Overview
- The biopic is directed by Krishnakumar Ramkumar and the film, which opens on Friday, August 7, 2026, stars R. Madhavan as inventor G. D. Naidu.
- Madhavan is credited as co-writer and producer through his Tricolour Films banner and says he helps steer the project’s research and creative choices.
- The actor underwent an intensive physical transformation that required more than three hours of prosthetic make-up for older sequences and thick-set glasses that affected his movement on set.
- The film features an ensemble cast including Sathyaraj, Priyamani, Jayaram and Dushara Vijayan and will release in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu to reach a pan-Indian audience.
- G. D. Naidu was a pioneering inventor and industrialist from Coimbatore whose work ranged from building a major private bus service to founding an electric-motor factory, and the film aims to broaden public awareness of his legacy and place in Indian industrial history.