On
May
19,
2022
R
Madhavan's
Rocketry:
The
Nambi
Effect
got
premiered
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
and
guess
what?
The
film
has
left
AR
Rahman,
Shekhar
Kapur
and
Anurag
Thakur
speechless.
They
lauded
Madhavan
for
directing
the
film
so
excellently.
AR
Rahman
took
to
Twitter
to
shower
love
on
Madhavan
and
his
directorial
venture,
and
wrote,
"Just
watched
#Rocketrythenambieffect
at
Cannes
..Take
a
bow
@ActorMadhavan
for
bringing
a
new
voice
to
Indian
cinema
#changeishere
#respecttoIndianscientists."
Just
like
Rahman,
Shekhar
also
took
to
Twitter
and
wrote,
"What
a
beautiful
film
#rocketry,
a
film
based
on
the
life
of
Rocket
Scientist
Nambi
Narayanan
is.
The
film
had
its
#cannes
premiere
last
night,
beautifully
directed
and
starring
R
Madhavan.
The
presence
of
Nambi
Narayanan
himself
in
the
audience
made
it
even
more
heart
wrenching."
I&B
minister
Anurag
Thakur
tweeted,
"ROCKETRY
is
Spellbinding
&
will
leave
the
audience
Speechless;
it
is
a
story
the
world
must
see.
Congratulations
@ActorMadhavan
on
capturing
the
soul
of
the
story
&
sharing
it
w/
the
world.
World
Premier:
Rocketry
at
Marche
Du
Films
@Festival_Cannes
'India🇮
Country
of
Honour'."
The
film
narrates
the
story
of
Nambi
Narayanan,
a
former
scientist
and
aerospace
engineer
of
ISRO
(Indian
Space
Research
Organisation)
who
was
accused
of
espionage.
Madhavan
will
be
seen
playing
the
titular
role
in
the
film,
which
is
slated
to
release
in
theatres
on
July
1,
2022.