Mission Mangal Director Reacts To Poster Row Over Akshay Getting Bigger Display Than Co-stars
Ever since the first poster of Mission Mangal has been released online, it has been receiving flak for giving Akshay Kumar a bigger display than the female co-stars.
Ever
since
the
first
poster
of
Mission
Mangal
released
online,
it
has
been
receiving
flak
for
giving
Akshay
Kumar
a
bigger
display
than
the
female
co-stars
-
Vidya
Balan,
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Taapsee
Pannu,
Kirti
Kulhari
and
Nithya
Menen.
When
the
director
of
the
film,
Jagan
Shakti,
was
asked
to
comment
on
the
same,
he
said,
"You
are
going
to
have
that
because
when
you
have
seven
to
eight
stars
you
are
bound
to
have
such
a
poster.
But
it
is
everybody's
story
and
everybody
brings
in
the
crowd.
In
the
writing
every
role
is
strong."
Shakti
was
an
associate
director
on
Padman
(2018)
and
Holiday
(2014)
and
it
was
during
the
former
when
he
had
shared
the
idea
of
Mission
Mangal
with
Akshay.
Talking
about
film's
cast,
Shakti
said,
"I
am
blessed,
I
have
no
complaints.
I
narrated
him
and
he
loved
it.
It
was
a
blessing
for
me
to
have
Akshay
in
my
first
film
itself.
I
approached
Vidya
ji,
I
knew
her
when
I
was
working
on
'Paa'
(as
an
AD),
I
have
also
worked
with
Sonakshi
on
two
films
-
'Akira'
and
'Holiday'.
I
approached
them
because
I
knew
them
well.
Maybe
the
script
was
strong
that
everybody
agreed
to
be
part
of
the
film."
Shakti
said
his
elder
sister
is
a
scientist
working
for
Indian
Research
Space
Organisation
(ISRO)
and
through
her,
he
got
to
meet
a
lot
of
people
who
were
part
of
the
Mars
Mission.
The
film
also
features
Sharman
Joshi
and
Dalip
Tahil
in
pivotal
roles.
Mission
Mangal
is
scheduled
to
release
on
August
15.
The
film
is
based
on
real-life
scientists,
who
contributed
to
India's
first
interplanetary
expedition,
Mars
Orbiter
Mission
(MOM),
launched
by
ISRO
in
2013.