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| Actors: Mohanlal, Tabu, Vineeth, Alex Draper, John Kolvenbach
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| Directors: Priyadarshan
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| Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC
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| Language: Malayalam
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| Subtitles: English
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| Region: Region 5 (Read more about DVD formats.)
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| Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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| Number of discs: 1
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| Rated: U/A (Parental Guidance)
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| Studio: Saina Video Vision
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| Product Release Date: 30 April 2017
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| Run Time: 178 minutes
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Movie Summary
Kaalapani (English: Black Water) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam language epic historical period drama film co-wriiten and directed by Priyadarshan, set in 1915 it focus on the lives of Indian freedom fighters incarcerated in prison during the British Raj. The film stars Mohanlal, Prabhu Ganesan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Tinnu Anand, Annu Kapoor, Alex Draper, and Vineeth. Kaalapani is regarded as one of the classics in Malayalam cinema. Originally produced in MalayalamThe film is about the lives of prisoners in British India who are brought to Kâlâ Pânî, the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The name Kalapani is derived from the mode of imprisonment in British India. Ilaiyaraaja composed the music, the cinematography was by Santosh Sivan and the editing by N. Gopalakrishnan. The film introduced Dolby Stereo into Malayalam cinema. It was made in big budget, making it the costliest Malayalam film made until then. Kaalapani was released on 12 April 1996 in 450 theaters worldwide, which was the largest release for any Indian film until then. The film won three National Film Awards. including the awards for Best Art Direction (Sabu Cyril), Best Special Effects (S. T. Venky) and Best Cinematography (Santosh Sivan). Along with that it won six Kerala State Film Awards. in 1965, G. S. Sethu (Vineeth) of the Indian Army goes to Ross Island, Kaalapani to find the whereabouts of his aunt Parvathi’s (Tabu) husband, Govardhan Menon (Mohanlal) who has been sent to jail in the year 1935 during the British Rule. In an old room containing record of prisoners held at the jail, Sethu comes across Govardhan’s records and learns his story.Govardhan, a doctor as well as an Indian nationalist, is wrongly accused of bombing a train carrying 55 people including British officials. On his marriage day with Parvathi, he is deported to a cellular jail at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There, hundreds of Indian prisoners are incarcerated in the cellular jail, including leading participants of the freedom movement. The extremely inhumane conditions faced by the prisoners in the jail are depicted.David Berry (Alex Draper) is a sadistic jailor who is of Irish descent, while Len Hutton (John Kolvenbach) is a kindhearted English doctor. Veer Savarkar (Annu Kapoor) is incarcerated and tries his best to keep the spirit of the prisoners going despite unbelievable torture.
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