’Mission Mangal’opens with a failed ISRO mussion headed by project director Rakesh Dhawan( Akshay kumar) and under the watchful eye of mission director Tara( Vidya Balan) .
A scientist who has dedicated his life to ISRO, Rakesh it then ’demoted’ to a Mars program, which other scientists don’t take seriously. While Rakesh faces adversity withba smile, Tara hopes to redeem herself. Willing to fight the odds to put India back on the space map, Rakesh and Tara put together a team of junior scientist from ISRO with the intention of putting the Mars mission into space within 24 months.
Eka( sonakshi sinha) , Neha( kulhari) , Kritika( Tap asi pannu) , Varsha( Menen) , Parmeshwar( Joshi) , and Ananth( Dattatreya) make up the rest of the ragtag team, who wrack their brains and come up with innovative, low-cast solutions for the Mars mission.
While the film tries to simplify the complex science thay goes into a space mission to make it accessible to viewers.it turns gimmicky and a bit too convenient at times. The dialogues seem contrived, with the writers trying to insert some tongue-in-cheek moments.