As India celebrates its iconic GOLD win today, sports legends share their 'Feeling of Gold'

By Gurpreet Kaur

on August 12, 2018

Reema Kagti directed Gold is all ready to hit the theatres on August 15. The film starring Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Vineet Singh and Sunny Kaushal is based on India’s first gold medal win as a free nation at the London Olympics in 1948. Now as India celebrates 70 years of free India's first Gold, the makers of the film have brought together the biggest sports legends in the nation to share their feeling of Gold.

Marking the iconic victory are biggest sports legends, including Kapil Dev, P.R. Sreejesh, Sunil Chhetri, Sania Mirza, Abhinav Bindra, Vijender Singh, Deepak Mallik, P.V. Sindhu, Balbir Singh and Sachin Tendulkar. In a latest video, all the sports personalities resonate with the patriotic feeling as they share their pride and happiness on witnessing the tri colour flying high after winning Gold.

Akshay, who would be essaying the role of Tapan Das, the driving force behind the victory of Gold shared the video. Take a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn-2GPOhqCA

Interestingly Balbir Singh, who was one among the ones who formed the legendary team winning India's first Gold, also opened up about his experience. The hockey player shared, "After winning the gold medal, it felt like as our flag is flying high, I am soaring with it too."

Also celebrating the victory, iconic landmarks across the nation would be turning Gold today. Twitter India too has been extending its support to the film by introducing Gold emoji.

Gold revolves around a man who dreams to win free India's first Gold in Hockey and his struggles to form a team to make his dreams true. The trailer evoked the inner patriotism of the audience with the heart-tugging trailer. Recently, the makers shared another trailer for the IMAX format showcasing the importance of unity within the team. The film has been shot across the UK and India, capturing the fascinating aspects of the pre-independent era.

Gold is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, helmed by Reema Kagti and is all set to release on the August 15, 2018.