Akshay Kumar's next, GOLD, directed by Reema Kagti is this year's big Independence Day release. The film also marks the Bollywood debut of television starlet Mouni Roy. While it's more than fifteen days for the film's release, the buzz around it is already high. Now adding to the excitement, Akshay today revealed that the film will release in IMAX theatres on August 15.

Sharing the news on Twitter, the actor wrote, "Excited to share the news that you can experience Gold in IMAX. Watch the new 60 sec trailer launching with IMAX tomorrow. Stay tuned! #GoldIMAXTrailer @excelmovies @IMAX"

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Well, we are certainly looking forward to the new trailer releasing on Wednesday.

GOLD is about Indian hockey team's first gold medal win for an independent India. The actor is excited about the film and is confident that the audience would love the story, which he says was 'important to be told'. In the film, Akshay plays the character of Tapan Das, the manager of the team, who motivates and brings together the 11 hockey players to play to win gold.

During a recent media interaction, Akshay also gave away some details about his character and said, "He is a controversial guy. He is a drunk and a cheater. But within a year, he brought 11 people together, made a team and went for Olympics, won the gold medal."

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He was also all praises for his director, Reema Kagti and said, "Reema is a tough master, she handled the sports thing very well. I salute her. It is commendable. It is a tough film to handle as you are taking the audience to the time period of 1936, then 1947 and 1948, she had to do so much homework. To make a film in that era is a very difficult job".

GOLD, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, also stars Kunal Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Amit Sadh and Vineet Singh. The film will clash with John Abraham and Manoj Bajpayee starrer Satyameva Jayate.