Gold becomes the first Bollywood movie to release in Saudi Arabia

Gold movie which is Akshay Kumar’s fronted sports drama, now has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia. The Reema Kagti-directed film is only the second movie after Rajinikanth’s hit social drama, Kaala, to hit the theatres in the Gulf country. In May, Saudi Arabia held a private screening of international cultural phenomenon, Black Panther to herald the launch of movie theatres, open to the public, in the kingdom.

Akshay today took to Twitter to share the news. “The story of India’s first Gold medal victory for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Happy to share, #Gold is the first ever Bollywood movie to release in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, in cinemas from today! @excelmovies @ZeeStudiosInt,” he wrote.

Gold, a sports drama about a fictitious Indian hockey teams first gold medal win at the Olympics in 1948, marks Akshay’s eighth consecutive success. Prior to it, the actor had delivered hits such as Pad Man (Rs 78.22 crore), Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Jolly LLB 2 (Rs 117 crore), Rustom (Rs 127.49 crore), Housefull 3 (Rs 109.14 crore), Airlift (Rs 128.1 crore) and Singh Is Bliing (Rs 89.95 crore).  Also featuring Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor and Vineet Kumar Singh, the film released on August 15.

‘Gold’ clashed with John Abraham and Manoj Bajpayee starrer ‘Satyamev Jayate’ at the Box Office. Both the films released on August 15, 2018, and fared well. Akshay Kumar-fronted “Gold” has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia. The Reema Kagti directed sports film is only the second movie after Rajinikanth’s hit social drama, “Kaala” to hit the theatres in the Gulf country. “Gold” is the fictional re-telling of the India’s iconic win at the 1948 London Olympics.