This is why ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan chose Madhavan to narrate his story! Read below-
Expo 2020 Dubai hosted the world for 182 days, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect was recently screened at the Dubai Expo 2022, where it met with a standing ovation. Along with Madhavan, rocket scientist Nambi Narayanan on whose life the film is based stepped onto the stage and interacted with the audience.
Nambi made an interesting revelation about his decision to have Madhavan narrate his story. He said, “I wanted someone who can really understand the essence of engineering. Of course, Madhavan is an engineer, and I felt easy to narrate my story to him. There was a particular situation, where I started explaining my attempts to save the life of APJ Abdul Kalam, and he instantly deciphered the term ‘Imbalance in Atmospheric Pressure’. So, he knew about engineering as an inherent part of his nature.”
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is a biographical drama based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former ISRO scientist, who was framed as a spy, and got acquitted years later. While Madhavan is playing the lead role of Nambi Narayanan, the others in the star cast include Simran, Rajat Kapoor, Ravi Raghavendra, Misha Ghoshal, and Karthik Kumar among others.
