Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses the sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mohanlal | ... | Govardhan Menon | |
| Amrish Puri | ... | Mirza Khan | |
| Prabhu | ... | Mukund Iyengar | |
| Tabu | ... | Parvathi | |
| Sreenivasan | ... | Moosa (as Sreenivasen) | |
| Vineeth | ... | G.S. Sethu | |
| Tinnu Anand | ... | Ram Lakhan | |
| Cochin Hanifa | ... | Ahmed Kutty | |
| Annu Kapoor | ... | Veera Savarkar | |
| Alex Draper | ... | David Berry | |
| Nedumudi Venu | ... | Sreekandan Nair | |
| Maniyanpilla Raju | ... | Nair | |
| Sankaradi | |||
| Tom Alter | |||
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Christina | ||
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Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and thus jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there. Written by Anonymous
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Parmanand: Paramanand
British Prison Official: What does that mean?
Parmanand: Height of happiness
British Prison Official: [laughing] Are you happy?
Parmanand: I will be, when the Britishers are out of my country
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First Dolby Stereo sound system in Malayalam cinema. See more »Quotes
British Prison Official: How do you pronounce this name?Parmanand: Paramanand
British Prison Official: What does that mean?
Parmanand: Height of happiness
British Prison Official: [laughing] Are you happy?
Parmanand: I will be, when the Britishers are out of my country
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The cellular jail or kalapani was imprisoned in 1906 by the Britishers in India to imprison Indian independence fighters. This notable prison shelter is located in Port Blair in Andaman.
Vd. Prominent freedom fighters like Savarkar, Barin Ghosh, Hemchandra Das, Maha Beersim, Kamal Nath Tiwari, Bhukteshwar Dutt, Shiv Verma, Jaidev Kapoor and Gaya Prasad were also jailed for cellular imprisonment. It was later made a memorial in 1969 after Independence.
G. S. Sethu of the Indian Army goes to Ross Island, Kaalapani to find the whereabouts of his aunt Parvathi's husband, Govardhan Menon(Mohanlal) who has been sent to jail in the year 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.
indicating that she will never come to know about Govardhan's death and will keep waiting for him for the rest of her life.