GD Naidu, known as "Edison of India" is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India.
Published Feb 18, 2025 | 5:34 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 18, 2025 | 5:34 PM
A poster of the fim 'GDN'. (X)
Actor Madhavan is all set to feature in yet another biopic, this time it is of Indian inventor and engineer Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, popularly known as GD Naidu.
The film now has a title— GDN and is directed by Krishnakumar Ramakumar. The film also stars Jayaram, Priyamani and Yogi Babu.
Aravind Kamalanathan is handling cinematography and is also the creative producer, while Govind Vasantha is set to compose the film’s music.
R. Madhavan and Sarita Madhavan are co-producing GDN. under the Tricolour Pictures banner, alongside Vijay Moolan. The production has previously backed the award-winning Rocketry— The Nambi Effect.
The film has now commenced shooting in Coimbatore, the home town of GD Naidu.
Sharing the poster, the makers wrote: “Unveiling the title of our tribute to the Edison of India, GD Naidu. G.D.N – A story of innovation, resilience, and inspiration.”
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GD Naidu, known as “Edison of India” is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India.
The Hindu report noted that, at the time of World War II, Naidu indigenously manufactured mica capacitors and carbon resistors in Coimbatore, which he supplied to the British Army. In collaboration with industrialist ‘Textool’ Balasundaram, he manufactured electric motors by the time the war ended.
Other devices which were a product of his innovations were vote recording machines, orange juice extractors, coin-operated phonographs, electronic calculators, lathes with German collaboration and 16-mm projectors. Naidu also experimented with constructing low-cost houses for the urban poor that could be built in a day.
