Revealed: Akshay Kumar to play a Hockey legend in his next!

We all are quite aware of Akshay Kumar‘s fondness for sports, and well, his next film seems to be on the lines of his love for Hockey. He recently unveiled the poster of his upcoming film ‘Gold’ and had shared that the film is based on the historic story of India’s first Olympic medal as a free nation.

Following this, we have now learnt that Akshay would be playing the role of Hockey legend Balbir Singh in this film. A source quoted to a leading daily, “Though the world is aware of Dhyan Chand, there is another hockey hero who has ironically not been talked about in the same breath. However, the fact is that Balbir Singh was the hero of the gold campaign that India enjoyed not just in 1948 but also 1952 and 1956 Olympics.”

India has won the Gold medal in each 1948, 1952 and 1956’s Olympics and Balbir Singh was one of the core members of the Hockey team then. This movie would mark his contribution to the victory of Indian Hockey Team in Olympics.

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Directed by Reema Kagti, ‘Gold’ is set to release on August 15, 2018.

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Nikita Thakkar

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