re are always hurdles in path to victory and 'Chandrayaan-2' mission, which suffered a last-minute setback, doesn't "tantamount to failure", said members of film fraternity, after ISRO lost communication with its moon lander early Saturday morning.   communication from lander, Vikram, to ground station was lost during its powered descent to lunar surface in early hours and data is being analyzed, Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

Following same, several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Karan Johar, extended morale-boosting. y took to social media and said that y are very much proud of ISRO and hailed scientists behind 'Chandrayaan-2' mission for ir hard work.

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Shah Rukh Khan hails ISRO, says ' important thing is we took off'

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan offered words of encourment to ISRO scientists in a recent Twitter post. Hailed m for ir uncompromised effort, he said, "Sometimes we don't land or arrive at destination we want to. important thing is we took off and had Hope and Belief we can. Our current situation is never and t our final destination. That always comes in time and belief! Proud of #ISRO"

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Karan Johar salutes incredible endeavors of ISRO

Filmmaker Karan Johar took to social media to hail ISRO. In a Twitter post, after 'Chandrayaan-2' lost its connection, he applauded incredible endeavors of ISRO. "So proud of everything y continue to do... So proud to be part of a nation that has most genius minds..." he wrote in post.

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Anil Kapoor says Chandrayaan-2 will forever remain a 'remarkable achievement'

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor also took to social media to encour ISRO scientists. In post, he said, Chandrayaan-2 will forever remain a "remarkable achievement" for nation and said that he is proud of ISRO. "India is proud of #Chandrayaan2 team @isro" he furr said.

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Emraan Hashmi 

Actor Emraan Hashmi also put out a post cheering up scientists. He tweeted, "In times when social media only brags about strengths and successes its important to teach next-gen about weaknesses and failures. If you learn from defeat you haven't really lost. Proud of #ISRO."

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Chandrayaan-2's Vikram Lander loses contact

Towards final moments of historic feat, just before landing on luner surface,  mission suffered some technical glitches. As it stands, ISRO's Twitter handle shared that y have lost communication at 3:00am IST. Speaking about situation, ISRO Chairman K Sivan confirmed in a statement that contact with Vikram lander was lost at about 2.1 kilometers above Moon's surface and added that ground station is analysing data. ISRO said data from Chandrayaan 2 mission is being analysed.

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1,471-kg lander of Chandrayaan-2, first Indian mission to explore lunar terrain with home-grown techlogy -- is named Vikram after Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai, far of Indian program. lander was designed to execute a soft landing on lunar surface and to function for one lunar day, which is equivalent to about 14 earth days.