Akshay Kumar is back in action and how! The Khiladi of B- town is right now on a spree of giving his fans the different shades of patriotism. Be it Airlift or be it an awareness film like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, the handsome Kumar knows how to entertain his audience with right amount of preaching. Now, he is back with another patriotic flavoured movie named ‘Gold’ where he is seen as a hockey player who makes India proud by winning Gold.

Uttering the line, “Hum ek pagal Bengali hai, hum hockey se pyaar karta hai", the mad man brings to India, the first Olympic medal for the country as a free nation in 1948. The teaser shows him in a slight funny manner yet decisive, ambitious and endearing, all at the same time. Check out the video right here.

The period film is high on energy and also has other stars like Amit Sadh, Kumal Kapoor and Mouni Roy in the lead. The movie is directed by Aamir Khan starrer Talaash maker Reema Kagti and bankrolled by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani.

Talking about the film, Ritesh earlier told PTI, “"It is not a biopic. It is a completely fictional story, but it is set against a real backdrop between 1933-48 India about what the country was, the sports... About hockey. It is not based on any character. We have set it in real events so people (often) confuse it with a biopic. It talks about the era in which we achieved Independence and what happened with sports, (primarily) hockey at that time.” Well, the teaser sure piques our interest and is releasing on August 15 this year. So, you too let us know your view in the comments section below.

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