Gold opens with the Berlin Olympics hockey final, at the end of which the Indian team receives the gold medal as the Union Jack flutters. Tapan Das half-flashes an Indian tricolour with the charkha in the middle and ehorts the players to salute the flag. The film ends with the London Olympics, by which time India isn't British India anymore. Both these passages are pretty well handled. The action on the field lends excitement to the proceedings while the crowd scenes add colour to the frames.

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और ये भी पढ़े :अक्षय कुमार की आजादी दिवस की पेशकश कार्य, भावनात्मक है और दर्शकों को अपने नाटक से जोड़े रखता है।​

Patriotism is weaved in nicely given it is the Independence Day release and is a sports drama that has a country avenging decades of slavery. You know who is going to win, you know what is going to happen in the middle and you know National Anthem will play before it is over, but it is August 15 and you’re prepared. Akshay Kumar immerses himself in his role, playing the sad sack when things go awry, not above fooling his wife for some monetary handouts, falling about drunkenly after his alcoholic bouts, always redeeming himself by keeping his love of the sport squarely in the center. But all this takes up much too much screen time, and takes crucial focus away from the game and the players.

There’s Kunal Kapoor’s erstwhile hockey captain and Vineet Singh’s Muslim vice-captain and a freedom fighter. However, the team’s dynamics and its inner push-and-pull are presented through the competition between Raghubir Pratap Singh (Amit Sadh) and Himmat Singh (Sunny Kaushal). Different in circumstances and demeanours, they give us a major Chak De! Déjà vu during Gold. Mouni Roy as Akshay’s wife Monobina is just the right mixture of crotchety and charming. With her grasp of Bengali, she brings that extra something to the film’s milieu. Akshay and Mouni’s scenes together are the spice that Gold needed; she takes down her husband a notch or two every time they are together.

Little less Akshay, and minus a couple of songs, Gold would have been tauter, better. Overall, Gold is a well-plotted drama that sometimes devolves into schmaltz and melodrama. However, it gives us solid two-and-half hours of tricolour hued entertainment. We suggest XL sized popcorn tubs.