Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is an upcoming Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former scientist and aerospace engineer of the Indian Space Research Organisation who was accused of espionage. The film is written, produced and directed by Madhavan in his directorial debut, who also stars along with Simran.

The film is shot simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil, and English and will also be released in the Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. The story spans across Narayanan’s days as a graduate student at Princeton University, before exploring his work as a scientist and the false espionage charges placed upon him. The film began its pre-production works in early 2017 and is scheduled to release in 1 April 2022.

Cast
Madhavan as Nambi Narayanan
Simran as Meena Narayanan
Rajit Kapur as Vikram Sarabhai (Hindi and English versions)
Ravi Raghavendra as Vikram Sarabhai (Tamil and Telugu versions)
Misha Ghoshal as Geeta Narayanan
Shyam Renganathan as Shankar Narayanan
Muralidaran as Arunan
Karthik Kumar as P. M. Nayar
Gulshan Grover as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Dinesh Prabhakar as L. D. Gopal
Mohan Raman as Udupi Ramachandra Rao
Ron Donachie as Col. Cleaver
Phyllis Logan as Mrs Cleaver
Vincent Riotta as Luigi Crocco
Bijou Thaangjam as Studio Personnel
Jagan as Scientist
Rajeev Ravindranathan as Param
Sam Mohan as Unni
Bhawsheel as Sartaj
Suriya as himself (guest appearance; Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu version)
Shah Rukh Khan as himself (guest appearance; Hindi, Kannada and English versions)