How would a person – who was falsely implicated in a police case, and has then been acquitted of all charges – clear their image in public consensus? A press meet? A TV headline? A lengthy profile in a magazine? I’m ready to argue that the most convincing answer to this is a theatrical film release headlined by a well-known star, released in multiple languages. Former ISRO scientist Padma Bhushan Nambi Narayanan gets a grand platform to do the same, thanks to actor R. Madhavan, now also writer-director.

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