Vidya Balan Feels It’s NOT FAIR To Say That Mission Mangal ‘Needs’ Akshay Kumar
Looking at Mission Mangal’s posters, many had felt that the film was going to revolve mainly around Akshay Kumar. On this viewpoint, Vidya Balan said that it is not fair to say that the film ‘needs’ A
Mission
Mangal,
which
hit
theatres
on
Independence
Day
yesterday,
has
had
a
stunning
opening
box
office
collection.
Audiences
were
eagerly
waiting
to
catch
this
film
in
theatres
after
its
poster
and
trailer
dropped.
Mission
Mangal
is
a
multi-starrer
drama,
which
is
based
on
India's
space
mission
to
Mars,
launched
by
the
scientists
of
Indian
Space
Research
Organization.
The
cast
includes
Akshay
Kumar,
Vidya
Balan,
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Sharman
Joshi,
Kirti
Kulhari,
Taapsee
Pannu,
Nithya
Menen
and
others.
Looking
at
the
film's
poster,
many
had
felt
that
the
story
was
mainly
going
to
revolve
around
Akshay,
and
the
actresses
were
going
to
play
supporting
roles.
However,
the
makers
of
the
film
had
clarified
that
all
actors
had
equally
important
roles
to
play.
On
this,
Sonakshi
had
said,
"Jo
bikta
hai,
woh
bikta
hai"
(What
sells
is
what
sells).
Sharing
similar
opinions,
other
actresses
of
Mission
Mangal
also
had
acknowledged
that
Akshay
is
a
crowd-puller.
However,
Vidya
is
of
a
slightly
different
opinion,
as
she
said
in
a
recent
interaction,
"It's
not
fair
to
say
that
this
film
'needs'
an
Akshay
Kumar.
It's
great
that
an
Akshay
Kumar
has
done
this
film,
despite
knowing
that
women
have
equal
space
in
it.
Because
normally,
(male
superstars)
are
not
even
willing
to
share
equal
space.
But
Akshay
has
not
only
acted
in
the
film
but
produced
it
too," reported
Pinkvilla.
She
further
spoke
about
how
the
mission,
in
reality,
was
successful
because
of
contributions
by
both
men
and
women.
"This
mission
had
equal
contribution
from
men
and
women.
It's
great
that
a
woman's
contribution
is
at
least
being
acknowledged," she
said.
Fans
have
been
very
appreciative
of
the
movie,
and
netizens
are
raving
about
it
on
social
media
platforms.
The
film
collected
Rs.
28.5
crore
approximately
on
the
opening
day
itself.