In 1996, Bollywood director Kabir Khan visited the Indian National Army (INA) memorial at Esplanade in Singapore in an experience he described as "emotional".
At the time, Khan, who has since forged a successful Bollywood career, was making a documentary on the INA or the Azad Hind Fauj.
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