Mission Mangal: Akshay Kumar starrer to hit cinemas on 15 August along with Prabhas' Saaho

The release date of  Mission Mangal , directed by Jagan Shakti, has been finalised. Touted as India’s first space film, it will hit theatres on Independence Day (15 August) this year. Mission Mangal stars  Vidya Balan ,  Taapsee Pannu , Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari and Nithya Menen with Akshay Kumar and  Sharman Joshi . However, it will clash with Prabhas’ highly-anticipated Bollywood debut Saaho , directed by Sujeeth. The cast also includes Shraddha Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and Mahesh Manjrekar among others. It was previously reported that  _Saaho_ is going to be the second-most expensive film ever made in India, with a budget of Rs 250 crore. The film will release in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam and will also be dubbed in Japanese .

Mission Mangal, touted as India’s first space drama has been produced by Kumar’s Cape of Good Films and Fox Star Studios. R Balki, who has directed the actor in Padman, is also one of the producers. Meanwhile, V Vamsi Krishna Reddy has produced Saaho with T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar.