Akshay Kumar says it was easy for him to get five A-list female actors for his next Mission Mangal, a feat he believes would be difficult to pull off with his male co-stars. Touted as India's first space film, Mission Mangal will feature female stars --Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari -- along with Akshay and Sharman Joshi.

"The script demands them to be ahead. They are the real heroes. I am supposed to be behind them even though I am producing it. I am very happy to see these five girls, who are very big in their own way, are not bothered that there are five of them coming together," Akshay said in a group interview.