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'Mission Mangal' Tells the True Story of the Women Behind India's First Mission to Mars
By Chelsea Gohd August 23, 2019 Entertainment
The film tells a heartwarming and triumphant true story.
"Mission Mangal", a new Indian Hindi-language film, tells the dramatic true story of the women behind India's first mission to Mars.
Launched in 2013, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, was India's first interplanetary mission and the first time that any country successfully reached Martian orbit on the first try. India made history again this past week when, on Aug. 21, 2019, ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft snapped its first picture of the moon.
"Mission Mangal" was released in India on Aug. 15, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Indian Space Research .
Rakesh Dhawan (played by Akshay Kumar) helps to lead a team of mostly women trying to put a satellite in orbit around Mars in "Mission Mangal."
Rakesh Dhawan (played by Akshay Kumar) helps to lead a team of mostly women trying to put a satellite in orbit around Mars in "Mission Mangal." (Image credit: Silverscreen Media)
After the launch failure, Dhawan is put in charge of ISRO's Mars mission, a step-down for him because at the time reaching Mars was a nearly impossible, far-off goal. Dhawan even suggests that ISRO wants him to resign quietly. But, while Dhawan reconsiders his career and life in general after this transition, Shinde makes a breakthrough while frying puri (fried bread).
Shinde, in teaching her daughter how to fry puri after the gas is shut off because the oil is still hot, cooks up an idea. She sprints to ISRO, pitches the idea to Dhawan, and together they tell a room of higher-ups at the agency about how, by intermittently firing a craft's engines in multiple orbits around Earth, they could get to Mars with a smaller rocket and a smaller amount of fuel.
Rupert Desai, an ISRO official who came to the agency from NASA, dismisses the idea as ridiculous, but Shinde and Dhawan are persistent and convince the agency officials to let them try. This struggle between the precedent that NASA has set as a leader in spaceflight and ISRO's hopefulness as an "up-and-coming" agency is palpable throughout the film. In real life, MOM was a triumph for the agency that cemented its status as a main player in the spaceflight industry. The film conveys the misconceptions and stereotypes that were placed on the Indian agency that helped to push them to reach this status.
Varsha Pillai (played by Nithya Menen) worked on the MOM team while becoming a mom in "Mission Mangal."
Varsha Pillai (played by Nithya Menen) worked on the MOM team while becoming a mom in "Mission Mangal." (Image credit: Silverscreen Media)
Throughout the film, Desai continues to doubt the project, sending what he considered to be a less-qualified group of scientists to work on the mission. But, in what is a predictably heartwarming ending, Desai eats his words as MOM becomes a historic success.
"Mission Mangal" isn't a terribly serious film. It doesn't echo other true spaceflight stories that come across almost as documentaries. There are a few Bollywood breakdowns where the characters quickly shake off the pain and stress of the mission to dance. ("Dil Mein Mars Hai," the film's "anthem" is still stuck in my head.)
There are certainly moments of cheesiness in the film. In one scene, Shinde and her husband go to pick up their daughter at a dance club late at night and end up drinking and dancing with her. But while the surprising and lighthearted scene might seem a bit silly, like other moments in the film it echoes more serious truths. This scene in particular reflects a mother showing her husband how to trust and love their daughter and allow her to be herself as she grew into an adult.
Ekta Gandhi (played by Sonakshi Sinha) works on the MOM team in "Mission Mangal."
Ekta Gandhi (played by Sonakshi Sinha) works on the MOM team in "Mission Mangal." (Image credit: Silverscreen Media)
The film is a unique space movie for a multitude of reasons. Despite the silly moments in the movie, it's impossible not to become emotionally invested in the team's mission. As the characters work to get to Mars with a minuscule budget that
Still, while a few moments in the movie could have been a bit more thoughtful, and the launch CGI is relatively basic, "Mission Mangal" remains an inspiring tale of hardship and glory.