You should watch Rocketry. Why? Because its a very relatable story. We often think, what can one common person do?
Rocketry is the answer to that question. Its a story of how an ordinary person like you or me, on the basis of patriotism and determination despite facing incredible obstacles, can change the course of the nation
Every Indian parent should take their children to watch Rocketry and they will understand what patriotism really is
Plus, we must also make sure that if we want such great stories about Indian nationalists to be told more, we need to make sure that these films are successful.
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Rocketry released on the 1st of July, and It is based on the autobiographical book by Nambi Narayanan, Ready To Fire
He is a rocket engineer who worked for ISRO. He completed his masters at Princeton in a record 10-months time,but had chosen to return to the motherland instead of working for NASA
his goal was to take Indian rockets towards liquid propulsion engines, away from Solid Propellants
Earlier engines were Solid Propellant: which means the fuel was in solid state
that meant, less economical fuel usage, Difficult to fix accidents, and rocket speed cannot be regulated
Benefits of liquid propellant were: more economical, speed can be regulated, accidents can be rectified
After this achievement, His focus in the 1990s was to develop a cryogenic engine which is more fuel-efficient and provides more thrust than liquid and solid propellant
which would be a massive boost for ISRO as countries around the world would use ISRO rockets to launch their satellites
There are many things about the film that are amazing: First of all, the acting is amazing. Madhavan really commits to this character
and especially when he plays older nambi ji, you don’t even think its the actor
Akshay Ji should learn some lessons
All the other actors are really good in their roles as well
Rocketry opens with a rendition of Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham mantra and hows Nabmi Narayanan as a openly religious Hindu
a very subtle hint that Unlike Abrahamic religions like Christianity and Islam, ancient religions like India, Greece and Rome were never opposed to scientific development and questioning
Science and spirituality were two pillars of any ancient Indian scientist, mathematician or astronomer
Rocketry is also an inspiring story of how young Indian space technologists were continuously striving against all odds in a world in which developed countries did not want developing countries to get the technologies they possessed
How Indian scientists used Indian jugaad to obtain these technologies is truly amazing
Like any interesting story, this story also has tragedy. So before i talk any more about the film, you know this tragedy
In 1994, ISRO scientist S Nambi Narayanan was arrested by Kerala Police on the charges of selling classified information about India’s cryogenic engine program to Russia and Pakistan’s ISI and being involved in a sex racket with women from Maldives
If only Zubair was there, all this could have been avoided
But in all seriousness, It shows how petty politics destroyed the career of a bright man and a patriot, as well as almost entirely collapsed the Indian Space Program
Nambi was arrested and his character assaniated, his family had to live in shame for years
According to various sources, The reality was this was a ploy concocted by Police officers that had been scorned by a woman from the Maldives, who wanted to teach them a lesson,
a faction within the Congress party led by Chandy and Antony that wanted to topple faction led by CM K Karunakaran, and they found the perfect person to frame in Nambi
It has also been alleged by journalists like Brian harvey that the spy agency of USA, the CIA also had a hand in the charges against Nambi, because India was making a deal with Russia to get cryogenic technology
as soon as USA found out about the deal between India and USA for the cryogenic engine, Nambi Narayanan and his colleagues were charged, and spying charges were levied on him
USA does so much chhedkhaani with internal affairs of other countries that it’ll even make Kaamdev jealous
Nambi himself says USA was behind it
The CBI in the year 2021 stated that the false implication of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan led to a 15-year delay in the development of India’s cryogenic technology
India finally developed the cryogenic engine in 2014 and joined a group of only 6 countries that have this technology
Nambi says he was tortured to implicate the entire top brass of ISRO. Had he yielded to torture, then the entire ISRO could have collapsed as a credible national space agency aspiring to become
USA is the Rahul Gandhi of countries, wherever they interfere they ruin the place
The movie captures really well how horrific it is for a common man to be caught in the shoots and ladders game of corrupt politicians and police, and how the future of the country came into jeopardy
In order to begin criminal procedures against the police officers who allegedly falsified evidence against him, Narayanan filed a petition in April 2017, when finally the political climate could have given him some justice.
The Supreme Court acquitted him in 2018 and awarded him Rs. 50 lakh compensation
Also, the Kerala government approved providing compensation of Rs 1.3 crore for his wrongful arrest and harassment by the Kerala Police in the 1994 spying case
SC also recommended action against the police officers who framed Nambi. Till now the officers haven’t been convicted.
One of the officers only recnetly got convicted, not in the nambi case, but in the Godhra case
Gujarat police filed a case against former IPS officers Sanjiv Bhatt and RB Sreekumar, and activist Teesta Setalvad, after the Supreme Court said that false allegations of a ‘larger conspiracy’ were made in the Gujarat riots case
RB Sreekumar is accused of framing ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in fake espionage charges
RB Sreekumar is also an AAP leader. At this rate there will more AAP leaders in jail than outside
Kejriwal is turning into crime master Gogo
after getting acquitted by the SC in 2018, Some justice was finally received when Nambi Narayanan was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2019 by the Modi government
Which is included in the film’s climax and might cause some people a lot of diarrhea
And because Nambi was a patriot and a proud Hindu, some reviewers can’t handle it
The lady that was trying to smash brahminical patriarchy
she thinks the film is “hollywood style patriotism wrapped in drabness"
Yes he should have been shown as a communist, with a photo of periyar instead of Indian Gods in his temple, he burnt the manusmriti every day before he went to work, and took a sh*t on Modi’spicture during lunchtime
Meanwhile IMDB ratings tell a different story
Rotten Tomatoes audience score also shows a different story
Rocketry should have been biopic of Tipu Sultan India’s first rocket man, Instead of Nambi, according to these folk
ISRO should have been named TSRO
BTW did you know that in the Hindi version of the film, SRK says Jai Hind when nambi says it but in the Tamil version of the film, Surya, who made jai Bhim to attack Hindus, does not when Nambi says it.
in conclusion, why I personally loved the film is because it's a very relatable story for us. It also shows the triumph of the everyday man, without massive wealth, resources, or power, who can change the direction of the country
It is the duty of every Indian to watch this movie. Every Indian parent should take their children to watch Rocketry and they will understand what patriotism really is.
Plus, we must also make sure that if we want such great stories about Indian nationalists to be told more, we need to make sure that these films are successful.
Please go make this film a hit so that R Madhavan and more directors like him are able to make more amazing films like Rocketry