Mission Mangal
| Mission Mangal | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jagan Shakti |
| Written by |
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| Story by | Jagan Shakti |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Chandan Arora |
| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
Production companies | Cape of Good Films Hope Productions Fox Star Studios |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Mission Mangal (transl. Mission Mars) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language drama film[2] directed by Jagan Shakti and jointly produced by Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios, Aruna Bhatia, and Anil Naidu. The film stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi, H. G. Dattatreya and Sonakshi Sinha and is loosely based on the story of scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission, which marked India's first interplanetary expedition.[3]
Principal photography for the film began in November 2018,[4][5] and it is scheduled to be theatrically released in India on 15 August 2019.[1] In November 2018, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against the makers of the film by the filmmaker Radha Bharadwaj.[6]
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Rakesh Dhawan
- Vidya Balan as Tara Shinde
- Sonakshi Sinha as Eka Gandhi
- Taapsee Pannu as Kritika Aggarwal[7]
- Nithya Menen as Varsha Pillai
- Kirti Kulhari as Neha Siddiqui
- Sharman Joshi as Parmeshwar Naidu
- H. G. Dattatreya as Ananth Iyer
- Sanjay Kapoor[8]
- Dhritiman Chatterjee
- Dalip Tahil
- Vikram Gokhale
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Production
On 5 November 2018, to coincide with 5 November 2013, the day the Mars mission was launched, Mission Mangal was announced. Principal photography for the film began later in mid-November.[9] In early February, Pannu finished her schedule of shooting.[7] Shakthi initially had Mohanlal and Sridevi in mind for the roles played by Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan. Shakthi piched the idea to Kumar while working as an associate director to R. Balki in Kumar's Pad Man.[10]
Marketing and release
On 4 July 2019, Kumar unveiled the first look poster of the film.[11] The official teaser of the film was released on 9 July 2019 by Fox Star Studios.[12] The first official trailer of the film was released on 18 July 2019 by Fox Star Studios.[13]The second official trailer of the film was released on 8 August 2019 by Fox Star Studios.[14]
The film has been certified with a runtime of 127 mins by British Board of Film Classification[2] and is scheduled to be released theatrically on 15 August 2019.[15] Akshay Kumar also did a promotion for Mission Mangal as exciting experience with Google Lens.
Soundtrack
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| Recorded | 2018-2019 | |||
| Studio | A T Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Zee Music Company | |||
| Producer | Amit Trivedi | |||
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The music of the film is composed by Amit Trivedi while lyrics are by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dil Mein Mars Hai" | Benny Dayal, Vibha Saraf | 3:05 |
References
- ^ a b "Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal slated to release on Independence day 2019". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "MISSION MANGAL (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal will star Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Sonakshi Sinha, Manish Borundia". Hindustan Times. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan kick off Mission Mangal". Mumbai Mirror. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "The shooting of Mission Mangal Began". Movie Alles. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Basu, Mohar (22 November 2018). "US-Based Filmmaker Files Lawsuit To Halt Vidya Balan Starrer Mission Mangal's Production". Mid Day. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Tapsee Pannu wraps up shoot for Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal, reveals her look with new pic. See it here". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Sanjay Kapoor to play Vidya Balan's husband in 'Mission Mangal'". The Times of India. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "'Mission Mangal': Akshay Kumar reveals the star cast of his film'". The Times of India. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy (24 July 2019). "'Mission Mangal' film about 'ordinary people setting out to do extraordinary things', says director". Scroll.in. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "'Mission Mangal': Akshay Kumar unveils the first poster of the film". The Times of India. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Mission Mangal - Akshay - Vidya - Sonakshi - Taapsee - Sharman - Dir: Jagan Shakti - 15th August". YouTube. Fox Star Studios. 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Mission Mangal - Akshay - Vidya - Sonakshi - Taapsee - Sharman - Dir: Jagan Shakti - 15th August". YouTube. Fox Star Studios. 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Mission Mangal - New Official Trailer - Akshay, Vidya, Sonakshi, Taapsee, Dir: Jagan Shakti". YouTube. Fox Star Studios. 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Mission Mangal". The Times of India. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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