'Mission Mangal' belongs to its female actors: Akshay Kumar

The first poster of "Mission Mangal" had drawn flak online for giving Akshay Kumar a bigger display than the women actors but the superstar says the film belongs to its female cast.

The first trailer of the film, starring Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menon and Kirti Kulhari besides Akshay and Sharman Joshi, was launched here on Thursday.

When asked whether it was sad that the first poster attracted controversy, Akshay told reporters, "We are not sad... We all are happy about the way it is. This film belongs to these ladies and it will always belong to them."
"Even when I was doing 'Airlift', I was unaware about 1,70,000 people being rescued from Kuwait. Sadly, not many people knew about it. Our industry should make more such stories that remain untold."
"Like in this film, while frying Puris we got the idea to go to Mars. (It came) through home science technique. It is a story of these ladies, it is a real story. I was amazed to learn a few things."
"If you do not experiment, then you will not succeed and your individuality will not come out. Everyone should do something different and this thinking will come when you will become observant as you will see something new in every thing."
"Then we have 30-40 Hollywood films also releasing. Going ahead, we might have more films clashing at the box office. One should not blame anyone for the clash."