'' Holiday : A Soldier Is Never Off Duty '' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language 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 Farhad as the antagonist in his Bollywood debut and Govinda in a special appearance . It is a remake of Murugadoss ' own acclaimed Tamil film '' Thuppakki '' ( 2012 ) starring Vijay . The film released on 6 June 2014 , becoming the biggest net grosser of the first half of 2014 . The movie was reported to be one of the best thrillers to come out of Bollywood . It was also reported that Akshay Kumar 's career took a new turn in terms of story selection and box office success with this movie . Akshay Kumar was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor at 60th Filmfare Awards
60th Filmfare Awards
60th Filmfare Awards
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty