Updated On: 25 July, 2018 07:34 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Akshay Kumar said, "As Tapan Das playing a Bengali, Indian Hockey teams manager, we added a mustache, a Dhoti with a jacket and a differently styled hairdo."

Akshay Kumar as Tapan Das in the film Gold
Akshay Kumar is all set to recreate the Golden era of the 40's in Excel Entertainment's upcoming sports drama Gold. The actor who will be portraying a Bengali character for the first time, got into the skin of his character perfectly imbibing the nuances of the same. As seen in the teaser and trailer, Akshay Kumar aces the Bengali look with iconic hair-do and a dhoti-jacket attire. The recently released BTS video from the film revealed the making of the character of Tapan Das played by Akshay Kumar.
Talking about his transformation for the character, Akshay Kumar said, "As Tapan Das playing a Bengali, Indian Hockey teams manager, we added a mustache, a Dhoti with a jacket and a differently styled hairdo."