Madhavan as Nambi Narayanan

Madhavan as Nambi Narayanan

Reported By 22 Nov 2017

The life of scientist Nambi Narayanan, who had faced allegations in ISRO espionage case, is becoming a film. South Indian star Madhavan is taking up the role of Nambi Narayanan. The film is being directed by Anand Mahadevan. The film will be released in Tamil, Hindi, and English.

The camera will capture the phase of his life from 25 years to 75 years. Therefore he will bring in a lot of changes in his looks and bodyweight.

Anand Mahadevan has written the script based on his long interview with the scientist. He had chatted with Nambi Narayanan for about eight hours, recorded it and returned.

Earlier, Mohanlal was proposed as the hero but he didn’t take up the project as he was busy with other things. Meanwhile, Madhavan has confirmed his role in the film. “I’m very much enthusiastic about the film,” he said.

Nambi Narayanan was named an accused in the espionage case in 1994. Later, he was proved innocent in the case. After this, the court also ordered to recompense Narayanan.