Madhavan, who had made a stunning return to films after a brief sabbatical, with superhit movies like Irudhi Suttru and Vikram Vedha, in strong roles with terrific screen presence, in stark contrast to his chocolate boy romantic hero roles of his prime, is all set to don his next avatar.

The actor, who is currently busy with his next multilingual project Rocketry The Nambi effect, based on the life of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan,was announced as the co-director of the movie alongside Ananth Mahadevan, but now, the movie has witnessed a major change.

Rocketry will now be directed solely by Madhavan himself, making his directorial debut, as Ananth Mahadevan has quit the project due to unexpected situations. The movie, which will have Maddy in three different looks, might have Simran in a key role, and will release in Tamil, English and Hindi.