Akshay Kumar chose to do Mission Magal for his daughter

Akshay Kumar unveiled the first poster of 'Mission Mangal' poster alongside the reason for choosing to do the film. The poster sees a huge star cast with a majority of a female lead cast alongside Akshay.

He captioned the poster as, "A story of underdogs who took India to Mars. #MissionMangal, the true story of India's #SpaceMission to Mars, coming on Aug 15, 2019!" a bit earlier he also revealed the reason behind working on the film he wrote, "#MissionMangal , a film which I hope will inspire as much as entertain. A film which I've done specially for my daughter and children her age to familiarise them with the incredible true story of India's mission to Mars! @FoxStarHindi #HopePictures #JaganShakti @isro "

The film's talented cast includes Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, and Sharman Joshi among others. Based on a true story of India's mission to Mars, the film is about ordinary people achieving the extraordinary. Directed by Jagan Shakti the film is co-produced by 'PadMan' director R Balki.

The film is set to release on August 15 this year which has become a signature for Akshay since he released, Gold and Toilet Ek Prem Katha around the same time.