Sometimes, an actor knows he is onto something special well before he starts shooting for the project. For Jim Sarbh, that was the case with Rocket Boys. His faith in the material was rewarded as the first season received wide acclaim. “We made the show with so much love and care. If the first season wouldn’t have been appreciated, we would have been a bit heartbroken,” he reflects.

As the second season of the Abhay Pannu-directed series drops online in a week, viewers will see Sarbh reprise his role of Dr Homi Bhabha. The upcoming edition will chronicle how the physicist joined forces with Dr Vikram Sarabhai and APJ Abdul Kalam, essayed by Ishwak Singh and Arjun Radhakrishnan respectively, to make India a nuclear power. Sarbh, who received glowing reviews for his portrayal of the dynamic physicist, says certain similarities with his on-screen character made it easier to pull off the part.