Mission Mangal

Mission Mangal is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language film directed by Jagan Shakti. It stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Sharman Joshi and Sonakshi Sinha, and tells the story of scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission, which marked India's first interplanetary expedition.

Principal photography for the film began in November 2018, and it is scheduled for release on 15 August 2019. In November 2018, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against the makers of the film by the filmmaker Radha Bharadwaj.

Cast

 * Akshay Kumar as Rajiv Omprakash Sharma
 * Vidya Balan
 * Sonakshi Sinha
 * Taapsee Pannu as Kritika Aggarwal
 * Nithya Menen
 * Kirti Kulhari
 * Sharman Joshi
 * H. G. Dattatreya
 * Sanjay Kapoor
 * Rajat Barmecha
 * Sundeep Kishan
 * Dalip Tahil

Production
On 5 November 2018 to coincide with 5 November 2013 the day the Mars mission was launched, Mission Mangal a space film starring Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi and Nithya Menen directed by Jagan Shakti was announced. Principal photography for the film began later in mid November. In early February Pannu finished her schedule of shooting.