Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a movie on Nambi Narayanan, directed by R Madhavan and starring him within the lead, zooms into the achievements of the scientist, falsely accused in an espionage case
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a movie on Nambi Narayanan, directed by R Madhavan and starring him within the lead, zooms into the achievements of the scientist, falsely accused in an espionage case
As Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a movie on the ups and downs within the lifetime of aerospace and cryogenic scientist Nambi Narayanan, reaches theatres on July 1, Nambi is comfortable to look at the thrill and pre-release hype from the quietude of his residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
Starring R Madhavan within the lead function as Nambi, the movie, additionally written, produced and directed by Madhavan, covers Nambi’s pupil days at Princeton, his trailblazing profession as a scientist within the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) and the trauma he went by when a false case of espionage was foisted on him in 1994.
His profession and private life plummeted on account of the case and he grew to become the sufferer of a media witch hunt that dragged his identify into the headlines within the sensational case.
Nambi Narayanan on the teaser launch of the film in Mumbai
| Photo Credit: SUPREET SAPKAL
When Madhavan determined to do the movie about 5 years in the past, he contacted Nambi they usually met in Thiruvananthapuram for the primary time. Once, Nambi agreed to the movie, the 2 intently interacted at each stage of the movie, together with the scripting. “My story left him in tears,” remembers Nambi.
He says that Madhavan’s movie narrates the unvarnished fact with nothing so as to add or subtract from it. “Only facts are narrated in the film. Certain portions had to be toned down for viewers, particularly the police torture. It was much more than what is shown in the film,” says the octogenarian.
He fought a authorized battle to clear his identify and in 1998, the Supreme Court discovered him not responsible of the fees. Trials and tribulations have made Nambi stoic. He says he would fairly look forward than dwell up to now.
Nambi was eager on the movie focussing on the case and the way he fought until the Supreme Court to show his innocence. “But Madhavan told me that most people know me only in connection with the espionage case. He wanted viewers to know about my contributions to the nation and my achievements,” he says.
However, the pragmatic scientist says he by no means noticed them as distinctive achievements however as his obligation and career for which he was paid a wage. The veteran scientist says that there isn’t a sensationalism within the movie. “Madhavan is a great guy. He is ‘Maa Dhavan’. In Tamil, Ma, means great, periya while ‘dhavan’ means ‘messenger’ in Sanskrit. He was passionate about making this film on my life and work. He wanted to highlight my achievements and not the unhappy incidents in my life,” says Nambi.
He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2019 and was financially compensated for the trauma he needed to endure.
Is there a message he want to convey by the movie, particularly to mediapersons? “One has to write with care. What I have to say might be boring. But when there is sensitive news, particularly one that affects an individual, his family, and personal life, one should be extra careful in investigating it and reporting it,” he says.
Twenty-seven years later, Nambi says he’s now not affected by these occasions that had been excruciatingly painful again then. “But my children and wife have said they will not watch the film as they do now want to relive those years. I watched it with Madhavan. It is well made with no melodrama. Some of the scenes had to be edited out as it would take at least four hours to narrate the complete story. It is hard not to be emotional while watching it,” he says.
More than something, Nambi asserts that he has been vindicated. “In my conscience, I knew I was innocent of all that I was accused of. But I was determined to prove it to others. Step by step, I was exonerated.”
Source: www.thehindu.com