Akshay Kumar opens up on his film ‘Gold’ being compared with SRK’s ‘Chak De!’

These days Khiladi Akshay Kumar is busy promoting his upcoming historical sports drama film ‘Gold’. Inspired from true events, the film will highlight the ‘golden era’ of Indian Hockey by showcasing the journey of Tapan Das, a young assistant manager in 1936, who dreams of playing for an independent India. Akshay will be seen playing the role of Tapan Das in this film.

Talking about his film being compared with Shah Rukh Khan‘s ‘Chak De! India’ (as even this film was based on Hockey), Akshay Kumar told PTI, “Everything will be a competition. For me, it is all about doing a good film. ‘Chak De’… was a different story, ‘Gold’ is different. It is frivolous to even think like that or competing with that film. Don’t compare it, it is all different.”

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Revealing about his character in the film, Akshay shared, “Tapan Das 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. I felt this story was unbelievable and needed to be told.”

The film also stars Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor and Vineet Singh and television actress Mouni Roy in a significant role. Directed by Reema Kagti, ‘Gold’ is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, and is all set to hit the silver screens on August 15.

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