Film Gold is a biopic based on the life of hockey player
Balbir Singh. Producer Ritesh Sidhwani told an agency that the movie is not a
bipoic. He told, "It is not a biopic. It is a completely fictional story
but it is set against a real backdrop between 1933-48 India about what the
country was, the sports... About hockey. It is not based on any
character."
"We have set it in real events so people (often)
confuse it with a biopic. It talks about the era in which we achieved
Independence and what happened with sports, (primarily) hockey at that time. It
is not about a particular character and Akshay is not even playing (hockey in
the film). He plays the manager," further added the producer.
Speaking about the director Reema Kagti, he told, "When
Reema came to us with the story, it was on her wish list to go to an actor. And
our job as producers is to take her to that actor, so we did that. Akshay was her
choice."
He further added that Akshay is really committed and focused
about his work. Ritesh revealed, "He is the most professional actor. He is
dedicated and focused about his work. He comes on the sets and is there till
you don't finish the shoot. It is not that he will go and sit in his vanity van
or have meetings or talk to people. "He is a terrific person. It was
pleasure to work with him. I think this is the beginning of many
associations."
Under the production banner, Ritesh also has Zoya Akhtar-directed
Gully Boy, featuring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Speaking about the film, he told,
"We are doing a story on a hip-hop artiste (referring to the film). It is
not based on anyone's life. It is inspired by the hip-hop circuit that exists
in the underground of this city. We start shooting in January. Most of the film
will be shot on real locations in Mumbai, we are not going to shoot much on the
sets."
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