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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect review

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2022 · Tamil · 2h 34m · Drama, History · CBFC U/A

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Filmi Score

Good

3 reviews · provisional

1 exceptional1 good1 weak

What the critics say

Critics widely praise Madhavan's lead performance and his passion project telling Nambi Narayanan's story, though several flag a jargon-heavy, uneven first half, excessive length and weak songs despite a heartfelt, award-worthy second half.

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Summary

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 62 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

The story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye after being falsely accused of treason.

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PRIME VIDEOWatch now

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Cast & crew

Directed and written by R. Madhavan · music Sam C S

R. MadhavanWriter · Director

Sam C SMusic

Sirsha RayCinematography

Bijith BalaEditing

Cast

R. MadhavanLead

Simran

Misha Ghoshal

Jagan

Dinesh Prabhakar

Ron Donachie

Vincent Riotta

Phyllis Logan

Gulshan Grover

Ravi Raghavendra

Shyam Renganathan

Karthik Kumar

Full crew

SoundSiddharth Dubey · Justin Jose

Production designPrerna Kathuria

CostumeGautami Hazra · Niharika Bhasin

VFXAnuj Deshpande

Summary

The story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye after being falsely accused of treason.

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 62 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

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What the critics said

3 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one

The critic’s own number where they gave one

Suraj Kumar

YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 1 Jul 2022

5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →

Stated in video Filmi’s reading 92

100

Bollywood Hungama

30 Jun 2022

Rocketry – The Nambi Effect Read it there →

Published · 3.0/5 Filmi’s reading 63

Deccan Herald

Angel Rani · 1 Jul 2022

'Rocketry' movie review: Jingoistic and unimaginative Read it there →

Published · 2/5 Filmi’s reading 30

How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 3 readings; 3 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.

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Where can I watch Rocketry: The Nambi Effect?

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada), JioHotstar (India), Amazon Mx Player (India), Kanopy (the US) and Tubi Tv (Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), YouTube (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Amazon Video (India, the US and the UK). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Rocketry: The Nambi Effect?

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect has a Filmi Score of 62 (Good), the mean of 3 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 30 (Deccan Herald) to 92 (Suraj Kumar). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

What readers say

The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.

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