Kaala Paani is a film about the infamous Cellular Jail, a British jail in Port Blair known by Indians as Kaala Paani. Set in colonial times, the movie depicts British tyranny and atrocities upon two innocent, but convicted Indians. 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.

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.

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.)

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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