Jagan Shakti

Mission Mangal: ISRO employee reviews Akshay Kumar's space drama, says film 'spoilt by Bollywood-style narrative'

ISRO employee Sowmya J has said that while Mission Mangal captures the hardships of women employees at the organisation, it is replete with technical fallacies.

Mission Mangal director Jagan Shakti, co-writer R Balki on why Akshay Kumar's superstardom catapulted their film

\Creative director R Balki, and Jagan Shakti, who helmed Mission Mangal, talk about making their film within a budget constraint, just like Mangalyaan.

Mission Mangal box office collection: Akshay Kumar's film earns Rs 97.56 cr in extended opening weekend

Mission Mangal raked in a whopping Rs 29.16 crores at the box office on Day 1, making it Akshay Kumar's highest opener till date.

Mission Mangal box office collection: Vidya Balan, Akshay Kumar's film earns whopping Rs 70.02 cr in three days

Mission Mangal, which released alongside Batla House on Independence Day, picked up Rs 23.58 crore on Day 3 at the box office

Mission Mangal box office collection: Akshay Kumar's film earns Rs 46.44 cr in two days

Two days into its release, Mission Mangal is already inching towards the Rs 50 crore mark.

Nithya Menen on Mission Mangal, working in the Hindi film industry: It's more professional in Bollywood

"I was very happy to work here. I found the environment much more professional, and people easy going. There is less hierarchy," says Nithya Menen.

Mission Mangal movie review: Vidya-Akshay-starrer plays to the gallery to entertain while patronising women and Muslims

Mission Mangal is fun and educational at one level, but its veneer of progressiveness masks a highly conservative, prejudiced core.

Mission Mangal box office collection: Akshay Kumar's space drama rakes in Rs 29.16 cr on opening day

Mission Mangal has become Akshay Kumar's highest opening film in his career, surpassing the Independence Day release last year, Gold.

Akshay Kumar on Mission Mangal, fear of getting typecast, and the lack of multi-starrers in Bollywood

After dealing with taboo topics such as menstrual health and sanitation conditions through his films, Akshay Kumar is now attempting to break gender stereotypes with his next release, Mission Mangal (15 August).

Mission Mangal: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha's characters introduced in new posters

Ahead of Mission Mangal's release on 15 August, the makers of the film have unveiled character posters of all the primary characters