Kalapani: Mohanlal, Priyadarshan Film

Kalapani is a multilingual(Originally in Malayalam) Indian film by Priyadarshan starring Mohanlal, Prabhu and Tabu in the lead roles. The film is about freedom struggle and the lives of prisoners in British India who are brought to Kālā Pānī, the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The name Kalapani is derived from the mode of imprisonment in British India. Musical maestro Ilayaraja did the musical honors for the movie. The film was critically acclaimed and was well received at the box office. Tabu, till then a Hindi actress, became famous even in South India after this movie.

Cast and Crew

Language: Malayalam | Tamil | Hindi
Genre: Action | Drama
Banner: Shogun Films, Pranavam Arts
Director: Priyadarshan
Producer: R. Mohan, Mohanlal
Story: Priyadarshan
Screenplay, Dialogue: T. Damodaran
Cinematography: Santhosh Sivan
Art director: Sabu Cyril
Editor: N. Gopalakrishnan
Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery
Music: Ilayaraja
Release: 1996
Certification: U
Cast: Mohanlal, Tabu, Prabhu, Amrish Puri, Sreenivasan, Vineeth, Tinnu Anand, Cochin Hanifa, Annu Kapoor,  Alex Draper, Nedumudi Venu, Manian Pillai Raju, Sankaradi, Tom Alter, Christina

Story is about the sufferings of a young man(govardhan-mohanlal) 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.

Languages

Half the film's dialogues are in multiple languages: Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, Bengali, and German. The other half is entirely in one language (originally in Malayalam), but dubbed to Hindi, Tamil (Siraichalai, Telugu, etc. The film released in 450 theatres worldwide

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

Awards

National Award
National Film Award for Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril
National Film Award for Best Cinematography- Santosh Sivan

State Award
Best Actor - Mohanlal
Best Art Director - Sabu Cyril
Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan
Best Music Director - Ilaiyaraaja
Second Best Film - Mohanlal

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