Space Gen – Chandrayaan was released on JioHotstar on January 23. The five episode series is inspired by true events that revolves around ISRO's journey from the failure of the Chandrayaan-2 mission to triumph of Chandrayaan-3.
Created by Arunabh Kumar, and Directed by Anant Singh, Space Gen – Chandrayaan is a five-episode web series that features Nakuul Mehta, Shriya Saran, Prakash Belawadi, Gopal Datt, and more in the key roles.
Shriya Saran plays the character of a scientist who is also the Project Director of Chandrayaan 2. She plays the character of Yamini Mudaliar.
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Yamini Mudaliar is an ISRO scientist who is the project director of Chandrayaan 2. However, just a few kilometers away from the south pole of the moon, Chandrayaan 2 could not land properly. Furthermore, ISRO's plan to run Vikram Rover onto the moon was not achieved. However, with Chandryaan 3, India still became the first country to land on South Pole of the moon.
Now, coming back to Yamini Mudaliar, Shriya Saran's character seems to be inspired by Muthayya Vanitha aka M. Vanitha.
According to reports, M. Vanitha served as the Project Director for ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission. According to reports, Vanitha was the first woman to lead an interplanetary mission at ISRO, overseeing the project from inception to completion, including spacecraft development and integration.
With 32 years at ISRO, Vanitha managed hardware testing, telemetry, and prior satellites like Cartosat-1 before this role.
Hailing from Chennai, she was also awarded for Best Woman Scientist by the Astronomical Society of India in 2006.
