the film was shot largely across yorkshire and stars the bollywood superstar akshay kumar.ion. not many people knew the story, including bollywood superstar akshay kumar who stars in a film based on real events. this was a very inspirational story which i heard. how we all got together, and because of the unity of all the sports, it got the whole nation united. and it became a dream in 19118 as a free india to win something, or win a gold, and that was a big thing when we played against england. many parts of gold were actually shot here in the uk, particularly in yorkshire. what was it about that area in particular that enhanced your film? well, we wanted it to look like 19118, and we got this stadium also which looked like that. and obviously there are effects and cg and things. plus, a lot of areas were still untouched and it was looking like that era. what is it that draws you to these scripts? it's not fun to just read in a book. it is so much fun to watch it visually, to bring the whole thing alive. in gold i'm playing this bengali drunk guy. so, they enjoy the vision