Mission Mangal (
transl. Mission Mars) is a 2019 Indian
Hindi-language
drama film 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,
Vikram Gokhale, and
Sonakshi Sinha. 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.
Mission Mangal was announced in November 2018. Shakti, who worked as associate director on
Pad Man (2018),
pitched the script to Kumar. Principal photography for the film began in November 2018. The film's soundtrack was composed by
Amit Trivedi and
Tanishk Bagchi with lyrics written by Baghchi along with
Amitabh Bhattacharya, and released under the banner
Zee Music Company.
Mission Mangal was theatrically released in India on 15 August 2019, India's
Independence Day. It received positive reviews from critics and earned
₹290.02 crore worldwide, becoming a commercial success.