Kalapani (1988 film)

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Lal in Kalapani which was producedby himself, which tells the story about the prisoners during British rule. The prisoners were sent to Kalapani in Andaman

Kalapani ("black water" or "dark sea" in Hindi), is a multilingual Indian film. The name Kalapani is derived from the mode of imprisonment in British India.

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[edit] Story

Story is about the sufferings of a young man who is wrongly accused of being an extremist freedom fighter and is then jailed in a cellular jail at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the British. The film also show the cruelties inflicted by British officials on British India.

[edit] Languages

Half the film's dialogues are in multiple languages: Hindi, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, and German. The other half is entirely in one language (originally in Malayalam), but dubbed to Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, etc.

The title in each languages is Kalapani (Malayalam), Saza-E-Kala Pani (Hindi), Sirai Chaalai (Tamil), and Kalapani (Telugu.)

[edit] Cast and Crew

The actors include Mohanlal (as Unni), Tabu (as Parvathi, lover of Unni), Amrish Puri, Prabhu, Annu Kapoor, and Nedumudi Venu. The film is directed by Priyadarsan with music by Ilayaraaja and photography by Santosh Sivan.

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