Karan Johar announces film on C Sankaran Nair, the man who uncovered the truth about the massacre

While Shoojit Sircar is helming a film based on Sardar Udham Singh who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the man during whose tenure as Punjab’s Lieutenant Governor, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in Amritsar, here comes another film on the same tragic incident.

On Tuesday, Karan Johar took to his social media handle and announced a new film which will be based on the life of C Sankaran Nair who fought against the British to uncover the truth about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. This film is inspired by real-life events and adapted from the book The Case That Shook The Empire, written by Raghu Palat (great-grandson of C Sankaran Nair) and his wife, Pushpa Palat.

Karan shared a note on Twitter which read as, “Dharma Productions & Still and Still Media Collective Present The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair… Sankaran Nair’s bravery ignited the freedom struggle across the country and is a testament to the power of fighting for the truth….The film will be directed by Karan Singh Tyagi and will go on floors shortly. Lead cast to be announced soon.”KJo captioned the note as, “Extremely excited and honoured to be bringing the untold story of C. Sankaran Nair, a historic man to the big screens.”