Mission Mangal
2019 Indian film directed by Jagan Shakti / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mission Mangal (transl. Mission Mars) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language 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, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi in lead roles alongside H. G. Dattatreya, Vikram Gokhale, Dalip Tahil, Sanjay Kapoor and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub amongst others in supporting roles.[1]
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Directed by | Jagan Shakti |
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Story by | Jagan Shakti |
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Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
Edited by | Chandan Arora |
Music by | Songs & Score: Amit Trivedi Guest Composition: Tanishk Bagchi |
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Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
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Running time | 127 minutes[2] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi/indian |
Budget | ₹700 million[3] |
Box office | ₹2.9 billion[4][5] |
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]