WATCH | R Madhavan sit-through 14 hours to transform himself into the ISRO scientist

R Madhavan is taking a whole new endeavour to his acting career, as a scientist. Based on the ISRO scientist, Nambi Narayanan, titled Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Madhavan took us behind-the-scenes of what it takes to present viewers with the scientist-lookalike outcome. Sharing a video of his Instagram handle, we see the fast-forward clip of the 14-hour 'sitting-on-a chair' transformation. And it definitely looks like acting isn’t always lights, camera, and action! For the movie, Rocketry, which will also be his debut directorial, the actor stated that to start preparing, he had to grow his hair and beard out.

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The video shows him seated in a beauty salon where he is getting his hair done with a silver foil and a white color-dye for the facial hair to give the Nambi silver-hair effect. With the layers and layers of foil covering his head and chin, Maddy doesn’t look like he is going through a soothing-experience though he still manages to give fans the smile and live up to the spirit. He captions the title, “When getting in the character take 2 years and getting the look in place take 14 hrs on the chair’’ while continuing to say that he is looking-forward for the role he will transform, “I am very excited that Nambi sir is back to his original look. He looks 15 years younger. I have no idea how I am going to look. I have never been so closed up in my life, but fingers crossed and hoping for the best’’, he added.

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@Rocketryfilm 🚀When getting in the character take 2 years and getting the look in place take 14 hrs on the chair . 🚀🚀🚀🙏🙏@#Rocketrythenambieffect.

A post shared by R. Madhavan (@actormaddy) on Jan 13, 2019 at 7:06pm PST

Speaking about the film, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect which is reportedly believed to have been based on the ISRO scientist, who was accused of espionage in 1994 though he was acquitted of all charges by the Supreme Court in 1998, Madhavan had earlier said, “Nambi Narayanan - if you hear his story, see his achievements, you will be compelled to talk about it. Rocketry - The Nambi Effect, people who do not know about this will learn, people who think they know about this will be impressed.”

The film which is Madhavan’s directorial debut is also co-directed by Ananth Narayanan and produced by Vijay Moolan Talkies and Tricolour Films.