India Kaalapani sits in the top 2% of India films on this catalog — ranked #49 of 1,983 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
കാലാപാനി
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 Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #49 of 1,983 India films indexed here (98th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.5 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #11 of 637 (top 2%).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kaalapani. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shogun Films
Action + Drama in India
286 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kaalapani itself).
The 1995–1997 India Window
Among 45 India films we catalog from this window, Kaalapani places #2 — near the top of its class.
The 1990s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in India, 147 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kaalapani premiered alongside 11 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other India films in 1996.
The 224th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
27 audience reviews — more than 62% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 69th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kaalapani, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- waiting wife · 1
- escape · 22
- bomb · 15
- prisoner · 14
- jail · 14
- murder · 155
- island · 41
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Spoken Languages | Bengali, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil |
| Production Companies | Shogun Films, Pranavam Arts International |
| Runtime | 2h 58m |
| Release Date | April 6, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0255289 |