Evergreen Tamil hero R. Madhavan recently turned director in 'Rocketry : The Nambi Effect'. He received high critical praise for both portraying the character of the rocket scientist Nambi Narayanan and the writing and direction. He is currently acting simultaneously in 'The Test' costarring Nayanthara, G.D. Naidu biopic and an untitled film directed by Mithran R Jawahar.

Meanwhile the hot news has come in that Maddy has signed on to play a powerful role in a new supernatural thriller film directed by Vikas Bahl of 'Queen' and 'Super 30' fame. The film has Ajay Devgn as the parallel male lead and goes on floors in June and will be shot in Mumbai and London.

Maddy earlier starred in a supernatural thriller way back in 2009 in the Hindi/Tamil bilingual movie '13B/Yaavarum Nalam' directed by Vikram Kumar. It will be interesting to watch him in that genere after close to fifteen years. Stay tuned for more info on this exciting project.