AR Rahman likes R Madhavan's 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' over 'Oppenheimer'
'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' is a 2022 Indian biographical drama film written, produced and directed by R Madhavan in his directorial debut.
Rocketry poster (Image source: Twitter)
MUMBAI: Music composer AR Rahman has congratulated R Madhavan after his movie 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect,' won the prize for Best Feature Film at the 69th National Film Awards, which were announced recently. The music director took to X and wrote, " 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).”
A picture of Madhavan and Nambi Narayanan was attached to his tweet. AR Rahman tweeted in response to a retweet of an earlier post.After the screening, AR Rahman posted a review of Rocketry: The Nambi Effect on Twitter. " Just watched #Rocketrythenambieffect at Cannes ..Take a bow @ActorMadhavan for bringing a new voice to Indian cinema #changeishere #respecttoIndianscientists." Reacting to the news, earlier, Madhavan also took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and thanked the jury members for the National award.
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 https://t.co/aGJQsK3u87
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) August 25, 2023
He wrote, “Wish you the Happiest Birthday yet Amma. All yours, Appa’s and Nambi Sirs Blessings. A Heartfelt “Thank You” to all the jury members of the National Award, @MIB_India Shri @ianuragthakur Ji and all in his team. Thank you for the auspicious, beginning in Cannes. Team Rocketry and @NambiNOfficial I don’t know what to say. For once Truly speechless.”
Wish you the Happiest Birthday yet Amma.. All yours, Appa’s and Nambi Sirs Blessings. A Heartfelt “Thank You” to all the jury members of the National Award, @MIB_India Shri @ianuragthakur Ji and all in his team. Thank you for the auspicious, beginning in Cannes. Team Rocketry… pic.twitter.com/nkEVEASKqj
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) August 24, 2023
'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' is a 2022 Indian biographical drama film written, produced and directed by R Madhavan in his directorial debut. The film is based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, played by Madhavan, a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation. 'Rocketry' was released in six languages worldwide, including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Earlier R Madhavan received the Best Director award at IIFA 2023 for the film. The biographical drama was screened in Parliament on August 5, and it received quite a phenomenal response. The movie was shot in India, France, Canada, Georgia and Serbia. Shah Rukh Khan and Suriya played cameos in the film.