Mission Mangal

Overview

The film is loosely based on the life of scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary expedition. Overwhelming,Mission Mangal celebrates the victory of Indian Space Science.It narrates the story of success after failure and inspires millions of people.One time watchers will not upset on this scientific journey.

Cast:

• Akshay Kumar as Rakesh Dhawan — Scientist & Mission Mars director (based on Subbiah Arunan)
• Vidya Balan as Tara Shinde — Scientist & Project Director
• Sanjay Kapoor as Sunil Shinde — Tara’s husband
• Sonakshi Sinha as Eka Gandhi — Propulsion Control Expert
• Taapsee Pannu as Kritika Aggarwal — Navigation Expert
• Nithya Menen as Varsha Pillai — Satellite engineer
• Sharman Joshi as Parmeshwar Joshi — Payload Expert
• Vikram Gokhale as Shrikant Bhosle — The Director of I. S. R. O. and Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s old friend
• Narendra Modi (as Prime Minister of India) in a special appearance using archive footage.