Mission Mangal

Mission Mangal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJagan Shakti
Written by
  • R. Balki
  • Jagan Shakti
  • Nidhi Singh Dharma
  • Saketh Kondiparthi
Story byJagan Shakti
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRavi Varman
Edited byChandan Arora
Music byScore:
Amit Trivedi
Songs:
Amit Trivedi
Tanishk Bagchi
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)[1]
Running time
127 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi/indian
Budget₹32 crore[3]
Box office₹290.59 crore[4][5]

Mission Mangal (transl. Mission Mars) is a 2019 Indian drama film directed by Jagan Shakti and produced by Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios, Aruna Bhatia and Anil Naidu.[2] Loosely based on the life of scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation who contributed to India's first interplanetary expedition Mars Orbiter Mission, it stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi amd Taapsee Pannu in lead roles alongside H. G. Dattatreya, Vikram Gokhale, Dalip Tahil, Sanjay Kapoor and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub amongst others in supporting roles.[1]

Shakti, an associate director on Kumar's 2018 film Pad Man, pitched the script to him, and principal photography commenced in November 2018.

Mission Mangal was theatrically released on 15 August 2019, India's Independence Day. It received positive reviews from critics and earned ₹291.59 crore worldwide, becoming a major commercial success. At the 65th Filmfare Awards, Mission Mangal received 6 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Shakti) and Best Actress (Balan). The film was digitally released on the OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar on 10 October 2019.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal slated to release on Independence day 2019". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "MISSION MANGAL (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ Singh, Harminder (16 August 2019). "Mission Mangal Is A Huge Winner". Box Office India. Retrieved 16 August 2019. The film was a quickie made in no time and shot for around 30 days and at a production cost of just 32 crore (without Akshay Kumar and P&A)...
  4. ^ "Mission Mangal Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  6. ^ "Vidya Balan on Mission Mangal digital premiere: Such films show women are a force to reckon with". India Today. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ^ "6 intriguing Bollywood movies based on real-life incidents to stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar and more". Vogue India. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2022.