¡®Rocketry¡¯ Teaser Shows R Madhavan As Scientist Nambi Narayanan Who Was Wrongly Accused A Spy

Indian scientist and aerospace engineer S. Nambi Narayanan, who is known for introducing liquid fuel rocket technology, was wrongfully arrested by the Kerela Police in sensational ISRO Espionage Case in 1994. The charges were dismissed in 1996 by CBI and he was declared non-guilty in 1998, but it was after 24 years that he received compensation of Rs 50 lakhs recently in September for being kept in prison for 50 days.

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Why was he arrested? He was accused by Central Bureau for selling highly confidential information, including drawings of ISRO¡¯s Vikas engine and cryogenic technology, to Maldivian women who then passed it on to Pakistan. He was then in-charge of ISRO's cryogenics division and was arrested with four others.

For 50 days he was in custody and he said, he was tortured and pressed to give false statements. He fought the long battle to be proven non-guilty later.

Watch the intriguing teaser of Rocketry The Nambi Effect which starts with Sep 2014 announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the successful launch of Orbiter Mission.

Now bringing his story on the big screen, R Madhavan is all set to leave the audiences enthralled. As Nambi Narayanan in the trilingual movie titled Rocketry The Nambi Effect, R Madhavan will showcase his life from the age of 27 to 75. The movie will be released in English, Tamil as well as Hindi.