Name: Rocket Driver
Director: Sriram Ananthashankar
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2024-10-18
Cast: Sunaina Yella, Vishvath, Sunaina, Naga Vishal, Kathadi Ramamurthy

Synopsis

Rocket Driver

Prabhakaran "Prabha", is an ambitious graduate with a passion for rocket science. However, due to financial constraints, he is forced to drive an auto-rickshaw in Chennai. Prabha harbors resentment towards his father for not providing him with the life he desired. He feels frustrated with the injustices surrounding him and disillusioned with his own life. Prabha's friend, Kamala, is a traffic constable. One day, Prabha is inexplicably transported to a different world, where he encounters a young boy who requests a ride to Madras University. To Prabha's astonishment, the young boy is revealed to be a younger version of India's former president and renowned scientist, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who has time traveled from 1948 to 2023. Kamala is skeptical of their claims, and Prabha consults his professor about time travel, but he dismisses the concept of time travel as an impossibility. The young Kalam recounts that he received a letter from Dean Mr. Arivazhagan, prompting his father to board him on a bus. During the journey, Kalam fell asleep and, upon waking, found himself in Madras, where he first encountered Prabha. Prabha procures a bus ticket for the young scientist to return to his hometown, Rameswaram. However, Kalam requests Prabha to accompany him, and Prabha agrees. Upon arriving in Rameswaram, they fail to make progress in their mission. Prabha shows the young Kalam books about his future publications, but Kalam is unable to recognize them.

Director: Sriram Ananthashankar
Release: 18 Oct 2024
Run time: 102 min
Language: Tamil

Cast & crew

Sunaina Yella Cast VI Vishvath Prabhakaran "Prabha" SU Sunaina Kamala NA Naga Vishal Dr KA Kathadi Ramamurthy Sasthri JA Jagan Prabha's professor RA Ramachandran Durairaj Savarimuthu JA Jayakumar Annachi SR Sriram Ananthashankar Director, Writer AK Akshay Poolla Writer PR Prasanth S Writer AN Anirudh Vallabh Producer KA Kaushik Krish Composer RE Regimel Surya Thomas Cinematographer IN Iniyavan Pandiyan Editor

Reviews

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The New Indian Express Abishek Balaji

2024-10-21

However, these ideas are not explored to their full potential. The smaller issue is the pace. Rocket Driver unfolds so leisurely that it could make Meiyazhagan look like a Hari film. But that's really okay considering its rarity in the midst of all the adrenaline-pumping, hyper-violent films that have been ruling the roost. The bigger issue is the lack of drama. It seems like a missed opportunity when you bring back such a prominent figure and do so little with him. Kalam, for the most part, is highly clueless and quiet, which is rather perplexing for a future scientist who landed in a timeline 75 years later. Does he not want to at least know what happens in the future or actively figure out a way to go back to his home?

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