Akshay
Kumar's
Mission
Mangal
has
hit
the
shooting
floors.
The
film
boosts
of
an
ensemble
star
cast
which
includes
names
like
Vidya
Balan,
Taapsee
Pannu,
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Sharman
Joshi,
Kirti
Kulhari
and
Nithya
Menen.
Mission
Mangal
is
inspired
by
the
women
scientists
who
worked
on
India's
2014
Mars
Orbiter
Mission
aka
MOM.
Taapsee
Pannu
has
kick-started
the
shooting
of
the
film
and
took
to
her
Instagram
page
to
share
a
glimpse
from
her
first
day
on
the
sets.
She
captioned
the
picture
as,
"Kritika
Agarwal
,
Navigation
and
Communication
Department,
reporting
on
duty
#MissionMangal
#FirstDay
#FireTheEngines."
In
the
picture,
Taapsee
Pannu
is
seen
dressed
in
a
yellow
saree
with
neatly-braid
hair.
She
is
also
wearing
a
mangalsutra
and
pearl
drop
earrings.
Meanwhile,
Mission
Mangal
recently
found
itself
embroiled
in
a
controversy
when
a
US-based
filmmaker,
Radha
Bhardwaj
filed
a
lawsuit
against
the
film.
She
alleged
that
the
script
of
the
movie
is
hers
and
blamed
the
makers
for
plagiarism.
Her
lawyer
said,
"There
are
hundreds
of
ways
to
tell
the
story
of
Mangalyaan,
but
Radha
came
up
with
the
angle
of
focusing
on
the
women
engineers
working
on
the
mission."
Reacting
to
Radha's
allegations,
producer
R.
Balki
told
DNA,
"I'm
sure
many
scripts
have
been
written
on
the
Mars
Orbiter
Mission.
But
ours
is
an
original
screenplay
that
I
have
helped
Jagan
with.
He
has
been
living
with
this
vision
for
three
years!
We
have
fictionalised
a
lot
of
characters
to
make
it
an
interesting
screenplay
out
of
a
core
story
that
only
ISRO
can
claim
rights
to.
Nobody
else.
People
can
be
upset
with
their
interpretation
of
a
story
not
being
executed,
but
it
is
silly
to
try
and
stop
another
interpretation
that
is
being
executed."
He
further
added
that
Radha
is
welcome
to
read
the
script.
"She
hasn't
even
read
it...
how
can
she
claim
this?
It's
very
silly
and
wrong.
Radha,
please
come
over
and
read
it.
I'm
sure
you
will
find
it
fresh
and
refreshing,"
Balki
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
daily.
Amidst
this
controversy,
the
makers
have
gone
ahead
with
the
shooting
of
the
film.