Mission Mangal (2019) User Reviews

A wholesome fun popcorn movie

[sagniknath · 8/10 · 17 August 2019]

I don't know the fuss over this movie being so divisive among reviewers. Of course this movie is more of a fictionalized account of the days leading up to ISRO's MOM launch than a semi autobiographical narrative. So what? So many movies around the world come and go with the "based on/inspired by the events" tag that stray far from reality yet no one bats an eye then.

This movie is just OK, you can bring your parents or colleagues or spouse and you are guaranteed to have a pleasant time with any of them as company. Akshay does a fine job in the lead role with Vidya giving a commendable supporting act. The rest of the cast are passable.

The movie thankfully has not many cringe-worthy moments. The few that were put in more as a quota fulfillment for a standard masala Bollywood film do not stick out like a sore thumb. A lot of people seemed to complain that there was not much emphasis given on the exact science of the Mars mission . Clearly, this movie aims more for that vicarious experience of joy and happiness at having achieved the mission rather than the exact train of intellectual thought that went into solving the obstacles faced.

Finally, there was a commentary by an official reviewer as to how this movie was pandering to nationalism and religious appeasement at the same time.I got neither of those vibes from the movie. Regarding nationalism, I felt the referenced attribute was more about cherishing the underdog tale ( a financially stunted ISRO against space giants like the US and Russia) rather than any political right wing remark. And the religious appeasement angle was anything but left wing. If anything, that subplot was meant to reconcile the different faiths in a diverse nation and pray mutually for the success of the Mars mission.

So,overall I am impressed and will recommend this movie

Inspiring and Entertaining at the same time.

[SoumikBanerjee1996 · 8/10 · 17 November 2019]

Space based movies are a rarity in Bollywood or Indian cinema as a whole! It's a complex subject matter that requires great lengths of writing and execution brilliance! That is so tough to master!

Here the makers done a brilliant job. They tried to bring ISRO's achievements and our country's pride in an entertaining mixture rather than making it too complex to understand.

Right amount of One liners, laughters, inspirational moments and some scientific explorations described in a so simple way that even a child could easily relate and connect to the story!

Performances were brilliant, Vidya Balan just stole the limelight here and being with Someone like Akshay Kumar who single handedly carried many films on his shoulders before. The complement of Vidya overshadowing Akshay is not a mere thing! Other cast members though had little much to do they played their respective parts pretty well!

About the negatives there are two, Some unnecessary scenes added that didn't matter much to the main plot and some over dramatic moments that simply didn't fit well!

Overall it's a great movie, with lots of inspiration, Desires, Dreams! A brilliant sound score alongside an Entertaining script! And by the end We all feel proud of our nation! And that does matter!

Wonderful effort

[jkt2006 · 7/10 · 17 August 2019]

This movie proves again that you do not need extreme big budgets to make a decent movie, replicating the point made in the movie's true story as well. Very good graphics that convey the storyline and the finale. Hats off to Akshay Kumar for once again deciding to do a movie that is meaningful and sensible. The true story of this mission is as amazing as it's scientists. Power to them and the belief that it was possible. India became the first country to successfully launch a satellite mission to Mars in its first try! The movie is a must watch for that itself but it's entertaining as much!

Lost in Mangal

[salmaniac-26688 · 16 August 2019]

Everyone know Akshay Kumar is if the finest actor in Bollywood but this time he's choosen wrong script.... Vida Balan man is shining but movie is very poor

Good movie.....

[sunildaswaney-63642 · 7/10 · 15 August 2019]

Besides one scene where a son was extremely,extremely extremely rude with his mother"Mission Mangal"was a very good movie in every sense.The acting,direction,editing, screenplay were all top notch.The film made you really realise what a fantastic accomplishment,India has achieved in being able to have a successful mission to Mars on their very first attempt. 7/10

"A rousing historical drama which induces a patriotic feel in every Indian!"

[ConfusedRoulette · 9/10 · 17 August 2019]

This film shows India's greatest historical achievement of sending the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) satellite to the red planet in the very first attempt at a low cost. It shows the inspirational journey and the set of events that lead up to the successful mission by a group of scientists.

The film shows that anything can be achieved when you have determination, hardwork and perseverance. It captivates the viewer completely from the beginning until the very end! The screenplay is very interesting and keeps you hooked to your seat. The film also has its fair share of comedy and emotions and there are many instances which will touch your heart! All the members of the cast have contributed equally to the success of this film.

The film focuses more on the stories of the scientists involved in the mission and shows less of the technicalities involved in it. The working and the ideas involved are also simplified greatly to enthuse the general audience. One thing which didn't convince me was the absence of Kannada when the whole setup of the film is shown to be in Bengaluru. In one scene, Akshay Kumar throws up some Tamil dialogues when he pretends to speak with the great scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam which I felt was unnecessary.

Overall this is a feel-good film with a rousing narrative sure to bring in a proud and patriotic feel in every Indian who watches it!

A FILM THAT WILL MAKE EVERY INDIAN FEEL PROUD ON ISRO !

[SAMTHEBESTEST · 7/10 · 15 August 2019]

MISSION MANGAL REVIEW :-

True events surrounding us leave us fascinating. If we connect them watching on TV or by reading in Newspapers then just imagine how would it be to experience those achievements on silver screen. Mission Mangal showcases a Glorious Chapter from Indian Space Commission which will leave you with Goosebumps. The film makes you feel proud on ISRO because Mangalyaan Mission was blended by so much of struggle, hard work, financial crisis and natural disasters yet successfully achieved by ISRO in the very First Attempt.

The story begins with ISRO's failure of GSLV and then starts rolling around Mission Mars. Rakesh Dhawan (Akshay Kumar) and Tara Shinde (Vidya Balan) are experienced and dedicated scientists in ISRO who always want India to achieve high feat in Space research field. After the failure of GSLV Rakesh and Tara unite for Mission Mars and they make a core Team of Junior Scientists Eka Gandhi (Sonakshi Sinha), Kritika Agarwal (Taapsee Pannu), Varsha Pillai (Nithya Menen), Neha Siddiqui (Kirti Kulhari), Sharman Joshi (Parmeshwar Naidu) and Ananth Iyer (HG Dattatreya). A misfit and unenthusiastic team gets boosted by Tara's desire to reach Mars and then everyone from the team gives out thier Soules for the project. After so much of hard work, time, dedication, techniques and weather difficulties the Mission is Accomplished and admired by the Globe. This Fantastic script is blessed by Powerful performances of Vidya Balan and Akshay Kumar. Rest members of cast have less to do but does what they could do best. Screenplay in the 1st half is Highly Engaging that you don't even realise when an hour is passed. 2nd half starts slowly but then has enough enjoyable part towards the end. Music is a let down and irritating, that Mission Mangalam Song is total Disastrous attempt. There was no need of this kind of Spoofy song in Technically advanced Film. Cinematography is decent, but Rocket Laughing scenes will give you jitters. The other reason for that is Background Music.

Director Jagan Shakti and Creative Director R Balki tries to pull off a fresh theme in Bollywood in same old way. Although it works on major prospects, some mistakes are there too. That typical dramatic portion at the end looks unrealistic while we were expecting some realistic and fascinating stuff. Even though a theory of Mission was difficult to execute on screen without fictitious changes, those dramatic goofs can be forgiven because the overall impact doesn't let you down. Mission Mangal deserves your watch especially when it comes to Independence Day release, and it also has that Untold Global Phenomena achieved by ISRO. Claps and applaud won't Stop when you leave theatres.

RATING- 6.5/10*

Capsule Review: Mission Mangal (3 Stars)

[nairtejas · 3/10 · 19 August 2019]

There is an overlying sense of artificiality in the way Mission Mangal (Mars Mission) has been made, with abundant textbook techniques to mix comedy and drama into the proceedings of a vastly technical subject such as an organization's attempt to send a satellite on the Martian orbit. It ends up as a series of cringe-worthy sequences. For a film that demands realism as the only single factor, Mission Mangal strays away from it right from the word go! as we see the actors fooling around in office and wherever they go. It's a good idea by writer R Balki to refer home science as the solution to issues hampering space travel but the way they have been dramatized makes the discerning viewer coil in anger and disgust. Melodrama takes the limelight in the film that can be best characterized as a lackluster take on a historic feat, that only gets worse as you proceed watching it, eventually leading you to a specific scene where a gang of inebriated Isro scientists brawl in a metro car all of which reeks of self-righteousness. Mission Mangal is a mockery of the very subject that it pays homage to. There's no reason to spend any money on this and I would instead recommend going through the Wikipedia page of the actual mission instead. TN.

Honest review

[cooldwijen · 8/10 · 17 August 2019]

Don't listen to 1 or 10 star reviews coz they are paid account. This is a good movie with good storyline and great acting. Those who enjoy typical masala movie please stay away from this. It was a phenomenal feat of India and ISRO. Every Indian should watch this movie.

A space drama with a little bit of science.

[Tejas_Vinda_AITS · 6/10 · 15 August 2019]

A team of Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) take on the extraordinary task of successfully sending a satellite into the orbit of planet Mars in a country's maiden attempt.

SPECIAL MENTION - Dil main Mars hai song ruins the plot whnever it comes..!! 🙄

Against all odds, India became the first country in the world to break many space and Earth barriers and reach the distant planet in its first attempt. 'Mission Mangal' is a film that dramatises and recreates this glorious chapter in Indian history.

The focuss on human drama is endearing, but we would have like to see more action happening at ISRO, which we know very little of.

The story picks up in 2010, when a team at ISRO is led by Rakesh (Akshay Kumar) as they launch a rocket into outer space. But that launch mission ends up in unexpected failure when a technical error forces the rocket to veer towards earth.

Rakesh and Tara (Vidya Balan), make a team of junior scientists from ISRO with the intention of putting the Mars Mission into space within 24 months.

MOM's team comprises of five strong women Tara, Eka (Sonakshi Sinha), Neha (Kirti Kulhari), Kritika (Taapsee Pannu) and Varsha (Nithya Menen) who wrack their brains and come up with innovative, low-cost solutions for the Mars mission. Part of the same team are Parmeshwar (Sharma Joshi).

The narrative could have focused more on the mission and the authenticity of the mission control at ISRO. At times, the characters get a bit over-the-top.

Even the CGI is pretty average.

Despite the ups and downs, this story does make you believe that dreams do come true.

When you see India's scientists celebrate their hard-earned victory with the Mangalyaan orbiting Mars, you can't help but cheer for the nation and its scientific success.

PARODY MOVIE!

[harsh-chauhan · 3/10 · 21 August 2019]

Its not a Biopic... Its more of a PARODY of Mangal Mission. Ruined the Image of ISRO. Bollywood should learn something from Perfection like 'Chernobyl'.

Ruining a real event into drama and comedy using nationalism emotions. Charlie Chaplin syndrome! . Also Check "SpaceMOMs" It's the script which is taken in this movie:WIKI"

[rohitreviews · 2/10 · 15 August 2019]

I feel this is basically an insult to Indian audience by trying to act like it's a science movie, based on real incident, woman empowerment and what not just to release it on Indian Independence day to emotionally provoke people to watch it and not to be critical towards your own knowledge. practicality, wisdom.

It's in a way insult to both ISRO, their mission and film making over all. Because you are basically emotionally manipulating people to get tangled to drama, situation of being driven by nationalism mood, using the real story, and release on a day where no one should question you action. Recipe for success shouldn't be defined by manipulating people emotionally.

For an analogy, it's basically enemy is singing national anthem infront of emotionally driven army who are hiding during the time of war and then enemy is shooting those who raise up their heads to respect the song. So anyone who are standing up in the situation emotionally driven will surely going to get a head shot not to think practically and logically is the whole case of this movie. This I would call as Charlie Chaplin syndrome. (Check youtube "Charlie Chaplin - Shoulder Arms (1918) - Shooting scene" you will get it)

Though I gave 2 points because, drama is good at some points and few people's acting is good like Vidya Balan. She is the only person to look up for in acting and rest are just to cherry in the cake. It's very sad though because such a good real story could have been made such epic proportion but is made such hastily just to mint money it feels. And jokes/humor is so bad. It's basically feels childish immature film made just to mint money or manipulate people in the disguise of entertainment.

Very much fact to say,check on wiki, this script seemed is taken by "SpaceMOM's" film. Mission Mangal seem taken that script and hurriedly made it just to mint money as soon as they got the producers for it. Check out Radha Bharadwaj's SpaceMOMs you will see the same movie angle but still to be released. It's very disappointing if Mission Mangal copied the script and because of money power corned the original

Disappointed

[rehanliet · 15 August 2019]

One of the wrost movie in Bollywood in sci fiction genre... My expectation in high after seeing the trailer but movie is very poor

This mission doesn't fail

[ronakkotian · 6/10 · 16 August 2019]

I was intrigued upon hearing the true story of Mission Mangal. It's a story which deserves a lot of praise for its humongous achievement and is something India should be proud of. Did the film do it justice? Yes and no.

Mission Mangal was directed by Jagan Shakti in his directorial debut and his direction was really good. It's not easy to balance an ensemble cast along with the story but Shakti manages to retain that balance for as long as possible. The VFX was okay. There were times where it looked really good and times where it looked fake.

Akshay Kumar delivers a great performance as usual. You can tell how passionate he was about this film as he gives a lot of energy to it. It felt satisfying seeing the likes of Sharman Joshi on the big screen again. The other scientists (Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen and HG Dattatreya) do well in their roles. The standout amongst everyone was Vidya Balan. A lot of the film is focused on her character's life and she feels genuine in her role throughout.

The writing, at times, felt contrived. I felt Dalip Tahil's character was over the top at times and some of the supporting cast members were underdeveloped. There was a subplot involving Vidya Balan's son which felt forced and was just implemented in the film for additional drama. There is another scene which takes place in a train but it was unnecessary to the main storyline and crammed in to just show women empowerment. The makers had a lot of fit into this movie's runtime. If they removed some scenes then the film would've flowed better. Despite this, the writers cleverly use analogies and theories to simplify the complexity of the mission for the audience.

Mission Mangal is not a bad film by any means. It does have its flaws relating to some of the characters and the writing itself but the film has its heart in the right place. It's brilliant to see something extraordinary like this being recognised widely by the public and by the end you will have that unshaken feeling of proudness and patriotism for India.

A Must Watch

[akshaytheboss-23921 · 10/10 · 15 August 2019]

Mission Mangal is incredible movie.. inspiring and motivational story of ISRO ... Got very emotional and feel very petriotic.. akshay kumar you are amazing. vidya balan, taapsee, sonakshisinha you inspired us... Go for it.

A story made palatable and comics decorated with sustaining interest

[dr_hgj-48231 · 7/10 · 23 August 2019]

Usually every body won't understand the Space and scientific details. To boost the role of scientists their personal life is added with all possible palatable smartness. Adult girl living freely, muslim woman divorcee surviving, a solders wife ", A manglik boy searching a lady , a near retiring old man, woman struggling with a first most wanted pregnancy,devoted scientist Axay some thing from "Space Mom Indi House wife, by Vidya are "ANMOL Ratnas" . Problems of making them as a wonderful team is nicely managed though little melodramatically, It's OK. As the basic intense Idea of delivering such a world wide feat with blossoming new Ideas and scientific creativity is really a true story one must be proud to feel it. It's not exaggeration but a true story wonderfully decorated with some real comic humanising daily routine of all Babu's every day life ! From average to high class commitment ,struggle and success is achieved by the possible creative resources. My God it's a true story ! We did the sending a satalite in mars orbit for study ! By maneuvering our limited resources to an un believable crescendo tuning and a Success ! Those who are not appreciating these in films have not done that when our scientist surprised NASA and all Space Countries. The balance of a stiff technicality and numerous element blend nicely in film and they all produce a good social echo too. Just go to film and amusingly come out with head high and entertained....

Dont need to Read reviews.. just go and watch!

[rohitguleria · 8/10 · 15 August 2019]

Movie deserves a watch as it is high on patriotism and has a great message and story which every indian should know about ISRO

A poor dramtic version of Mars Mission

[arindambiswas-79930 · 7/10 · 15 August 2019]

Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan is the heart of the film. But I feels like Vidya Balan gets more screentime and importance in the film. Tapsi and other do well as a supporting role. For me the story could have been better. I mean to say that it lacks original version of the story. I mean don't show anything by giving it a patriotic tag.

Really inspirational

[VishnuprasadKmenon · 10/10 · 12 October 2019]

It's one of the best movie which showcase the Indian hands in the world. The complete 2 hour is really inspirational without any lag or bore. Some graphical issues are clearly notable other than every field was too good. Akshay Kumar again with his awesome skill but vidya balan is little bit ahead of him in this movie.

Better watch Mangalayan documentaries on YouTube

[vasufirstasrinivas · 2/10 · 19 August 2019]

1) A great story with irrelevant and soulless narration 2) Huge lag and not into the story anytime 3) Great scientists characters used as joker Don't waste your money

A good story..made poor by funny dance and irritating music

[apernitkas · 6/10 · 15 August 2019]

A good script which is ruined by poor music...what was that..mission mangalam song...so irritating..

Should have told the story straight and in a serious matter..

Akshay best as always. Vidya outstanding Others average.

After you compare to another movie Pramanu starring John...that was a way better created than mission Mangal.

Proud of you ISRO and I am proud to be an Indian..

A most watch for every indian movie

[kumaraman-34074 · 10/10 · 15 August 2019]

Great cast with great movie.. with wonderful screenplay and cinematography ..

Pride on

[harshbhagat-26001 · 7/10 · 15 August 2019]

Mission Mangal starring Akshay Kumar is having Patriotism, science,home sceince, acting till some extent and everything you want in an entertainer. But as a space film it lacks detailing, proper guidance and adversity to look at things scientifically. The film goes on and on about home sceince and family. The characters are properly balanced, Akshay And Vidya outperform everyone else. What's disappointing is Sharman Joshi ofcourse in an needless role which is there to provide a man company into womens zone. The music is not much in place. The background score is good, but the film wins on VFX effects, it has some great visuals and feel-good emotions towards the nation. What's not right in place is the humor which feels overblown at some parts. The film on the whole is great watch, thanks to some quirky dialogues, some well written jokes would have landed but on the whole its basic stuff. The VFX and two central performances of Akshay Kumar And Vidya Balan and a thumping climax Lead Mission Mangal To a must-watch.

Patriotic plot for safer side _Akshay Kumar's philosophy

[JarvisIndian · 2/10 · 18 August 2019]

Some films like chak de India, airlift, Kesari are those film which is more focused on plot, screen play, and exhibits patriotic feelings. But after surgical strikes & Pakistan issues. Filmmakers are often making film like Uri , Narendra Modi and all, so that no one can disagree with these movies as an indian. Have positive reviews only because it is based on india. Another Desh bhakti film with political touch. Knowingly or unknowingly you should give it 10 out of 10 .if not everyone will call you anti patriotic. Mission mangal only focuses on patriotiism rather than reality. Everyone are fed up of this. Akshay Kumar who is Modi bhakt has been making 5-6 films per year which are overfilled overloaded with political parties and patriotism. If you can't give good movies don't spoil Indian cinema in the name of patriotism

Best movie of 2019

[ranvijaysinghrajawat · 9/10 · 15 August 2019]

It is intriguing tale of underdog story. An perfect tale of innovation. It is First space movie and it will set benchmark for sure. Akshay Kumar is perfect casting for this role. Vidya Balan is soul of movie . Rest all are good