One of India’s most celebrated superstars and talented actors, Akshay Kumar, is set to take on his most iconic role to date in his new film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, releasing worldwide on 6th June 2014 through Reliance Entertainment.
Produced by Akshay Kumar’s eminent production company Hari Om Entertainment and Vipul A Shah’s Sunshine Pictures, Holiday is an intelligent, high-octane, edge-of-your-seat romantic thriller, which delves into the dark labyrinth of terror cells, bomb plots and international espionage.
Directed by renowned filmmaker A. R. Murugadoss, who made the worldwide blockbuster Ghajini, Holiday sees the talented and versatile actor-turned producer Akshay Kumar joined by a stellar cast comprising Bollywood siren Sonakshi Sinha, who plays love interest Nisha, and veteran actor Govinda, who ably performs the role of Akshay’s senior commanding officer. Newcomer to the Bollywood arena, Freddie Daruwala, shines as the ruthless and brutal leader of the terror cell. The music for the film has been penned maestro Pritam Chakraborty.
Akshay Kumar essays the role of Virat Bakshi, a military officer who is on holiday with his battalion in his bustling home city of Mumbai. However, unbeknown to his fellow officers, Virat is also an undercover Secret Defence Intelligence Agent, masterly skilled and trained in covert anti-terror intelligence operations. Whilst on a family visit to Mumbai, Virat is caught up in a gruesome terror attack that sees a crowded bus blown to pieces.
But this is just the beginning of the story for Virat, as he gets drawn into a sinister web of lies and deceit in his quest to bring the very top echelons of the terror mafia to justice before they strike again in the heart of Mumbai – the city that Virat holds closest to his heart.
This Summer audiences will be gripped with intrigue, action and thought-provoking drama interspersed with romantic elements, as Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty gets set to infiltrate peoples’ hearts and minds.
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty is released through Reliance Entertainment worldwide on 6th June 2014.
