Nambi Narayanan, the brain behind ISRO’s ambitious project of making India numero uno in the space satellite market, is being made into a bio-pic. And Madhavan plays the lead role in the movie, titled Rocketry – The Nambi Effect.
Tricolour Films, in association with Varghese Moolan Pictures and Saffron Ganesha Entertainment, present the movie based on the life story of the scientist. The film is being directed by the Indian National Film Award-winning director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan and R Madhavan himself.
The teaser of the movie was launched in four languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English – recently in the presence of R Madhavan, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan and Nambi Narayanan.
To be shot over the next six months in India, Princeton, Scotland, France and Russia, the film is slated for a summer 2019 worldwide release.
Madhavan says, “It’s a matter of such great excitement and honour for us to be able to tell Nambi Narayanan’s story to the world. We can’t wait to tell it and we can’t wait for you all to hear it.”
Nambi Narayanan said, “It’s one of the most memorable occasions of my life. I had spent 35 years in rocketry right from making a small rocket with the respected Abdul Kalam to the monstrous Mangalyaans and Chandrayaans. It took me a long time and several meetings to narrate my story to them, but I was impressed with their vision, conviction and enthusiasm with which they want to create the movie and as we kept talking tears started rolling down my cheeks.”
Says director Ananth, “When we met the phenomenal Nambi Narayanan, we understood the fact why we fail to recognise brilliant minds like him who have made their country proud through their work. It was an enlightening and educating experience for all of us to hear his incredible story. We almost ended up becoming half-scientist. I hope that not just India but the international market takes a look at our film and admires it.”