“Truly Speechless”: R Madhavan as ‘Rocketry’ wins Best Feature Film award at 69th National Film Awards

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): The winners of the 69th National Film Awards were announced on Thursday in New Delhi and actor R Madhavan’s film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ won the award for Best Feature Film.
Reacting to the great news, Madhavan took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and thanked the jury members for the National award.
He wrote, “Wish you the Happiest Birthday yet Amma.. All yours, Appa’s and Nambi Sirs Blessings. A Heartfelt “Thank You” to all the jury members of the National Award, @MIB_India Shri  @ianuragthakur Ji and all in his team. Thank you for the auspicious, beginning in Cannes. Team Rocketry and @NambiNOfficial  I don’t know what to say. For once Truely speechless.”
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Wish you the Happiest Birthday yet Amma.. All yours, Appa’s and Nambi Sirs Blessings. A Heartfelt “Thank You” to all the jury members of the National Award, @MIB_India Shri @ianuragthakur Ji and all in his team. Thank you for the auspicious, beginning in Cannes. Team Rocketry… pic.twitter.com/nkEVEASKqj

— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) August 24, 2023

'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.
Earlier R Madhavan received the Best Director award at IIFA 2023 for the film.
The biographical drama was screened in Parliament on August 5, and it received quite a phenomenal response.
The movie was shot in India, France, Canada, Georgia and Serbia. Shah Rukh Khan and Suriya played cameos in the film. (ANI)