It is said that content is king and when it comes to Netflix it certainly lives up to the expectations. American streaming giant Netflix is all set to bring a unique tale of Kaala Paani for fans who don't know much about India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Slated to be released on October 18, 2023, on Netflix, Kaala Paani is directed by Sameer Saxena and Amit Golani, with a screenplay by Biswapati Sarkar, Amit Golani, Sandeep Saket and Nimisha Misra. Talking about starcast, Kaala Paani features Mona Singh, Ashutosh Gowariker, Amey Wagh, Sukant Goel, Vikas Kumar, Arushi Sharma, Radhika Mehrotra, Chinmay Mandlekar, and Poornima Indrajith. With the storyline taking place in the Anadaman & Nicobar Islands, the question arises whether Kaala Paani is a true story or Kaala Paani is a real story or not. To know the answer continue reading-
Is Kaala Paani a true story?
The answer is no. Kaala Paani is a fictional story of survival that introduces us to a mystic army of Orakas who are ruthless, and they are potential threats to the people living in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. While the exact storyline of Kaala Pani has been kept under wraps, the trailer shows that people living in Andaman desire to flee from there.
Now, the question arises as to why fans thought that Kaala Paani was a true story. The answer is realistic names of locations used by the makers. It is pertinent to mention here that neither the trailer nor the makers publically confirmed that Kaala Paani is a true story, hence we reached this conclusion.
Talking about 'real-life' Kaala Paani, the name is quite infamous, courtesy of the East India Company when the British ruled India. The Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The prison was used by the colonial government of India for the purpose of exiling criminals and political prisoners. Reportedly. multiple independence activists, including Diwan Singh Kalepani, Yogendra Shukla, Batukeshwar Dutt, Shadan Chandra Chatterjee, Sohan Singh, Vinayak Savarkar, Hare Krishna Konar, Shiv Verma, Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, and Sudhanshu Dasgupta were imprisoned here during the struggle for India's independence. Today, the complex serves as a national memorial monument.
It is said that people were treated like animals in the British prison who were sentenced to punishment in Kala Pani. Freedom fighters who used to fight for India's freedom were generally sent to Kala Pani punishment.
Apart from the historic prison, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to tribes who have opted to live away from civilization. As per reports, the Andaman Islands are home to four ‘Negrito’ tribes were as – the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinelese.
Whereas the Nicobar Islands are home to two ‘Mongoloid’ tribes – the Shompen and Nicobarese. The 'Negrito' tribes are believed to have arrived in the islands from Africa up to 60,000 years ago. All are nomadic hunter-gatherers, hunting wild pig and monitor lizard, and catching fish with bows and arrows. They also collect honey, roots, and berries from the forest. The ‘Mongoloid’ tribes probably came to the islands from the Malay-Burma coast several thousand years ago.
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