Gold

GOLD REVIEW :

One of the most awaited film of the year for me especially looking at Akshay Kumar's script since now days and he was coming back after classic Padman so expectation from this one were high for obvious reasons. The trailer of the film was promising enough to build expectations among the people and now no hesitation to say that Gold lives up to the Expectations level, completely. I don't remember the last film which was released on Independence Day and totally deserved to be released on the day just because of its content and here comes Gold which I felt is completely deserving and probably the only deserving film for the Independence day release as far as this decade is concerned.

Talking about the story Gold is a journey of Hockey Team India's Struggle, Courage, Patients and Glorious Victory from pre independence period to Post independence period in typical filmy way. In acting Akshay Kumar has lived his character of a Bengali guy whose accent is completely amazing and his command over dialogue delivery is Superb. Mouni Roy as his wife looks Beautiful and mouths perfect Begali of that particular period. There is a big team of actors and everyone has done decent job which looks good on screen. Writing of the film its top notch, and is filled with plenty of Twists and cinematic moments. Dialogues are sober, quite encouraging and clap worthy. Cinematography is good because the locations of the film were set in old era, so the naturality should have remained intact and happily it remains intact. The Hockey Match sequences were shot in tactical way and have been supported by very well by VFX team & thrilling Background music.

Done with all the positives of the film now coming towards the minuses. The biggest minus point of the film its music. Couple of songs are irritating and completely useless while the title song and one situational song are somewhat tolerable. Reema Kagti has done a very good job but I am personally very disappointed as I find the script was a Masterpiece material and Reema has failed to achieve that Masterpiece tag. Typical film-making and commercial vision has spoiled the Classic content at some level which doesn't let this film end up on a classic note. Come on, you don't need every scene to be Filmy and twisty, sometimes you can just go with the flow. But that doesn't mean it is a bad film, it is very good one indeed. Though, it could have been a Classic. Two patriotic films I remember with almost no minuses at all are Chak De India and Dangal Where The Masterpiece writing was molded into classic cinematic gem and the credit definitely goes to the directors and their vision which seems lacking in the case of Gold. One of the most important thing about those two Films was that these two classics didn't have any useless love making scenes and Gold has couple of loo-breaks in that form.

In final talk, I would say Gold is the most deserving Independence Day release of this decade because of Shivering last 30 Minutes portion and despite not being a classic this one is still a must watch if you want to see some patriotic Hysteria this Independence Day. This one is a winner All The Way... Critically as well as Commercially. This one was a 9/10* material but Reema Kagti has made out a 7/10* film while the great run of Akki continues....

Gripping throughout its length. Second half is pure GOLD.

This Movie tells the Story of the Journey of Indian Hockey Team from British Era to Free-India. It feels like we are in those days. Simply awesome Screenplay, Dialogues and Background Score. Akshay Kumar did a great job there in his role. Kunal Kapoor is Awesome as he is. The role of Himmat Singh Played by Sunny Kaushal is the USP of this movie. For me, After a Long Time, Good movie to watch on This Independence Day.

Reema Kagti deserves the first mention here. She has created an absolute gem, a well balanced plot and an amazing script which has comedy, emotions and Patriotism in the right amount. Akshay Kumar is mind blowing! He nails each and every aspect of his character. His screen presence is something that cannot be missed and the mini monologue he gives before the climax scene is awesome. Sunny Kaushal is a surprise package! Just like his brother Vicky, he amazes the audience with his performance as Himmat. Kunal Kapoor, Amit Saadh and Vineet Singh have also done a brilliant job! The film keeps you engaged and sticked to your seats, the one liners are genuinely funny and definitely increase the entertainment aspect. Last 10-15 minutes of the film are the best! From the semi final till the climax scene there are a lot of Goosebumps! Music is average but work well with the film as most of the songs are situational. Naino Ne Baandhi and Rasta Rasta are a treat to hear in the theatre. Overall the film is a perfect blend of Patriotism and Entertainment. Go for Gold

GOLD :

Exactly after 11 years we are again watching a Movie based on National game Hockey but this times it's about 1st Olympic Gold medal won by free India.

The story starts from 1936 Berlin Olympics in Germany where Indian Hockey team was actually British India Hockey team which wins the Gold by 8-1 against Germany in their home ground where Tapan Das(Akshay) sees a dream of winning gold for free India. But due to war the Olympics gets called off and in 1946 he gets to know about the game to be held in 1948 and also there comes a news of India getting free from British and he goes for his dream again and Samrat(Kunal Kapoor) the then hockey team captain asks Das to make Imtiaz(Vineet Kr. Singh Mukkabaaz fame) to be the Captain and they create a team for 1948 Olympics which includes Himmat Singh(Sunny Kaushal) & Raghubir Pratap Singh (Amit Sadh) as the team members.

Mean while India gets freedom and country is divided into two countries divide the team and dream also. Now Das' dream gets shattered again and later anyhow a new team is formed and what happens next is the rest part.

Coming to the story of movie is good covering up the pain of partition of country and pain of playing under British rule is shown in a powerful manner but what lacks in the movie is the way players play the game is awful and we can clearly see that they are not professional at all .

Akshay Kumar as Tapan Das does not have much to do in the movie just going all over the country to select the player and being alcoholic is part for him. A very good job is dine by Sunny Kaushal as Himmat Singh and by Amit Sadh as R P Singh are appreciable.

At some point we recall Chak de India but this movie is not of that mark but it is watchable once and for the proud of our country #EkBaarGOLDdekhna is ok.