MISSION MANGAL REVIEW
SYNOPSIS
- The movie is all about MOM (Mars Orbital Mission) or Mangalyaan where India became the first country to make it's Satellite reach Mars in the first attempt.
- The movie starts with ISRO (Indian Research Space Organisation) sending a satellite in Space but it explodes just when it takes off due to a mistake by Tara (Vidya Balan), a part of the team headed by one of the world's brilliant scientist Rakesh Dhawan (Akshay Kumar).
- Though Tara is saddened about the failure, but Rakesh believes that there is no science without experiment. But, the people of the country and the government express disappointment and transfer Rakesh to the mission about sending a satellite in Mars. Though Rakesh knows that he has been assigned an impossible task but still takes in his stride to achieve this mammoth task.
- The mission to reach Moon is given to an Indian-Origin scientist who is from NASA, Rupert Desai(Dalip Tahil). Tara lives with her husband Sunil(Sanjay Kapoor) , son and daughter. One day, she realises that India can send a satellite to Mars with a home-science technique. and tells Rakesh about it.
- Rakesh talks about this to the Director of ISRO( Vikram Gokhale) who gives nod to the idea but Rupert mocks it. Rakesh asks for a team of senior scientists but to his surprise, they( Rakesh and Tara) are given a team of junior scientists comprising of Eka Gandhi(Sonakshi Sinha), Kritika Aggarwal(Taapsee Pannu), Varsha Pillai(Nithya Menen), Neha Siddiqui(Kirti Kulhari), Parmeshwar Naidu(Sharman Joshi) and Ananth Iyer( H.G. Dattatreya).
- Here, Varsha and her husband, Vivek Pillai(Purab Kohli) live together but Vivek's mother always treats Varsha inferiorly as she is not having a child. Kritika is married to Rishi, an army officer. Neha always remains distraught as she is Muslim and can't find herself a house. Eka is here to practice for her future as she wants to go to NASA. Parmeshwar always thinks about not having a girlfriend and being Virgin. Ananth and his wife are disappointed by their son who is in San Francisco.
- Though the team has a time of just 24 months to complete the mission, no-one is serious about the mammoth task except Rakesh and Tara. Soonly, the government disapproves of the mission. Everyone leaves the team with Tara thinking about quitting ISRO.
- 4 months later, the mission is revived but with a lower budget (400 cr) as another mission has been put on stand-by. Now, Tara one day tells them a story which motivates them to work for this mission. How they achieve this mission forms the crux of the story.
"MISSION MANGAL" RATING
Overall Rating - ★★★1/2 (3.5/5)
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- ACTING - ★★★★
- DIRECTION - ★★★1/2
- MUSIC - ★★★
- VFX - ★★★★1/2
- STORY - ★★★★★
- SCREENPLAY - ★★★1/2
PERFORMANCES
- The acting by the all the members is superlative. Akshay Kumar is fantastic in his role of scientist Rakesh Dhawan. He is very good in the whole film and especially in the climax, his 'Copy That' dialogue gives you goosebumps all over.
- Vidya Balan, an the institution of acting, is simply terrific in the movie. She almost has a role equal to Akshay Kumar in the movie and is perfect for the role.
- Taapsee Pannu as Kritika Aggarwal is easy to eyes and looks beautiful. Though we know that she is a terrific actor, but she adjusts to the role and performs nicely .
- Kirti Kulhari as Neha Siddiqui is superlative in her role.
- Nithya Menen as Varsha Pillai has a very good debut with the movie. She has a very good role in the film and shines in her role.
- Sonakshi Sinha as Eka Gandhi is good and performs aptly.
- Sharman Joshi as Parmeshwar Naidu is hilarious in his role and gives laughs at regular interval in the movie.
- H.G. Dattatreya as Ananth Iyer is also good in his role and is effective.
- Dalip Tahil as Rupert Desai is good in his role of the opposition scientist.
- Vikram Gokhale as ISRO Director is very good and supports the lead cast of the film nicely.
- Sanjay Kapoor as Sunil is good in his role.
- Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub as Rishi Aggarwal and Purab Kohli as Vivek Shinde are good in their cameo.
Story and Direction
- The Story and Direction by Jagan Shakti is first-rate. The story is winner and execution further makes it interesting and exciting to watch. The story shows all the problems that our scientists conquered and achieved an impossible task.
- Special mention for the direction of the movie as the movie is made in such a simple way that even a common man can understand the whole mission. The movie makes you proud and fills you with emotions of patriotism at the end of the movie. The movie has loads of drama and good humor at regular intervals.
OTHER TECHNICAL ASPECTS
- The editing of the film is good and a runtime of 2hr and 13 minutes doesn't bore the audience.
- The songs of the movie take the movie forward and doesn't slows the pace of the movie. Dil Mein Mars Hai is the only song I remember in the movie and Shaabaashiyan is almost used in the end credits of the movie.
- The production value of the movie is rich and the VFX look superb on the big screen. They look real and catch the interest of the audience in the first 10 minutes of the movie.
My Opinion
- Overall, MISSION MANGAL is the movie which should be watched by every Indian to know the story of our scientists and their work who have made India proud on the global level. The acting, story and VFX are top-notch. Few people might find the first half slow as the movie focuses on the family of the scientists but since the length of the movie is crisp, it excites the audience. The last hour of the movie is exciting and the experience enhances on the big screen.
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