Speaking about his upcoming film 'Mission Mangal', actor Akshay Kumar said out of the 150 movies he has done, this film is the one that makes him the most proud. The actor was joined by his co-stars Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kalhari, Nithya Menon and Sharman Joshi at a trailer launch of the film held recently.
Speaking at the event, the actor said, "We didn't have that much knowledge about Mars Orbiter Mission before we started working on the film. But slowly we came to know a lot, and it is because of Jagan (director Jagan Shakti). Manglayaan cost only £45 million while Nasa spent more than £ 600 million for American Maven orbiter. My film '2.0' had a budget of £50 million and this was less than that, so we are proud."
Akshay plays the role of mission director Rakesh Dhawan in the film and leads the initiative. The actor, however said, "This film is about the women and it will always be." He added that there was no question of saying no to such an offer. "Bringing five female actors together was such a difficult task. I had to do the film." 'Mission Mangal' is set to clash with John Abraham's 'Batla House' and Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer 'Saaho' on August 15.
When asked about the clash, Kumar said, "We only have 52 weeks in a year and more than 100 films coming. We are friends, so there is no problem in coming together with our films. Nobody should be blamed for it. Now 2-3 films are coming together. In the future, we will have even more films coming together."
