India Post News Service
ALTBalaji, India’s leading home-grown OTT platform, has launched its most ambitious web-series “Mission Over Mars (M-O-M): The women behind Mission Mangal”.
“M-O-M” is a fictional adaptation of India’s most successful Mars Orbiter Mission, ALT Balaji said ina statement.
The mission which is considered as the crown jewel of India’s achievement in space research, inspired Indians across and placed the country ahead globally. Celebrating this glory, the web-series, is a fictional adaptation of real-life heroes at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who worked on Mangalyaan.
Produced by Ekta Kapoor, who has been ruling the television industry for decades, “M-O-M” stars some of the most prolific Indian actors like Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh, Nidhi Singh, Palomi Ghosh in lead roles, along with veteran actor Ashish Vidyarthi and Mohan Joshi in prominent roles.
Produced by Endemol India and directed by Vinay Waikul of “Dangal” fame, “M-O-M” is now streaming on ALTBalaji and ZEE5, further bolstering their content library.
“We have been working on ‘M-O-M’ for over three years to showcase the inspiring story behind the women who helmed India’s historic Mars mission,” Kapoor said in the statement.
“Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on Mangal (Tuesday) so I also wanted to launch my series on Tuesday. Though this is a small thing, but I feel there is some celestial connection to us. I love to watch and present such stories as it ignites a sense of pride within me as an Indian.”
