Mission Mangal

Mission Mangal is a film based on India’s Mars Mission that placed the Mangalyaan satellite in the Mars orbit. Fictionalised for cinematic purposes, the film is India’s first Space motion picture. After a failed GSLV rocket launch, Rakesh Dhawan (Akshay Kumar), the head of the launch team is shunted to the Mars programme, that nobody believes can really happen and therefore low on ISRO’s priority. It’s almost like a punishment posting. Tara (Vidya Balan) his senior team member who blames herself and is full of guilt for the failure of GSLV, in a moment of inspiration, discovers a way to make the Mars Mission possible right away. Tara and Rakesh present an audacious plan to the head of ISRO. Against all odds, on a shoestring budget, with an inexperienced team, through sheer passion, innovation and team work, they stun the world and put India on the space map. An incredible mission that led to the film also being made with the same inventiveness, on a minimal  budget, in record time.

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Year

2019

Category

Feature Film

Director

Jagan Shakti

Writer & Creative Director

R Balki

Writing Team

Jagan Shakti, Nidhi, Saketh Kondiparthi

Producers

Cape of Good Films, Fox Studios, Hope Productions

Co-producer

Anil Naidu

Cast

Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi, HG Dattatreya, Vikram Gokhale, Sanjay Kapoor, Dalip Tahil

Music

Amit Trivedi

Cinematographer

Ravi Varman

Editor

Chandan Arora

Sound

Debashish Mishra

Production Design

Sandeep Ravade

Lyrics

Amitabh Bhattacharya

Costume

Theia Tekchandaney