Mission Over Mars
M.O.M. - Mission Over Mars is a 2019 Indian Hindi drama web series created by Ekta Kapoor. The series is developed and produced by Endemol Shine India for online streaming platforms ALTBalaji and ZEE5.[1][2] The series stars Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh and Palomi Ghosh as protagonists.[3][4]
| M.O.M - Mission Over Mars | |
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 First look poster | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Based on | Mars Orbiter Mission |
| Developed by | Soma Roy |
| Written by | Story and Dialogues Sambit Mishra Screenplay Sambit Mishra Vinay Waikul |
| Directed by | Vinay Waikul |
| Creative director | Manjit Sachdev (ALT Balaji) |
| Starring | Sakshi Tanwar Mona Singh Nidhi Singh Palomi Ghosh Ashish Vidyarthi Mohan Joshi |
| Composer | NoizzeBoxx |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Meghann Malik (ALTBalaji) N B Rajkumar Patra (Endemol Shine India) |
| Production locations | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Cinematography | Soumik Mukherjee |
| Editor | Gaurav Aggrawal |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 18-23 minutes |
| Production company | Endemol Shine India |
| Distributor | ZEE5 ALT Digital Media Entertainment Ltd. |
| Release | |
| Original network | ALTBalaji ZEE5 |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release | 10 September 2019 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
The series is an intriguing tale of four women scientists who through their brilliance and dedication chart the journey of Indian Space Agency's Mars Orbiter Mission.[5] Mission Over Mars begins with a disappointing moment as ISRO's namesake ISA fails in its Chandravimaan mission and the entire blame falls on the shoulders of Mona Singh. It touches a nerve given Chandrayaan-2's Vikram Lander losing control after it landed on the moon's South Pole.Mona shines through as she plays a hot-headed scientist, forced to work with her ex-husband, a fellow scientist at the same space centre. Clad in crisp cotton saris, Mona is dedicated to her dream but forgets to remember her only daughter's birthday. Sakshi Tanwar is her opposite—a calm and quiet mission coordinator who is a helicopter mom to her 18-year-old son.[6]
Cast
- Sakshi Tanwar as Nandita Hariprasad[7]
- Mona Singh as Moushmi Ghosh[7]
- Nidhi Singh as Neetu Sinha
- Palomi Ghosh as Meghan
- Ashish Vidyarthi as K. Murlidharan
- Mohan Joshi[8] as Sharad Gokhale
- Chitranjan Tripathias Binayak Mohanty
- Utkarsh Majumdar as Bhaskar Ghosh
- Naisha Khanna as Lilavati Bhalekar
- Gaurav Sharma as Nikhil Bhalekar
- Suhaas Ahuja as Rajat Sinha
- Mihir Ahuja as Param Hariprasad
- Mona Ambegoakar as Sunita Vyas
- Purnendu Bhattacharya as Mayank
- Harssh Singh as Anant Vardhan
- Priyank Tiwari as Rakesh
- Nishit Broker as Swami
- Ankur Rathi as Gautam Gulati
- Pranav Manchanda as Venkat
- Micky Makhija as Jeejabhoy
- Manu Malik[9] as Alok Hariprasad
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 10 September 2019 | |||
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title[10] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Chale To Chand Talak Nahi To Shaam Talak" | Vinay Waikul | Sambit Mishra and Vinay Waikul | 10 September 2019 | |
| The series begins with the launch of ChandraViman - 1 where ISA scientist Moushami Ghosh faces her biggest setback when her team loses contact with India’s ChandraViman-1 while China’s mission to the moon succeeds. As India sets its eyes on Mars, China once again beats it with another successful mission even before Moushami and her team can get approval for India’s Mars mission | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "To Mars" | Vinay Waikul | Sambit Mishra and Vinay Waikul | 10 September 2019 | |
| The PMO office agrees to fund M.O.M on the condition that the mission is launched within 18 months. The ISA agrees to this condition. Team M.O.M, headed by Nandita, must now prove the skeptics wrong and make M.O.M a success | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "7 Rupees Per Kilometer" | Vinay Waikul | Sambit Mishra and Vinay Waikul | 10 September 2019 | |
| Nandita is devastated when the Centre allocates only USD 75 Million for the entire mission. She tries some cost-cutting measures but still finds it difficult to work within the limited budget. Later, MSLV fails its first test launch. Can ISA afford a second test launch? | ||||||
References
- Ekta Announces new web series on Mars Orbiter Mission
- "Mission Over Mars on ZEE5".
- Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh in a web series titled 'Mission over Mars'
- Sakshi Tanwar to play scientist in Ekta Kapoor's next web series 'Mission Over Mars'
- Ekta Kapoor announces new web series 'Mission Over Mars'based on true incidents
- "M.O.M. Mission over Mars review: Mission Mangal lookalike is a survivor, encourages us not to give up on Chandrayaan-2". 2019-09-11.
- Saskhi Tanwar and Mona Singh team up for ALT Balaji's new web series
- Mohan Joshi joins the cast of ALT Balaji's 'Mission Over Mars'
- "yrkkh-fame-manu-malik-lands-alt-balaji-s-m-o-m-mission-over-mars". Hungama.
- "TV Time - Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala (TVShow Time)". TV Time. Retrieved 31 July 2018.