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.mHe wrote, “Wish you the Happiest Birthday yet Amma.." National Film Awards 2023: Pankaj Tripathi Wins Best Supporting Actor for His Performance in Mimi!

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"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.” '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. 69th National Film Awards 2023: Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani React to Shershaah Winning Special Jury Award.

'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.