Rahman compares Rocketry : The Nambi Effect with Oppenheimer. Madhavan's directorial venture Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won the best feature film award at the national level. It is known that the film is a biopic on ISRO's former aerospace engineer Nambi Narayanan who was falsely implicated in the espionage charges.
Now, Oscar winner Rahman compared Rocketry The Nambi Effect with the Hollywood film Oppenheimer. He said "Congrats Madhavan….I still remember the impact of your movie watching at Cannes … have to confess now (great timing)… I liked yours better than #Oppenheimer"
Earlier Madhavan showered praises on Mahesh Babu after he congratulated Madhavan for the achievement at the national level. Mahesh posted "Extending my heartfelt congratulations to all the national award recipients! Well-deserved!! #69thNationalAwards"
Madhavan replied back recollecting, "Thank you so very much my bro.. and for the awesome support during the release of Rocketry.. we will never forget and always grateful for the love ." Oppenheimer is Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and is directed by Christopher Nolan.