Gold (2018 film)
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| Directed by | Reema Kagti |
| Written by | Screenplay: Reema Kagti Dialogues: Rajesh Devraj |
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| Cinematography | Álvaro Gutiérrez |
| Edited by | Anand Subaya |
| Music by | Songs: Sachin–Jigar Additional Songs: Arko Pravo Mukherjee Tanishk Bagchi Background Score: Sachin–Jigar |
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| Distributed by | AA Films |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹61 crore |
| Box office | ₹158 crore |
Gold: The Dream That United Our Nation, or simply Gold, is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language period sports film written and directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The film stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sunny Kaushal and Nikita Dutta.
Gold is based on the journey of India's national hockey team to the 1948 Summer Olympics and follows Tapan Das, the man who won India its first gold medal in the same event. Gold was theatrically released on 15 August 2018 during India's Independence Day. The film grossed ₹158 crore (US$19 million) against a budget of ₹61 crore (US$7.2 million) at the box office Gold also became the first Bollywood film to be released in Saudi Arabia.