Star actor Madhavan made his directorial debut with Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. The film got rave reviews from the critics and it won the applause of all at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film is a biopic on ISRO's former aerospace engineer Nambi Narayanan who was falsely implicated in the espionage charges.
According to the latest, Super Star Rajinikanth, after watching the film at a special screening showered praises on the film. Sharing his feelings, Rajinikanth posted, "Rocketry is a must-watch movie for everyone - especially the youth. For the space research development of our country.Mr. Padma Bhushan, who suffered many hardships and made sacrifices. Madhavan has proved himself to be at par with the best directors in his first film as a director by portraying the story of Nambi Narayanan very realistically. My thanks and appreciation to him for giving me such a movie."
The film starred Simran in an important role while Suriya played a powerful cameo.