‘Mission Mangal’ song ‘Dil Mein Mars Hai’: Akshay Kumar’s song is nothing to rave about

Last week, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen and Sharman Joshi came together to unveil the trailer of ‘Mission Mangal’. While the trailer seems to have found favour with the audience, the film’s team has now launched the first song titled ‘Dil Mein Mars Hai’ a little while ago.

The song has been composed by Amit Trivedi and sung by Benny Dayal and Vibha Saraf. The lyrics have been penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Check out the song right here:

The movie is based on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan. It has been carried out by a team of scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With the mission, India became the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit and the first nation in the world to do so in its maiden attempt.

Talking about the idea behind the song, debutant director Jagan Shakti said, “The song is more like an anthem that plays out at different junctures in the film. It almost binds the story together. Each scientist working on Mission Mangal has their own idea for this ambitious venture, but faces roadblocks while executing them.”

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“In the film, the team members use their skills to crack problems, whether it is monetary, technological or otherwise. What matters to them is the ultimate goal, which is to successfully send the Mangalyaan into space to orbit Mars, and to do that in the first attempt despite constraints. Hence, we have titled this song ‘Dil Mein Mars Hai’, because, for these scientists, dil mein mars hai, quite literally,” added the director.

Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and co-producer R Balki worked with Jagan on the lyrics. “We tried a few things, which were very tech-heavy and they somehow didn’t bring out the emotion that we wanted to highlight. Then, we decided to try something simple, which brings out the underlying sentiment clearly. The idea was to highlight the scientists’ undeterred spirit to achieve their goal and ‘Dil Mein Mars Hai’ says it all,” said Jagan.

‘Mission Mangal’ is set to hit theatres on August 15. It will face tough competition at the box-office from John Abraham’s ‘Batla House’.

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Prateek Sur

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