As Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a film on the ups and downs in the life of aerospace and cryogenic scientist Nambi Narayanan, reaches theatres on July 1, Nambi is happy to watch the excitement and pre-release hype from the quietude of his home in Thiruvananthapuram.
Starring R Madhavan in the lead role as Nambi, the film, also written, produced and directed by Madhavan, covers Nambi’s student days at Princeton, his trailblazing career as a scientist in the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) and the trauma he went through when a false case of espionage was foisted on him in 1994.
His career and personal life plummeted on account of the case and he became the victim of a media witch hunt that dragged his name into the headlines in the sensational case.
