Akshay Kumar starrer sports drama ‘Gold’ has achieved a milestone as it has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia.
‘Gold’ directed by Reema Kagti has been released in the Gulf country and Akshay Kumar took to his Twitter account to share the news.
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The 50 year old actor tweeted, “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!”
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
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 30, 2018
‘Gold’ is based on the life of a sportsman who was in a Hockey team that won the Olympic medal for India post independence for the first time at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, London in 1948. The sports drama is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar.
Also featuring Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor and Vineet Kumar Singh, the film released on August 15.
In April 2018, Saudi Arabia launched its first cinema in more than 35 years with a private screening of the hit movie ‘Black Panther’.
The Kingdom lifted the ban on cinemas last year as part of an extensive liberalisation drive, with AMC Entertainment granted the first licence to operate cinemas.