Ekta explains use of ‘wrong’ rocket in ‘MOM’ poster

Mumbai (IANS) – The poster of producer Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming web series “M.O.M. – Mission Over Mars” has been trolled by some netizens for using the wrong rocket. She says her team cannot use the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket for representation due to legal boundaries.

On her birthday on June 7, Ekta had unveiled the show and #39;s poster and written that she had decided to make the project two-and-half years ago when she chanced upon the and quot;amazing story about women in Indian science and quot;.

and quot;This show is on the women who sent the mission to Mars — partly fictional keeping in mind the sacrosanct nature of ISRO, and quot; she had written.

Soon, some netizens pointed out the use of the wrong rocket in its poster.

Ekta, Joint Managing Director, ALTBalaji, tweeted on Wednesday: and quot;Cannot use the ISRO rocket! Legal boundaries! and quot;

In a statement ALTBalaji and #39;s spokesperson said, and quot;Our upcoming show is a fictional adaptation of the real life heroes at ISRO who worked on Mangalyaan and set a major milestone putting India firmly on the global map. However, as a strategic call taken by multiple parties, we have gone down the fiction route for this show. and nbsp;