Sirai Chaalai

Infobox_Film
name = Sirai Chaalai
writer = T. Damodharan,
Priyadarshan
starring = Mohanlal,
Prabhu Ganesan,
Amrish Puri,
Tabu,
Nedumudi Venu,
Sreenivasan,
Annu Kapoor
director = Priyadarshan
producer = Mohanlal
released = 1996
runtime =
language = Malayalam
music = Ilayaraja
awards =
budget =

"Sirai Chaalai" ("black water" or "dark sea" in Hindi), is a multilingual Indian film. The name Sirai Chaalai is derived from the mode of imprisonment in British India. The film was made to mark the 50th anniversary of India's independance.

tory

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.

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.)

Cast and Crew

The actors include Mohanlal, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Prabhu Ganeshan, Annu Kapoor, and Nedumudi Venu. The film is directed by Priyadarsan with music by Ilayaraaja and cinematography by Santosh Sivan.

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