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R Madhavan says he deserves to be trolled for saying Panchangam instead of Almanac

Mumbai (Maharashtra): R Madhavan is gearing up for his debut directorial movie ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ based on the life of the ex-ISRO scientist, Nambi Narayanan. The film that is to be released in Hindi, English and Tamil is being heavily promoted by Madhavan who has also produced the film and starred as the main character in it. He has called it the biggest film of his career and is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the film reaches the audience with much pomp.

But it has rather caused the actor some trouble as netizens trolled him for his recent statement during a promotion event. The actor had claimed that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) used information in the Panchangam (Hindu calendar) to launch PSLV C-25 rocket to Mars. He made the statement in Tamil and literally translated the Almanac to Panchangam.

After netizens trolled the actor immensely for the cosmic mistake, he tweeted that he deserved it.

 

 

The Maara actor wrote, “I deserve this for calling the Almanac the “Panchang” in tamil. Very ignorant of me. Though this cannot take away for the fact that what was achieved with just 2 engines by us in the Mars Mission. A record by itself. @NambiNOfficial Vikas engine is a rockstar.”

In the now-viral video, the actor said, “Indian rockets did not have the three engines (solid, liquid and cryogenic) that help western rockets propel themselves into Mars’ orbit. Since India lacked this, we used information in the Panchangam.”

He further wrongly explained what a Panchangam is, stating, “It has the celestial map with all information on various planets, gravitation pulls, sun’s flares deflection etc., all calculated perfectly 1000s of years ago. Hence the launch was calculated using this info. The rocket was launched and it went around the earth, moon and Jupiter’s moon. It ricocheted like a plaything and entered Mars orbit.”

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