Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

R Madhavan makes you believe in the character, but the writing is stodgy, and the direction doesn’t quite make up for it.

The Nambi Effect is full of zeal and adventure, but leaves you wanting.

The flash-forwards in the film may feel quite ornamental, but they do add some necessary energy to an otherwise linear narrative.

What is obvious from the film...is that even extraordinary realities can be reduced to ordinary cinema when subjected to average treatment.

‘Rocketry’ takes off well, hits some turbulence on the way, but eventually soars high with real characters and moving moments that make it worth your while

There is a lot of scientific information presented in the first half, but it remains compelling. The film struggles with the way it is packaged together, but the final act is rousing.

Shah Rukh Khan pops up every now and then to leaven a film that tells a necessary story but tells it shoddily and without curiosity.

R. Madhavan’s retelling of scientist Nambi Narayanan’s life is an inadvertent reminder that a government that abuses its power can reduce a hero to a victim.

R Madhavan, Shah Rukh, and Simran are in top form in this flawed, yet fascinating biopic...

From capturing the physicality of the character over the many years that the story unfolds to conveying the inner strength of the character, the actor puts up an impressive performance that is the Vikas engine of this film...