Bollywood movies are more about entertainment, dance and song sequence, rom-com, and high-octane actions. Of course, there are a few flicks that cover some interesting topics and offer social messages but even today, B-town producers shy away from making a complete Sci-Fi or a space movie that can give an insight into the world of stars, moons, and space.
Here are 5 Bollywood space movies that you can watch with kids on OTT platforms:
The Rocketry: The Nambi Effect on Amazon Prime Video
This biographical drama directed, produced, and written by R. Madhavan is about an Indian Space Research Organisation scientist Nambi Narayan who was earlier slammed with an espionage case but later on was exonerated. Madhavan plays the titular role while the story encompasses the entire journey of Nambi from being a student at Princeton University to becoming a scientist and later facing the charge of espionage.
Mission Mangal on Amazon Prime Video
Mission Mangal is based on the life of the ISRO scientists who were a part of the first interplanetary expedition of India-the Mars Orbiter Mission. It had a stellar star cast of Vidya Balan, Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Sharman Joshi, Kirti Kulhari, and Nithya Menon. The movie throws light on how this team of Indian scientists used home science techniques successfully which made India the first country to reach Mars in the first attempt on a very low budget.
Cargo on Netflix
It is a science fiction movie that is full of philosophy and morbid humour with the story set on Pushpak 634A, a spaceship. This Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi movie is about a scientist named Prahastha who is working on Post Death Transition services and a female astronaut who is helping Prahastha in recycling dead people for the next birth.
Antariksham 9000 kmph on Amazon Prime Video
This is a Telugu science fiction and adventure movie starring Aditi Rao Hydari, and Varun Tej. The movie gives glimpses of how the astronauts work and live in space and what happens when one of the satellites from India Mihira loses connection with its base space station.
Tik Tik Tik on Disney Plus Hotstar
This science fiction thriller is inspired by Michael Bay’s big hit Armageddon. The Tamil movie shows how a DSD team comes up with a plan when they come to know that an asteroid will hit the earth in a week and can put the lives of hundreds of people in Chennai in danger.