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Akshay Kumar's Gold Becomes The First Bollywood Movie To Release In Saudi Arabia
Marvel’s Black Panther (first film) and Rajinikanth’s Kaala (first Indian film), Akshay Kumar’s Gold has become the first Bollywood film to secure a release in Saudi Arabia.
Aug 31, 2018, 10:09 am ISTNewsJhakaasMovies Staff
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. Akshay today took to Twitter to share the news.
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"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.
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 the fictional re-telling of the India's iconic win at the 1948 London Olympics. Also featuring Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor and Vineet Kumar Singh, the film released on August 15. Gold, 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)
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.
