Nair Saab

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Nair Saab
File:Nair Saab.jpg
Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan
Directed by Joshiy
Produced by Liberty Productions
Written by Dennis Joseph
Shibu Chakravarthy
Starring Mammootty
Suresh Gopi
Mukesh
Geetha
Sumalatha
Lizy
Music by S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography Jayanan Vincent
Anandakuttan
Edited by K. Shankunny
Distributed by Liberty Productions
Release dates
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  • 8 September 1989 (1989-09-08)
Country India
Language Malayalam

Nair Saab is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by Joshiy and starring Mammootty in the title role. It was released on the occasion of Onam.The movie garned positive reviews upon release and successfully completed a run of 200 days in major centers.

Plot

A new batch of trainees arrives at the army training center (SAT) situated near border in Kashmir. Their trainer is Major Nair Saab (Mammootty) who is a man known for his hard-and-fast training strategies. The movie is treated with humour arising from the intense training of the guys. But, things take a U-turn once when the underworld led by Kumar (Devan)buys out two guys from the batch and use them for importing drugs from the neighboring country which is obviously Pakistan (though never mentioned in the movie).

In the turn of events one trainee Antony (Mukesh) is killed by the hands of underworld, while the blame falls on the trainer, Nair Saab. Everybody turns against Nair and he has to flee, only to come back later. The plot thickens as well with the arrival of a smuggler and partner of Kumar, James (Lalu Alex) as the new trainer Major Nambiar for SAT with the intention to sell the ammunitions stored there, which is worth millions, to the enemy state. Nair Saab intervenes at the right time and with the help of his students, spoils all the evil plans of the traitors.[1]

Cast

Music

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

  1. Hey Giridharane - Vani Jairam
  2. Pazhayoru Paattile - Sujatha Mohan, M. G. Sreekumar
  3. Punchavayalu - M. G. Sreekumar

Box office

The film was a record breaking blockbuster in 1989.[2][3][4]The movie ran over 200 days.[5]

Trivia

P. K. R. Pillai of Shirdi Sai Creations started 2 films together, Chithram and Nair Saab, but as he faced financial issues, he sold Nair Saab to Basheer of Liberty Productions and completed Chithram. Both movies became all time blockbuster.chitram runs 366 days in kerala boxoffice.

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