Gold was one of the most awaited movies of the year with big hopes riding on the movie. With Akshay Kumar in the lead everyone was eager to see the story of free India's first olympic hockey gold medal.
The movie has a patriotic backdrop with India trying to win an olympic hockey gold after getting independence on the land of its ruler of past 200 years. This emotional track has been woven well in the movie, however it is not the consistent theme as the movie focuses more on the dreams of a few individuals and tries to present it as the dream of a nation. Thus there is inconsistency in the central theme of the movie. The movie does well to weave the different historical facts like India's partition and the riots into the movie's storyline which form a part of the conflict in the storyline. The movie is also engaging due to good character development for the main characters. However this is also a drawback for the movie as it focuses just on three main characters and fails to build stories around other characters. If the writers had concentrated on building the characters of a few other hockey players, it would have made the movie more engaging. Overall the movie moves at a slow but consistent pace in the first half which picks up in the second half. At 2 hours and 50 minutes the movie feels long and could have warranted a few cuts to make it more taut.
Akshay Kumar has done a decent job at potraying a Bengali babu. His performance is sincere but it lacks the edge that could have made it great. However Amit Sadh is the star of the movie. He exudes a raw confidence and arrogance that was required for the role. He is spectacular in all his scenes. All the other actors do not get enough due which is the fault of the writers, and the actors could not have done much to change that.
Reema Kagti has done a good job at directing this movie. There are more positives than negatives which is a job well done for a movie of this stature. She keeps her movies moving at a slow pace which can also be seen in her earlier venture, Talaash. She is a new breed of filmmakers who believe in content over glamour and thus hoping for her to go a long way in her career.
The movie has average songs and none of them are hum worthy. However what is commendable is that most of the songs have been woven well into the storyline and work as background scores while the story moves ahead and thus you do not realise that there are so many soundtracks in the movie.
Overall the movie us a good watch with your families and friends and one can go for it to get some patriotic flavour.
Rating - 3.5 / 5
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