
ThefilmissetinBritishIndiaintheyear1915.Thestoryisaboutayoungdoctor,GovardhanMenon(Mohanlal),whoiswronglyaccusedofbombingatraincarrying55peopleincludingBritishofficials.HeisputinacellularjailatPortBlair,AndamanandNicobarIslands.KaalapanishowsthesufferingsofhundredsofIndianprisonersinthecellularjail,includingleadingparticipantsofthefreedommovement.Theextremelyinhumanconditionsfacedbytheprisonersinthejailisaccuratelydepicted.<br/> AlexDraperplaysthesadisticjailorDavidBerry,whoisofIrishdescent,whileJohnKolvenbachplaysthekind-heartedEnglishdoctor,LenHutton.<br/> AnnuKapoorplaystheroleofVeerSavarkarwhoisincarceratedandtrieshisbesttokeepthespiritoftheprisonersgoingthroughunbelievabletorture.TabuplaysMohanlal'sloverwhokeepswaitingforhimtocomeback.DuetotheeffortsofabritishdoctorLenHutton,thegovernmentdecidestoinvestigatethematterofthetorturemetedouttotheprisoners.14peopleareorderedtobereleased.OneofthemisMukundan(PrabhuGanesan).DavidBerryandthejailwardenMirzaKhan(AmrishPuri)hatchaplanandshootdown13prisonerswhiletheyareescaping.Mukundanrefusestoescape.heisforciblytakeninthepretextofmeetingtheChiefCommissionerandisshotandkilled.Seeingthedeadbodyofhisfriend,GovardhanisangeredtothegreatestextentandthrowsdownJailorBerryfromoneofthetowersandthenkillsMirzaKhanbystrangulatinghim.Govardhanishangedtodeath.





