Mission Mangal Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi/indian |
| Genre | Drama |
| Release date | 15 August 2019 |
| Running time | 2hr 7min |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Vidya Balan Sonakshi Sinha Taapsee Pannu Nithya Menen Kirti Kulhari Sharman Joshi |
| Directed by | Jagan Shakti |
| Written by | R. Balki Jagan Shakti Nidhi Singh Dharma Saketh Kondiparthi |
| Story by | Jagan Shakti |
| Produced by | Cape of Good Films Hope Productions Fox Star Studios Aruna Bhatia Anil Naidu |
| Cinematography by | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Chandan Arora |
| Music by | Songs & Score: Amit Trivedi Guest Composition: Tanishk Bagchi |
| Production Company | Hope Productions Fox Star Studios Cape of Good Films |
| Distributor | Fox Star Studios |
Mission Mangal Movie Cast & Characters:
- Akshay Kumar as Rakesh Dhawan — Scientist & Mission Mars director (based on Subbiah Arunan)
- Taapsee Pannu as Kritika Aggarwal — Navigation Expert
- Vidya Balan as Tara Shinde — Scientist & Project Director
- Sonakshi Sinha as Eka Gandhi — Propulsion Control Expert
- Nithya Menen as Varsha Pillai — Satellite engineer
- Kirti Kulhari as Neha Siddiqui — Spacecraft Autonomy Designer and Payload
- Sharman Joshi as Parmeshwar Joshi — Payload Expert
- H. G. Dattatreya as Ananth Iyengar — Structural Engineer
- Vikram Gokhale as Shrikant Bhosle — The Director of I. S. R. O. and Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s old friend
- Dalip Tahil as Rupert Desai — Former NASA Scientist
- Sanjay Kapoor as Sunil Shinde — Tara’s husband
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Rishi Aggarwal — Kritik a’s husband and ex-serviceman
- Amitt K. Singh as Farook Siddiqui — Neha’s estranged husband
- Purab Kohli as Vivek Pillai — Varsha’s husband
- Mohan Kapoor as Reporter Durgesh Swami
- Arjan Kapoor as Reporter Sanjay Kumar
- Rohan Joshi as Dilip Shinde — Tara & Sunil’s son
- Anirban Bhattacharyya as Abhishek Sangha — TV presenter
- Kashmira Pardeshi as Anya Shinde — Tara & Sunil’s daughter
- Prathamesh Mehta as Dhanraj Shinde — Sunil’s father and Tara’s father-in-law
- Manish Borundia as Kaushal Saini — ISRO employee
- Narendra Modi (as Prime Minister of India) in a special appearance using archive footage.
Storyline:
Based on true events of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launching the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), making it the least expensive mission to Mars.
Mission Mangal Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹700 million |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹2.9 billion |
Mission Mangal Movie tracklist:
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Dil Mein Mars Hai” | Benny Dayal, Vibha Saraf | 3:05 |
| 2. | “Shaabaashiyaan” | Shilpa Rao, Anand Bhaskar, Abhijeet Srivastava | 4:40 |
| 3. | “Tota Udd” | Raja Hasan, Romi (Music and Lyrics: Tanishk Bagchi) | 2:47 |
About Mission Mangal Movie:
On 5 November 2018, to coincide with 5 November 2013, the day the Mars Orbiter Mission was launched, Mission Mangal was announced.
Principal photography for the film began later in mid-November. In early February, Pannu finished her schedule of shooting.
Shakti initially had Mohanlal and Sridevi in mind for the roles played by Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan. Shakti pitched the idea to Kumar while working as an associate director to R. Balki in Kumar’s Pad Man.
In November 2018, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against the makers of the film by the filmmaker Radha Bharadwaj.
Mission Mangal was released in India on 15 August 2019 on the occasion of Indian Independence Day. It received positive reviews from critics and earned ₹291.59 crore worldwide.
As of 12 October 2019, with a gross of ₹238.80 crore in India and ₹51.79 crore overseas, the film has earned ₹290.59 crore worldwide and have become 8th Highest gross Bollywood movie of 2019.
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.
