Akshay Kumar is all geared up for his next release, Reema Kagti's GOLD. The film also marks the Bollywood debut of television starlet Mouni Roy and is slated to hit the theaters this Independence Day. With around two weeks left for the film’s release, Akshay announced on Tuesday that GOLD will also release in IMAX. Now as promised, the actor unveiled the GOLD IMAX trailer today on Twitter:
Take a look:
https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/1024581673164447745
The IMAX trailer of Gold begins with Akshay saying that he will take India to Olympics as the country is all geared up for Independence. The 1-minute long trailer further depicts his trails as the manager in order to maintain unity among the players. Finally, when they release that their true strength lies in uniting together, Akshay's character leads them to their first Olympic Gold as a free nation.
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Interestingly, films like Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Padmaavat and Dhoom 3 have seen an IMAX release, resulting in strong business for these flicks. Akshay's Gold will be the 6th film to be digitally re-mastered in the immersive format and released in IMAX theatres.
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.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGm4TKHG_kY