After donning the producer’s hat in Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Hero, Salman Khan is set to roll out his next production titled Lions Of The Sea. The film is based on the Komagata Maru incident, and will feature Irrfan Khan in the lead.
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Interestingly, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta had announced a film on the same subject in 2006 with John Abraham in the lead role but the project was eventually shelved due to budget constraints and John’s dates.
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Reports suggest that the film will be a bilingual and the makers are deciding whether to shoot it in Punjabi or Hindi. Lions Of The Sea will go on floors in summer 2017.
The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru on which a group of citizens of the British Raj attempted to immigrate to Canada in 1914 but were denied entry.
Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong, then a holding of the British Empire, via Shanghai, China, and Yokohama, Japan, to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, British India. Of them, 24 were admitted to Canada, but the other 352 passengers were not allowed to disembark in Canada, and the ship was forced to return to India. The passengers comprised 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslims, and 12 Hindus, all British subjects. This was one of several incidents in the early 20th century in which exclusion laws in Canada and the United States were used to exclude immigrants of Asian origin.
“It's a powerful human story of struggle and triumph in which Irrfan will play a Sikh named Gurdit Singh. The story of those Sardars, Muslims and Hindus is relevant even today as we hear and read about the refugee crisis and racial profiling constantly.We have begun work on the preproduction and will announce the director and the rest of the cast in the next few days,“ confirms Amar Butala, Chief Operating Officer of Salman Khan Films.
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“Lions of the Sea is a film that depicts heroism of all those who were on board and challenged the racial policies of the British Empire,“ Salman who has partnered with Ajay Virmani on the film said while addressing the media, adding, “It is imperative to tell this story as it mirrors the current global refugee crisis.Lions of the Sea will allow us to embrace multiculturalism, diversity and bring humanity closer together,“ he concluded.
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Interestingly, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta had announced a film on the same subject in 2006 with John Abraham in the lead role but the project was eventually shelved due to budget constraints and John’s dates.
Image Source: Manav Manglani
Reports suggest that the film will be a bilingual and the makers are deciding whether to shoot it in Punjabi or Hindi. Lions Of The Sea will go on floors in summer 2017.
The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru on which a group of citizens of the British Raj attempted to immigrate to Canada in 1914 but were denied entry.
Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong, then a holding of the British Empire, via Shanghai, China, and Yokohama, Japan, to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, British India. Of them, 24 were admitted to Canada, but the other 352 passengers were not allowed to disembark in Canada, and the ship was forced to return to India. The passengers comprised 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslims, and 12 Hindus, all British subjects. This was one of several incidents in the early 20th century in which exclusion laws in Canada and the United States were used to exclude immigrants of Asian origin.
“It's a powerful human story of struggle and triumph in which Irrfan will play a Sikh named Gurdit Singh. The story of those Sardars, Muslims and Hindus is relevant even today as we hear and read about the refugee crisis and racial profiling constantly.We have begun work on the preproduction and will announce the director and the rest of the cast in the next few days,“ confirms Amar Butala, Chief Operating Officer of Salman Khan Films.
Image Source: Manav Manglani
“Lions of the Sea is a film that depicts heroism of all those who were on board and challenged the racial policies of the British Empire,“ Salman who has partnered with Ajay Virmani on the film said while addressing the media, adding, “It is imperative to tell this story as it mirrors the current global refugee crisis.Lions of the Sea will allow us to embrace multiculturalism, diversity and bring humanity closer together,“ he concluded.
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