Confirmed: Megastar Akshay Kumar Starrer Mission Mangal To Hit The Screens This Independence Day

After impressing audiences and critics with the blockbuster Kesari, Megastar Akshay Kumar is now gearing for his next screen outing. Titled Mission Mangal, Akshay Kumar’s next is India’s first space film as it brings the story of India’s Mars mission to the big screen.

The film’s shooting which began in November last year is finally releasing on 15th August 2019, which also happens to be the Indian Independence Day.

Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to confirm the release date.

“OFFICIAL…No Change in release date…#MissionMangal to release on 15 Aug 2019…” he tweeted.

Directed by Jagan Shetty, the multi-starrer includes other big names like Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi alongside Akshay in key roles.

The film is being produced by Kumar's Cape of Good Films and Fox Star Studios along with R Balki, who has previously directed Akshay Kumar in the socially relevant blockbuster, PadMan.

Besides Mission Mangal, Kumar also has other big release like Good News, Housefull 4 and Sooryavanshi in the pipeline.

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