SEE Gold first look: Akshay Kumar and Talaash director Reema Kagti team up for sports drama
Akshay Kumar is starring in Reema Kagti's Gold based on India's Olympic gold win as a free nation for the first time at the 1948 Olympics.
Akshay Kumar is finally teaming up with the 'Farhan Akhtar camp'. The Rustom actor tweeted the first look of Gold, his 2018 Independence Day release on Friday (October 21). Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment, Gold is the story of India's first Olympic gold win as a free nation.
Set in 1948, the historic story of India's first Olympic medal as a free nation, #GOLD coming to you on 15th August, 2018! pic.twitter.com/KPAExjtmYz Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 21, 2016
The Indian hockey team, led by Kishan Lal, won the Gold Medal for the fourth consecutive time at the 1948 London Olympics. This was the first time India won an Olympic medal as a free nation.
Akshay Kumar known for releasing his top films on Independence Day. Rustom released in the Independence Day week this year. The actor's next film with Neeraj Pandey, Crack, is releasing on Independence Day next year.
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Gold will be Reema Kagti's third directorial venture. Her first film Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), made under the Excel Entertainment banner, received mixed reviews and got moderate success at the box office. Her next, Talaash (2012) with Aamir Khan was again neither a hit nor a flop.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar is gearing up for the release of his Tamil debut 2.0, the sequel to Thalaivar Rajnikanth's 2010 science fiction film Enthiran. The Airlift actor is playing the baddie in the film.