Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for justice, with those police officials alleged to have falsely implicated him, still free.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Drama, History
  • Stars: R. Madhavan, Simran, Ravi Raghavendra, Misha Ghoshal, Shyam Renganathan, Karthik Kumar, Gulshan Grover, Dinesh Prabhakar, Mohan Raman, Ron Donachie, Phyllis Logan, Vincent Riotta, Sriram Parthasarathy, Bijou Thaangjam, Jagan, Rajeev Ravindranathan, Sam Mohan, Bhawsheel Sahani, Suriya, Jack Dimich, Karina Matas Piper, Gaurav Venkatesh, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Shah Rukh Khan, James Eliya, Shah Rukh Khan
  • Director: R. Madhavan
 Comments
  • manoj_rsb - 13 March 2024
    What Indian Space Industry could have been!
    T, this story isn't just about his science work.. it's also about some tough times he went through.

    At the start everything seems happy. Nambi is enjoying life with his family. But suddenly people get mad at him because of a news story that says he shared important secrets with Pakistan. This gets him into big trouble and he's taken by the police. Then Srk appears in the movie as himself interviewing Nambi about his life and all the ups and downs he's faced especially during his work at ISRO.

    Nambi shares his journey starting with how he was inspired by great scientists like Vikram Sarabhai and APJ Abdul Kalam to work on rocket fuels. He even gets to study at Princeton and NASA! But instead of staying in the US, Nambi decides to return to India to help ISRO.

    He does some amazing work like getting a great deal on rocket technology from Scotland and learning about liquid fuel in France. All of this helps India make a big leap in space technology with the VIKAS engine and dreams of a cryogenic engine which could have put India ahead in the space race.

    But then things go wrong. Nambi is accused of spying and giving away secrets which wasn't true. He's treated badly and gets beaten up by cops but he fights hard to clear his name and eventually, he wins his case in the Supreme Court.

    The movie suggests that the whole spy accusation might have been a plot by international agencies to stop India's progress in space technology. It points to a character, Barry Amaldev who might have been working against Nambi because of global politics.

    Even though Nambi faces many challenges including being forgotten by many and fighting for the compensation promised to him, he never gives up. He's recognized for his contributions much later and receives a award in 2019.

    The movie tries to tell us about Nambi's amazing contributions and the difficulties he faced. But it seems like the film focuses a lot on the drama and not enough on the real, emotional story of Nambi's life and achievements. While it shares important facts, it sometimes moves too fast or doesn't give enough depth to the emotional parts.

    Despite these issues, the movie does a great job of showing how important Nambi's work was for India's space journey. It also makes us think about how sometimes great people face big problems not because they did something wrong but because of misunderstandings or politics.
  • amrjrohanambrose - 25 August 2023
    Awesome movie
    Just saw it today on jio cinema what a spectacle this movie is It's like a multi layered dish it takes one through each aspect of life and touches all emotions briefly the way the story is built up one can feel nambi sir's pain and emotions..... Truly a master piece and I saw it after the film win Special feature film award in the 69th National film awards and can proudly say I feel it was fully worth the time Hope no one ever suffers like him but it is remarkable to see how he never gave up his belief and will and the attitude to overcome each obstacle that fate put forward just Kudos to the whole team.