Though the Tollywood is awaiting the release of HIT 2. The rest of southern states are looking at a different film. Reason.. it is being directed by Alphonse Puthren, The director who made Premam which is considered as one of the classics in modern love stories. And he is coming after 7 years with a film post Premam. The Malayalam film titled Gold features big stars, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Nayanthara. All these factors made the audience to eagerly wait for the film.
Finally, after multiple postponements the film hit the screens on December 1st. The opened big with packed houses, even in Hyderabad the morning shows registered very good occupancies. It is being calculated that the film will be the biggest opener for Prithiviraj in his career. This shows the craze the film has.
But, all this hype bubble bursted right after the morning shows. Though in Kerala it is registering housefulls considering it as a Malayalam film. The film received negative reviews and some call it a disaster. The 170 minutes run-time for a thriller film didn't went well with majority audiences. Let's see the final value of this Gold with weak reviews and negative WOM. Though there are some interesting aspects in the film, it lacks the main soul and thus turned into a borefest.