate released on same day.[36] Gold became 3rd highest opener of 2018 and best opener for Akshay Kumar.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Gold - Movie - Box Office India". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Gold - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Check out Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' look for Reema Kagti's next". DNA India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gold Becomes The First Bollywood Film To Release In Saudi Arabia". Headlines Today. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Meet Akshay Kumar as Tapan Das". Excel Entertainment Twitter. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Meet Kunal Kapoor as Samrat". Excel Entertainment Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Meet Mouni Roy as Monobina Das". Akshay Kumar Twitter. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Meet Amit Sadh as Raghubir Pratap Singh". Excel Entertainment Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Meet Vineet Kumar Singh as Imtiaz". Excel Entertainment Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Meet Sunny Kaushal as Himmat Singh". Excel Entertainment Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gold: Akshay Kumar's film also marks Bollywood debut of TV actor Nikita Dutta?". The Indian Express. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  13. ↑ "How hockey helped Udaybir Sandhu bag a role in 'Gold' | eTimes". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  14. ↑ "Abdul Quadir Amin: Movies, Photos, Videos, News & Biography | eTimes". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  15. ↑ "Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' is the story of India's first Olympic medal". The Hindu.
  16. ↑ ""My Olympian gold film with Akshay Kumar spans 12 years" – Reema Kagti". Bollywood Hungama.
  17. ↑ Sreeju Sudhakaran (1 July 2017). "Akshay Kumar reveals his look for Reema Kagti's Gold and it's pure vintage". bollywoodlife. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Akshay Kumar to begin shooting for Reema kagti's Gold in July". deccanchronicle. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Akshay Kumar starts shooting Reema Kagti's Gold in London". Hindustan Times.
  20. ↑ "Check out: Akshay Kumar starrer Gold goes on floor in Bradford". Bollywood Hungama.
  21. ↑ "Bollywood comes to Yorkshire - and helps the UK film industry strike Gold". BBC.
  22. ↑ "Yorkshire transformed into Bollywood film set for Gold". The Week.
  23. ↑ "Akshay Kumar's Gold moves to Punjab to pick its winning squad". Mumbai Mirror.
  24. ↑ "Gold: Akshay Kumar is enamored by the beauty of Amritsar while shooting for upcoming film". The Indian Express.
  25. ↑ "Akshay Kumar wraps up Patiala schedule of Reema Kagti's film on hockey player Balbir Singh, Gold". Hindustan Times.
  26. ↑ "Spotted: Akshay Kumar shoots for Gold at Wadala cricket ground". Mumbai Mirror.
  27. ↑ "Akshay Kumar Wraps Up Gold Shoot". News18.
  28. ↑ "Instagram post by Akshay Kumar • Dec 10, 2017 at 6:48am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  29. ↑ "Gold - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Saavn.
  30. ↑ Kumar, Akshay [@akshaykumar] (5 February 2018). "Abhi tak India chup tha. Ab hum log bolega aur duniya sunega. #GoldTeaser Out Now. @excelmovies @FarOutAkhtar @ritesh_sid @kagtireema" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 March 2018 – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ "Gold Poster: Akshay Kumar, Passion In His Eyes, Is Determined To Make India Proud". NDTV. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  32. ↑ "Gold trailer: Akshay Kumar is hell-bent on winning an Olympic gold medal for India". The Indian Express. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  33. ↑ "Twitter Launches Special Emoji For Akshay Kumar's Next, 'Gold'". Headlines Today. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  34. ↑ "Top Advances All Time - Gold In 11th Place - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  35. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (2018-08-16). "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Gold - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  36. ↑ "Satyameva Jayate Box Office Collection Day 1: John Abraham's film rakes in Rs 18 crore despite clash with Gold". 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  37. ↑ "Gold And Satyameva Jayate Score Big on Day One - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
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