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I saw this movie and didn't like it. I felt that it needlessly sacrificed accuracy for the sake of a contrived narrative or messaging. Neil Armstrong was portrayed in the movie as rather aloof and emotionless. If you see actual TV interviews with the man, he didn't come across that way in real life. How unfortunate that such a well known name in the history of human progress was depicted as a cardboard cutout, rather than as a fully developed character. The movie reduced him to being a foil to other characters, who all got to sound their emotions off his impassive face. Everyone in this film had more dialogue than the title character, which says a lot.
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As a side note, I'll mention that Pakistan has announced that it will send astronauts to space with China:
https://arynews.tv/en/pakistan-decides-to-send-as...
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How about the Magnetoshell aerobraking/aerocapture technology being researched at University of Washington? Isn't that considered a potential breakthrough/disruptive technology, which could have a major impact on space missions involving atmospheric re-entry?
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In that spirit, here's a Bollywood-produced short film on India's Mars Orbiter Mission, funded by the Johnnie Walker company, maker of fine spirits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIAq9UEPSWU
This dramatized fictional depiction of events obviously takes a lot of creative license. The fictitious space agency featured is called ISRA, however the actors used do bear decent resemblance to real-world people involved in ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission, such as K Radhakrishan, S Kiran Kumar, Nandini Harinath (although the fellow playing Mylswamy Annadurai doesn't look like him at all.)
Perhaps as India undertakes more ambitious and higher profile space missions, and as space grows in the public consciousness, then India's film industries will naturally put out more space-related storyplots.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anaOqFwxqU http://www.bellatrixaerospace.com/
http://agnikul.in/
Here's a partial list of various space-related companies in India:
https://yourstory.com/2018/01/india-space-startup...
Some are receiving mentorship from ISRO:
https://inc42.com/buzz/isro-to-support-space-star...