Monday, June 23, 2008

Nair San:Mohanlal portrays the legendary indian patriot


  • In Nair san ,Mohanlal portrays the role of a real life Officer . This is an Indo-Japenese venture where Jackie Chan will be playing a role which is of much importance.The story is based on ‘Memories of Nair San’ the biography of A M Nair.
  • Nair San was a leading industrialist and a prominent figure among Japanese citizens. A native of Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala ,India he arrived in Japan via Srilanka as an engineering student during the Indian Independence struggle. On completing his studies, he settled down in Japan and married a Japanese girl. He played a vital role in the independence movement of India. Nair San collaborated with several freedom fighters from India who arrived in Japan at that time, including Subhash Chandra Bose, to fight against the British rulers. Nair left his studies and became Subhash Chandra Bose's Japanese translator. He was one of the leaders of Indian National Army formed by Netaji. He travelled extensively in Manchuria, China, and other Asian countries as an anti-British propagandist. However, he was never involved in the political affairs of India after its independence.
  • Music maestro A.R.Rahman will be doing music for the film. The traditional Mongolian & Japanese songs included in the film will be a different experience for the music lovers.
  • Interestingly, when India won the 1964 Olympics hockey gold medal, the national anthem played was that of Pakistan, by mistake. And it was Nair San, the global Malayalee, who was the one to point out the mistake and rectify it. Nair San is the owner of world famous Ginza Nair Restaurant in Tokyo.

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