''M.O.M. - Mission Over Mars'' is a 2019

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created by

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. The series is developed and produced by

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for online streaming platforms

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. The series stars

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and Palomi Ghosh as

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Plot

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. Mission Over Mars begins with a disappointing moment as ISRO's namesake ISA fails in its Chandravimaan mission and the entire blame falls on the shoulders of Moushmi Ghosh. It touches a nerve given Chandrayaan-2's Vikram Lander losing control after it landed on the moon's South Pole. Moushmi shines through as she plays a hot-headed scientist, forced to work with her ex-husband, a fellow scientist at the same space centre. Clad in crisp cotton saris, Moushmi Ghosh is dedicated to her dream but forgets to remember her only daughter's birthday. Nandita Hariprasad is her opposite—a calm and quiet mission coordinator who is a helicopter mom to her 18-year-old son. The series has been criticised for showing men in the work place as predators. The underlying narrative of the series has been men hating and glorifying women being superior over men.

Cast

as Nandita HariprasadSaskhi Tanwar and Mona Singh team up for ALT Balaji's new web series
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as Moushmi Ghosh *

as Neetu Sinha * Palomi Ghosh as Meghan *

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as K. Murlidharan *

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as Sharad Gokhale *

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as Binayak Mohanty * Utkarsh Majumdar as Bhaskar Ghosh * Naisha Khanna as Lilavati Bhalekar * Gaurav Sharma as Nikhil Bhalekar *

Suhaas Ahuja Suhaas Ahuja is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi films and television serials. He debuted in the movie ''Knock Knock, I'm looking to marry'' and is widely known for his role in the Aamir Khan starrer '' Talaash''. Suhaas Ahuja was rece ...

as Rajat Sinha * Mihir Ahuja as Param Hariprasad * Mona Ambegoankar as Sunita Vyas * Purnendu Bhattacharya as Mayank * Harssh Singh as Anant Vardhan * Priyank Tiwari as Rakesh * Nishit Broker as Swami *

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as Gautam Gulati * Pranav Manchanda as Venkat * Micky Makhija as Jeejabhoy * Manu Malik as Alok Hariprasad

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