Watch the new trailer of Mission Mangal here

A new 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 directed by Jagan Shakti. Balki has scripted it and is also part of the team as a creative director. The movie boasts of a star-studded cast comprising of Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Nithya Menen, Tapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Sharman Joshi and ‘Pink’ fame Kirti Kulhari.

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.

Fox Star Studios, Hope Productions and Cape Of Good Films are jointly producing this movie, which is getting ready to hit screens worldwide on the occasion of Independence Day on August 15.