Check out the trailer of Mission Mangal

The trailer of Bollywood’s upcoming film ‘Mission Mangal’ has just been released. Based on Mangalyaan, India’s first interplanetary mission to reach the Mars orbit, the movie is surveyed by Jagan Shakti. It boasts of a star-studded cast lead by Akshay Kumar. Vidya Balan, Nithya Menen, Tapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Sharman Joshi and ‘Pink’ fame Kirti Kulhari will be seen in other prominent roles.

As per the makers, ‘Mission Mangal’ is the incredible, true story of a scientist, Rakesh Dhawan, played by Akshay Kumar and Tara Shinde, played by Vidya Balan, who lead a team of scientists who overcame their personal challenges and failures to serve as the brains behind one of the greatest space missions in history- the launch of India’s first satellite to Mars.

The technical crew of ‘Mission Mangal’ comprises of Ravi Varman as the DOP and Amit Trivedi as the composer. Chandan Arora has done the edits. Fox Star Studios, Hope Productions and Cape Of Good Films are jointly funding this movie, which is slated to hit screens worldwide on the occasion of Independence Day on August 15.