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Mission Mangal (2019)

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Original title
मिशन मंगल
Directed by
Jagan Shakti
Genre
drama film, action thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
12A
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A group of scientists at India's space agency work together to launch a mission to Mars. They face budget cuts and technical problems but keep going.

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What happens

Mission Mangal (transl. Mission Mars) is a 2019 Indian drama film directed by Jagan Shakti and produced by Fox Star Studios, Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Aruna Bhatia and Anil Naidu. 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, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen (in her Hindi debut), Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi in lead roles alongside H. G. Dattatreya, Vikram Gokhale, Dalip Tahil, Sanjay Kapoor and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub amongst others in supporting roles. 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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