Music composer AR Rahman 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 #respecttolndianscientists."
Reacting to the news, earlier, Madhavan also took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and thanked the jury members for the National award.
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.