Akshay Kumar-starrer Mission Mangal to premiere in Australia at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne

The film will be screened at  Hoyts Chadstone in Melbourne on the eve of its domestic release
A still from Mission Mangal
A still from Mission Mangal

This Independence Day the country will be treated to the story of the Indian scientists who cracked the country’s first ever interplanetary mission in the Vidya Balan-and-Akshay Kumar-starrer-Mission Mangal that releases on August 15. However, the film will be premeired at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on the same day.

In line with the festival's theme - courage - the film is about India's first ever interplanetary mission that was executed at a much lesser cost. Mission Mangal will be screened at Hoyts Chadstone in Melbourne which will incidentally be the first festival premiere for the film. 

The sci-fi is a celebration of indomitable human spirit, woman power and patriotic fervour, all rolled in one. Kumar, himself, has gone on record to call it the most moving film of his career. Loosely based on the story of the scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission in 2014, the film is making waves already before release. The stellar cast headlined by Kumar and Balan also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menon, Taapsee Pannu and Sharman Joshi. Designed as a commercial potboiler, the film is an inspiring story that will resonate with the Indian audiences overseas. 

The festival screening is expected to have a solid turnout of Indians looking for a special way to celebrate their I-day in a foreign land. It is unusual for a commercial film of this scale to premiere at a festival on the eve of its domestic release but IFFM was steadfast in their commitment to bringing heartwarming stories to the Australian audience.

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