The Nambi Effect serves as a prelude to his 2023 conflict with Pathaan, Jawan, and Dunki.
Shah Rukh Khan’s return to the big screen after a nearly four-year absence made me think of the well-known meme from his 2003 movie Main Hoon Naa, “Sabki Nahi Hoti, Laxman!” In 2018, the film Zero, starring SRK as the main character, was released. Since then, some actors have had back-to-back releases and multiple releases in a year, but our celebrity hasn’t been in a major motion picture.
Shah Rukh Khan’s supporters have maintained their composure over the years, confident that he will make his comeback worthwhile. There is no denying that I suppose. The calm before the storm has diminished since the announcement of his new movie, Pathaan, which is scheduled to hit theatres on January 23, 2023. And how the fans are rooting for the star!
I count myself among the largely unspoken supporters who have accepted the G.O.A.T. that he is. Even though he hasn’t been in a major motion picture for four years, I hardly ever go a day without mentioning him in some capacity. Whatever it is—that music, those lethal juxtapositions of cute and hot pictures, or his opening his arms
Shah Rukh as Amarkanth Varma tells Manisha Koirala’s character Meghna in one of his most beautiful films, Dil Se, “Sabse zyada pasand mujhe yeh doori hai; kyun ki agar ye doori na ho; to tumhare kareeb aane ka bahana a mile.”
I fell in love with Shah Rukh so deeply as a result of the “doori” of not seeing him in any movies that I am prepared to fight at dance clubs if they don’t play Chaiyya Chaiyya or any other Shah Rukh song.
How foolish I was!
Everyone believed that Pathaan will bring the “doori” to an end on January 23, 2023. Shah Rukh Khan makes an appearance in the Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Hindi) teaser, which debuted on April 1, 2021. He is seen with a small head tilt, a scruffy appearance, and neatly groomed hair questioning Madhavan’s character and why he even bothered to arrive at the studio if he thought everything going on around him was pointless. Remember to dress sharply in a suit!
Enough already!
I finally had the chance to view Rocketry: The Nambi Effect in Hindi after waiting for 15 months, during a press event for the media. I had only recently seen the Rocketry trailer and decided it was all the information I required. I’m not sure how I feel about modern trailer cuts.
I didn’t know who SRK would be playing or how much time he would spend on screen in the movie. I made the assumption that the movie’s superstar would appear in the second half based solely on that one trailer.
But Madhavan delivered a significant shocker for me: Shah Rukh appears in every intermission in Rocketry despite having a 20-minute part. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie, the superstar appears.
When Shah Rukh finally appears on the 30-foot-long theatre screen in slow motion, tears start to roll down my cheeks. I expected to gasp when I saw him in a recent movie, but I didn’t expect to start crying.
Shah Rukh, who portrays himself on screen, exhibits a change in emotions within a short period of time. It is unusual that a superstar of his kind would be seen speaking with one of India’s best aerospace engineers for a Keralan television station. I forced my critical thinking to go blank so that I could focus just on seeing Shah Rukh in the movie.
The actor appears a little cocky about why he agreed to an interview with Nambi and expresses surprise that he agreed to it given his hectic film schedule. However, as the movie goes on, Shah Rukh is perceived as standing in for the audience, who, as a nosy cat, keeps asking Nambi about his upbringing, work, and espionage claims.
Even though the majority of the movie featured close-up pictures of SRK, I was as interested in seeing him again as I was in learning more about Dr. Nambi Narayanan’s narrative. Nothing to be unhappy about.
My only thought was “Aur paas, aur paas, aur paas.”
Then, in a scene straight out of Chak De! India by Kabir Khan, Shah Rukh is rendered speechless and mute after learning the extent of Dr. Narayanan’s suffering over the years. We had no idea that SRK would actually be meeting the real-life iconic individual during that scene, as opposed to Madhavan.
The emotional intensity really reaches the roof in the over-the-shoulder image, even though neither is presented in great detail in the same frame. All I could hear in the theatre were people sobbing.
I’m not sure what affected me more—Dr. Narayanan’s breakdown after describing how he struggled over the years despite being one of the best scientists India has ever produced—or Shah Rukh’s comments after hearing about his experience.
The superstar appeared to have shot for Rocketry before going on vacation. Whatever he claims in the movie about how India mistreated Dr. Nambi Narayanan, it affected him personally and how he was perceived in the nation.
Despite being well-known worldwide, Shah Rukh has experienced controversy in the nation over the years; the most recent incident saw his son Aaryan Khan being detained on drug-related charges. Yes, he eventually received a clean bill of health, but the suffering SRK through as a father is widely known, and it is difficult to contemplate.
Nevertheless, Shah Rukh has discreetly stated, “Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost,” with his special appearance in Rocketry: The Nambi Effect.
