If you’ve been on the professional social networking platform LinkedIn recently, you might have come across a post claiming that the actor-director lost his home to fund the critically acclaimed film.
The post read: “They lost their house to fund ‘Rocketry’ and made this film when the original director left due to previous commitments. Also, his son Vedaant wins medals for the nation in swimming. Salute to Maddy!”
The actor shared a screenshot of the LinkedIn post and took to Twitter to update his 3 million followers that he continues to live in his home and loves it too.
“Please don’t patronize my victim too much. I didn’t lose my house or anything,” he wrote in his tweet.
Oh Yaar. Please don’t patronize my victim too much. I didn’t lose my house or anything. In fact, everyone is involved in Rocket… https://t.co/bF6Q8QBBxl
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) 1660722790000
In fact, the ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein’ star claimed that the film had a phenomenal performance and those involved in the project would ‘proudly’ pay heavy income taxes this year. “By the grace of God we have all made very good and proud gains,” his post concluded.
The biographical drama is based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former scientist and aerospace engineer with the Indian Space Research Organisation. The 52-year-old directed, produced and wrote the biopic. He also played the lead role in the film.
The film, which opens in theaters on July 1, received praise from both critics and audiences.
Despite stiff competition from Chris Hemsworth co-star Thor: Love and Thunder and new releases like Taapsee Pannu’s Shabaash Mithu and Rajkummar Rao-led Hit: The Final Case, Rocketry continued its winning streak in the pits. Office.
According to Box Office India, “Rocketry – The Nambi Effect” grossed Rs 19.62 crore at the box office.
Later, the “Rocketry” team accompanied Narayanan to a success party at his home in Thiruvananthapuram.
Rocketry was released worldwide in six languages - Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The film was produced on a budget of Rs 60 crore and was shown on 3,000 screens around the world.
In the Tamil version of the film, southern star Suriya had a guest appearance, while the Hindi version starred Shah Rukh Khan in the same role. Madhavan further revealed that the superstars didn’t charge a penny for the cameos.
The Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam of the film is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, but viewers can stream the Hindi version on Voot Select. Although there is no update for the English version of the film yet, it is expected to air on the COLORS Cineplex channel soon.
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is produced by Tricolor Films and Varghese Moolan Pictures. The film was shot in India, France, Canada, Georgia and Serbia.