Rocketry: The Nambi Effect: R Madhavan's Drastic Transformation Will Leave Your Jaw Dropped!
R Madhavan recently started shooting for his directorial debut, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect where he essays the role of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) scientist Nambi Narayanan.
R
Madhavan
recently
started
shooting
for
his
directorial
debut,
Rocketry:
The
Nambi
Effect
where
he
essays
the
role
of
ISRO
(Indian
Space
Research
Organisation)
scientist
Nambi
Narayanan.
While
it
was
earlier
reported
that
Ananth
Mahadevan
who
was
to
helm
the
film,
had
to
bow
out
of
the
ambitious
trilingual
owing
to
his
other
pressing
commitments,
what's
caught
everyone's
attention
is
Madhavan's
shocking
transformation
as
ISRO
scientist
Nambi
Narayanan
on
whom
the
film
is
based.
Following
the
incredible
story
of
the
mind
behind
ISRO's
project
of
making
India
numero
uno
in
the
space
satellite
market,
Rocketry
has
been
a
passion
project
for
R
Madhavan
,who
not
only
worked
on
the
script
for
three
and
a
half
years
but
also
on
his
look
for
two
and
a
half
years.
Talking
about
his
look,
R
Madhavan
shared,
"The
process
took
painfully
long..about
2
days
of
sitting
on
a
chair
for
14
hours
at
a
stretch.Intially
it
looked
easy
but
later
I
realized
how
tough
it
was
on
the
body."
He
further
added,
" The
look
is
definitely
half
the
battle
won
but
the
other
half
was
really
really
tough
because
the
age
group
I'm
playing
is
around
70-75
.
Mr
Nambi
is
a
very
good
looking
man
and
he
has
got
his
own
charm
and
charisma
so
it
took
me
around
2
and
a
half
years
to
actually
imbibe
him
and
learn
how
to
walk
like
him.It
wasn't
easy
and
it's
probably
one
of
the
toughest
looks
and
characters
I've
had
to
pull
off".
While
everyone
on
the
set
couldn't
stop
raving
about
Madhavan's
look
as
Mr
Narayanan
and
with
the
uncanny
resemblance
,
the
biggest
encouragement
came
from
Nambi
Narayanan
himself.
Speaking
about
his
reaction,
Madhavan
revealed,
"Nambi
sir
couldn't
stop
laughing
and
getting
amused
by
my
look
.There
are
so
many
pictures
on
the
set
that
it
looks
almost
eerie
how
similar
we
both
look".
Rocketry:
The
Nambi
Effect
will
be
a
trilingual
in
English,
Hindi
and
Tamil
and
is
shot
extensively
across
India,
Princeton,
Scotland,
France
and
Russia.
The
film
is
slated
for
a
2019
worldwide
release.