#prasanna was definitely dubbed for because he's from tamil nadu and works almost exclusively in tamil cinema

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Mission Mangal doesn't get songs added and the links above still work.

Brother's Day gets Chellam Chellam (no subtitles) added because it's sweet. The links above still work.

The Zoya Factor also doesn't get songs added and has working links above.

Bollywood Movies Part CXCII

After a failed launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), Rakesh Dhawan (Akshay Kumar) is moved to the Mars Orbiter Mission, a project that is currently dead in the water. Tara Shinde (Vidya Balan) joins him as project manager, partially due to feeling guilty for the failed launch. They form a team to make a satellite lightweight enough to go on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and to calculate the precise fuel needs to get the satellite all the way to Mars.

Mission Mangal is a great fictionalized account of the Mars Orbiter Mission that does a good job explaining the problems faced by the team without getting too technical. I also enjoyed that the film was not just about the mission and showed the lives of the various team members (except for Dhawan) outside of the mission. All of the actors performed their roles well. Favorite songs are Dil Mein Mars Hai and Shaabaashiyaan. Neither song has subtitles.

Rony (Prithviraj Sukumaran) works for a catering company and comes in conflict with Gemma (Madonna Sebastian) who he initially believes is a party crasher, but turns out to be the groom’s daughter. Later, he is tasked with taking Chandy (Vijayaraghavan) to a hotel, but ends up caught up in Chandy’s many antics as his stay extends due to injury. Meanwhile, Shiva (Prasanna) honeytraps people to blackmail them. 

TW for movie: rape, attempted rape of a child, animal abuse. Brother’s Day has a promising start but completely loses everything in the second half. I think my first clue that it wasn’t going to be good was when they pixelated the wound when young Shiva kills his father. If you have to pixelate something to make it past the ratings board as a family friendly movie, maybe you should show it differently. Unfortunately, this also not the only time they use pixelation in the movie and the second time is much worse. If Shiva could have stayed a honeytrapper, perhaps the movie would have been better, but they had to make him the most villainous villain ever. Also, the movie sets up for a Rony/Gemma romance, but it never follows through. Favorite songs are Nenjodu Vinaa (audio only) and Oru Thooval. Neither song has subtitles.

Zoya (Sonam K Ahuja), born on the day India won the World Cup for cricket, is her brother’s (Sikander Kher) lucky charm for his amateur cricket games, even though she doesn’t like cricket. Her job at an ad agency sends her to Sri Lanka to work with the Indian Cricket team, where she meets Nikhil Khoda (Dulquer Salmaan), the reclusive team captain. When Zoya tells the team about her use as a lucky charm, some of the team members decide she really is lucky for them, although Nikhil refuses to be so superstitious. The former team captain Robin (Angad Bedi) tries to get Zoya to be the official team lucky charm in a play to win back the captaincy.

The Zoya Factor is a great romance that is very good at being silly, but also gets serious when necessary. It also manages to show how headology and hard work pay off. I absolutely enjoyed how the film really leaned into the product placement because of how it plays into Zoya’s career and because they really play with it. Overall, a wonderful film that nearly killed me with cuteness. Also the actors are all great. Favorite songs are Kaash, Maheroo, and Pepsi Ki Kasam. None of the songs have subtitles.