Mission Mangal movie review: Vidya Balan and Akshay Kumar carry off an oversimplified film
Hindustan TimesMission Mangal Director - Jagan Shakti Cast - Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen Rating - 2/5 Mission Mangal movie review: Akshay Kumar stars as a scientist in the film. This ambition appears entirely out of reach given ISRO’s budgets, and the film Mission Mangal — in an overture to exaggerate this impressive Indian achievement — depicts the Mars exploration department as a rundown room with no people, just a solitary cat. There’s the licentious one, the clumsy one, the pregnant one… It’s all a bit ‘Four More Shots Please: Science Edition.’ Akshay Kumar is in typically solid form in Mission Mangal as he encourages the ladies to shine. Now in Mission Mangal — starring Akshay Kumar and a shiny tinfoil version of ISRO that often looks like a lavish backdrop to a Rajinikanth song — we applaud a Prime Minister who had very little to do with supporting the mission.