Nair Saab

Nair Saab
Nair Saab
	Poster
Directed by	Joshiy
Written by	Dennis Joseph; Shibu Chakravarthy
Produced by	Liberty Productions
Starring	Mammootty; Suresh Gopi; Mukesh; Geetha; Sumalatha; Lizy
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent; Anandakuttan
Edited by	K. Sankunni
Music by	S. P. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Liberty Productions
Release date	8 September 1989;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Nair Saab is a 1989 Indian Malayalam language action thriller film written by Dennis Joseph, directed by Joshiy, and produced by Liberty Productions. It stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, and Geetha. The film was released on the occasion of Onam. This movie depicts the training of new recurits at a fictional army training center, which takes a turn for the absurd when two of them are hired by a drug cartel to import drugs from a neighboring country, which is implied to be Pakistan.^[1]

Cast

Mammootty as Major Ravindran Nair / Nair Saab
Suresh Gopi as Cadet Gopakumar
Mukesh as Cadet Antony
Geetha as Savitri/Radha
Sumalatha as Prabha
Lizy as Parvathi
Vijayaraghavan as Cadet Rishi
Mohan Jose as Cadet Joseph
K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Cadet Ganeshan
Siddique as Cadet Siddique
Maniyanpilla Raju as Cadet Chandran Pillai
Kunchan as Cadet Mohan
Devan as Kumar
Lalu Alex as James/A. K. K. Nambiar
Jagannatha Varma as Brigadier Varma
K. P. A. C. Azeez as Devayya
Mamukkoya as Chef Koya

Release

The film was released on 8 September 1989.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Music

The film had a successful soundtrack composed by S. P. Venkatesh with lyrics by Shibu Chakravarthy.

"Hey Giridharane" – Vani Jairam
"Pazhayoru Paattile" – Sujatha Mohan, M. G. Sreekumar
"Punchavayalu" – M. G. Sreekumar

References

^ https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/nair-saab/story.html#synopsis
^ "Iconic Malayalam scriptwriter Dennis Joseph passes away". The New Indian Express. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Malayalam film scriptwriter Dennis Joseph passes away; Mammootty, Mohanlal tweet condolences". Firstpost. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Director Joshiy teams up with Mammootty after a decade". The News Minute. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ "Mammootty and Manju Warrier to Pair Up in Joshiy Movie?". International Business Times. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

External links

Nair Saab at IMDb

[1] ttps://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/nair-saab/story.html#synopsis

[2] "Iconic Malayalam scriptwriter Dennis Joseph passes away". The New Indian Express. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[3] "Malayalam film scriptwriter Dennis Joseph passes away; Mammootty, Mohanlal tweet condolences". Firstpost. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[4] "Director Joshiy teams up with Mammootty after a decade". The News Minute. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[5] "Mammootty and Manju Warrier to Pair Up in Joshiy Movie?". International Business Times. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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