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on 2008/6/26 4:41:46
It seems Mohanlal is going to do a film titled Nair San, in which he is going to be featured with Jackie Chan!
Hard to digest? The film is going to be shot in Mongolia, and it will have a Japanese, Chinese, and English version. It is going to be directed by Albert who won the Aravindan award for his debut film Kanne Madanguka.
The story according to Albert-“ Nair San is based on a true real life character Ayyapan Pillai Madhavan Nair. He studied in Model School in Thiruvananthapuram and during his school days got involved in the freedom struggle and had to escape from the British. So via Sri Lanka he escaped to Japan and joins the war against British imperialism.”
Albert had sent the concept script written in English to Jackie Chan’s office and got a positive report from him. Later he went to Hong Kong and is reported to have met Chan.
“The shoot of the film is going to start on Sep 1 in Mongolia, and we are talking to Jackie Chan’s office to coordinate the shoot. It is a historical period drama and will be shot by cameraman Vaidi like a big budget commercial extravaganza with a budget of around Rs 50 crore. Morphous group in the Middle East is funding the project” says the director.
When contacted Mohanlal said: “I think it is a great opportunity for an actor like me to do the role of Nair Sen. My father had told me many years back about Sen’s daring exploits and in fact he had met him also. I’m told that he used to stay in Poojapura, the area where I stay in Thiruvananthapuram.” Mohanlal has given 125 days call sheet for the film, which will be shot in Mongolia, Japan and Hong Kong.
