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Holiday is a film of genre Thriller directed by A. R. Murugadoss with Akshay Kumar
Holiday (2014)
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Add to a movie listHoliday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty is a 2014 Indian action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, and produced by Vipul Shah. It features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles, along with Govinda, Freddy Daruwala and Sumeet Raghavan in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 2012 Tamil Action film Thuppakki which was also directed by A. R. Murugadoss. The film released on 6 June 2014, becoming the biggest nett grosser of the first half of 2014.
Akshay Kumar was nominated Filmfare Award for Best Actor at 60th Filmfare Awards.
Synopsis
Virat Bakshi (Akshay Kumar), Captain in D.I.A., a wing of Indian Army, returns to his home in Mumbai on a holiday. On his arrival, his parents rush him to see Saiba Thapar (Sonakshi Sinha), who they wanted him to marry. But Virat rejects her with an excuse that she is old fashioned and not his type. On the contrary, Saiba is a professional boxer, and is completely modern in her outlook. Virat notices her in a boxing match and falls for her instantly.Actors
Akshay Kumar
(Captain Viraat Bakshi)
Sonakshi Sinha
(Saiba)
Govinda
(Pratap)
Apoorva Arora
(Virat's Sister)
Sumeet Raghvan
(Mukund Deshmukh)
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