Jackie Chan’s bond with India is becoming stronger these days. It looks like he has confirmed his participation in Nair San, a Malayalam film based on the life of Ayyappan Pillai Madhavan Nair (known as Nair San to Japanese), a multifaceted icon in Indian history. His name is an integral part of Manchurian and Japanese history as well.

Talks with Jackie Chan are moving towards a positive second round, in which dates will be fixed. Jackie Chan is highly impressed with the script of the film. Jackie is not the only foreign film personality involved in this film. Japanese actress Shunsuken Matosuoka will probably be the heroine opposite Mohanlal.

Shooting will begin in September 2008 in Mongolia. Apart from Mongolia, the filming will also take place in Hong Kong and Japan.

Mohanlal said that he feels very glad to portray a hero like Nair San on screen. He has dedicated 125 days for this film and is looking forward to acting alongside Asian superstar Jackie Chan.

Nair San was an industrialist who took part in the Indian freedom struggle. He even collaborated with Subhash Chandra Bose and played a key role in his Indian National Army. Nair was a man of strong and broad ideologies that were way too far ahead of his time. He married a Japanese girl and was army advisor for the Manchurian government. In short, he conquered the hearts of East.

This is a very interesting trivia involving Nair. In the 1964 Olympics, when India won the gold medal in hockey, Pakistan’s national anthem was played inadvertently by those in charge of playing anthems. Nair San, who was present there, identified the mistake, ensured it was stopped and our national anthem was played.