Leonard A. Gordon
Leonard Abraham Gordon is a historian of South Asia, especially of Bengal, whose 1990 book" Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalist Leaders Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose" is considered the definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose:
The Forgotten Hero is a 2004 Indian epic biographical war film, written and directed by Shyam Benegal.
The film starred an ensemble cast of Sachin Khedekar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajit Kapur, Arif Zakaria, and Divya Dutta, among others.
The film depicts the life of the Indian independence leader
Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany: 1941–1943, and In Japanese-occupied Asia 1943–1945, and the events leading to the formation of Azad Hind Fauj.
The production design was helmed by Samir Chanda, with soundtrack, and background score by A. R. Rahman, Upon release, the film received wide critical acclaim at the BFI London Film Festival, and has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and the National Film Award for Best Production Design for that year.
The film was screened retrospective on August 14th 2016 at the "Independence Day Film Festival" jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.
Sarat Chandra Bose
Sarat Chandra Bose (Bengali: শরৎ চন্দ্র বসু; 6 September 1889 – 20 February 1950) was a barrister and Indian independence activist.
He was the son of Janakinath Bose and elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Pramod Ranjan Sengupta
Pramod Ranjan Sengupta( 1907- 1974) was a Marxist intellectual and Bengali revolutionary, attached with of Indian National Army led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Janakinath Bose
Janakinath Bose( 28 May 1860 – 1934) was an Indian lawyer and advocate, who was the father of Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose.
He is also the father of barrister Sarat Chandra Bose.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
A. R. Rahman
Allahrakka Rahman ; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; born 6 January 1967), known professionally as A. R. Rahman, is an Indian music director, singer and music producer.
His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.
He is nicknamed "Isai Puyalthe Musical Storm") and "Mozart of Madras".
Working in India's film industries, international cinema, and theatre, Rahman is one of the best-selling recording artists, with an estimated 150 millionrecords sold worldwide.
With an in-house studio (Panchathan Record Inn in Chennai), Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film "Roja".
Rahman has also become a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities.
In 2017, Rahman made his debut as a director and writer for the film "Le Musk".
Among Rahman's awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South.
He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India.
In 2009, Rahman was included on the "Time" 100 list of the world's most influential people.
The UK-based world-music magazine "Songlines" named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011.
Srish Pal
Srish Pal( approx. 1887–13 April 1939) was a Bengali revolutionary, born in Mulbarga, Dacca, British India.
His full name was Shrish Chandra Pal.
He was attracted to revolutionary politics in 1905 with the guidance of Hemchandra Ghosh.
He joined the Dhaka- based" Mukti Sangha," later known as Bengal Volunteers.
Pal was a follower of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Hemanta Kumar Sarkar
Hemanta Kumar Sarkar( 1897–1952) was an Indian philologist, author, biographer, editor, publisher, union leader, leader of the Indian freedom movement and an associate of Subhas Chandra Bose.
He was a close friend and the first biographer of Subhas Chandra Bose, the co-founder of Labour Swaraj Party in Bengal along with Muzaffar Ahmed and Kazi Nazrul Islam and led the movement for the Partition of Bengal and formation of Bengali Hindu homeland in 1947.
S. A. Ayer
Subbier Appadurai Ayer( 14 April 1898( in madras presidency) – 1 April 1980) was the Minister for Publicity and Propaganda in Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Government between 1943 and 1945, and later a key defence witness during the first of the INA trials.
Ayer had travelled to Bangkok in November 1940 as a Special correspondent for Reuters before joining the Indian Independence League.
In October 1943, Ayer was appointed the Minister of publicity and propaganda in the nascent Azad Hind Government.
Following the successful Allied Burma Campaign and the fall of Rangoon, Ayer retreated out of Burma with Bose and about 100 members of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment by foot for Bangkok and onwards to Singapore.
After the Japanese surrender, Ayer was chosen to leave Singapore for an unknown destination together with Bose and two other members of the Azad Hind cabinet.
On Bose's last flight from Formosa to an unknown destination, there was no room for Ayer.
The plane crashed on August 17, 1945 and Bose died the following day.
Ayer was flown from Tokyo to Delhi in November 1945 to give evidence in the Red Fort Trials and became a key defence witness in the first trial.
In 1951, Ayer published his personal accounts of the Indian National Army and Subhas Chandra Bose called" Unto Him a Witness: The Story of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in East Asia, Bombay, 1951".
Ministry of external affairs file No 25/ 4/ NGO- Volume 1, which used to be top secret is now available at the National Archives SA Ayer and Munga Ramamurti, the head of Indian Independence League( IIL) in Tokyo, were accused in the file of having made away with the war chest Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's had created for the Indian National Army and the India Independence League with public help to sustain the freedom struggle.
Assisting the duo was Colonel JG Figgess, the military attaché at the British embassy.
It is alleged that the Indian Government had done nothing in their dispensation to investigate the allegations and might as well have been rewarded.

Question: What is the place of birth of the composer of film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero?
Answer: Madras