It is learned that Mohanlal has almost agreed to play a character inspired from the life of famed ISRO scientist NambiNarayanan. This will be for his new movie with director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan.This yet to be titled movie will be scripted by C P Surendran Mohanlal who is having a heavy project list to complete will earmark sometime in between to appear in this film by the director who is a regular in international film festivals.

Meanwhile, the readers will remember Nambi Narayanan, as a senior scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who was arrested and tortured for allegations that were later proved wrong. Nambi is one of the scientists for whom goes the credit for introducing liquid-fuel rocket technology in India.