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‘Rocketry’: How Shahrukh Khan and Suriya

became a part of the film without charging fee

The film is based on the life of the former space scientist Nambi Narayanan, who was falsely

accused of espionage and arrested in 1994

OUR BUREAU not charge any fee for his guest role
in ‘Rocketry’, which is based on the
Mumbai
life of the former rocket scientist at
ocketry: The Nambi Effect’, Indian Space Research Organisation
the biographical drama movie (ISRO) Nambi Narayanan, who was
Rwhich is based on the life of re- falsely accused of espionage and ar-
nowned scientist Nambi Narayanan, rested in 1994.
launched the trailer on the NASDAQ “The two (SRK and Suriya) did
billboard at Times Square. not charge a single penny for their
Madhavan, who has directed, pro- work in the film. They did not charge
duced, written as well as starred in the anything for caravans, costumes, and
film, was present at the trailer launch assistants. In fact, Suriya flew out to
along with former ISRO scientist and shoot in Mumbai with his crew on his
aerospace engineer Nambi Narayan. own money. He did not charge for the
The movie is set to release on July 1, flights or for the dialogue writer who
2022. Phyllis Logan, Vincent Riotta, translated his lines in Tamil,” Madha-
Ron Donachie, Simran, Rajit Kapur, make feel special, has smitten actor jhe background me koi bhi role chale- van shared.
Ravi Raghavendra, Misha Ghoshal, R Madhavan too who is completely ga main is film ka hissa hona chahta Such gestures of SRK and Suriya
Gulshan Grover, Karthik Kumar and awed by the superstar’s humility. hu’, Khan sahab told me. I thought he have increased Madhavan’s respect
Dinesh Prabhakar are also a part of While promoting his upcoming was joking. Two days later my wife Sa- for the good people in the film indus-
the project. film, Madhavan revealed that SRK did rita asked me to thank Khan sahab for try. “There are a lot of good people
The film will also see special ap- not charge a single penny for his cam- his kind words. I dropped a message in the industry. I am an outsider and
pearances by superstars Shah Rukh eo in the project. “I mentioned about to Khan sahab’s manager asking her I have met several people in my ca-
Khan and Suriya. It has been shot in ‘Rocketry’ to Shah Rukh Khan sahab to convey my gratitude to him and I reer who whole-heartedly helped me.
India, Franc, Canada, Georgia and when I worked with him in ‘Zero’ ...he instantly got a text from the manager Just on my request, Amit ji (Amitabh
Serbia. It will be out in several languag- vividly remembered it that during one saying, ‘khan sahab dates puch rhe hai Bachchan) or Priyanka Chopra post
es including Hindi, Tamil and English. of his birthday parties he asked me shoot ki’.. and that’s how he became a a tweet (to show their support for the
Shah Rukh Khan, the king of about the film’s status and expressed part of our film,” Madhavan recalled. film). I am grateful for their love and
hearts for many due to his ability to his desire to be a part of the film. ‘Mu- Apart from SRK, Suriya also did respect,” Madhavan said.

‘BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2’ GOING STRONG AFTER FIVE WEEKS

artik Aaryan’s ‘Bhool Bhu- cerned. In its first week, the film
laiyaa 2’ is rock steady in collected a total of Rs 92.05 crores,
Ktheatres! The film entered followed by Rs 49.70 crores in week
its fifth week on Monday and con- 2. In the third week, the film did a
tinues to amaze the audience with business of Rs 21.4 crores and Rs
its stellar performances and comic 13 crores the following week.
timings. The film hit the OTT plat- Continuing its winning streak,
form Netflix last Friday and despite the film is expected to enter the
that, it is having a steady run in 200-crore club very soon. Global-
the cinema halls. Since its release ly, the film has already crossed the
on the OTT platform, it has been magic figure.
number one on the charts, beating Directed by Anees Bazmi,
blockbusters like RRR and Spi- ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ is a hor-
der-Man: No Way Home. ror-comedy drama with Kartik
The film earned a total of Aaryan, Kiara Advani and Tabu in
7 crores in theatres in the last lead roles. The film has been pro-
five days, inching closer to the duced by Bhushan Kumar and Kris-
200-crore club. ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa han Kumar under the banner T-Se-
2’ hit the screens on May 20 and ries Films and Murad Khetani and
surpassed everyone’s expectations Anjum Khetani under the banner
as far as the numbers were con- Cine1 Studios.

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