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Kaala Paani

  • TV Series
  • 2023–
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
11K
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Kaala Paani (2023)
When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.
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When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.

  • Stars
    • Sukant Goel
    • Amey Wagh
    • Arushi Sharma
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,757
    403
    • Stars
      • Sukant Goel
      • Amey Wagh
      • Arushi Sharma
    • 140User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 13 nominations total

    Episodes8

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    Sukant Goel
    Sukant Goel
    • Chiranjeevi Prabhu
    • 2023
    Amey Wagh
    Amey Wagh
    • Ketan Kamat
    • 2023
    Arushi Sharma
    Arushi Sharma
    • Jyotsna Dey
    • 2023
    Radhika Mehrotra
    Radhika Mehrotra
    • Ritu Gagra
    • 2023
    Vikas Kumar
    Vikas Kumar
    • Santosh Savla
    • 2023
    Chinmay Mandlekar
    Chinmay Mandlekar
    • Dr. Shashi Mahajan
    • 2023
    Aradhya Ajana
    Aradhya Ajana
    • Vidisha Savla
    • 2023
    Jiya Amin
    • Young Jyotsna
    • 2023
    Rajesh Khattar
    Rajesh Khattar
    • Saurabh Wani
    • 2023
    Poornima Indrajith
    Poornima Indrajith
    • Swasti Shaw
    • 2023
    Ketan Karande
    Ketan Karande
    • [Rajbeer] Wani's Chaperone
    • 2023
    Ashutosh Gowariker
    Ashutosh Gowariker
    • [Lt. Gov.] Jibran Qadri
    • 2023
    Priyansh Jora
    • Vinayak Prabhu
    • 2023
    Jagdish Rajpurohit
    Jagdish Rajpurohit
    • [Chief Secretary] Mr. Bhowmik
    • 2023
    Payash Jain
    • Parth Savla
    • 2023
    Lokendra Singh
    • [Constable] Parvez Siddiqui
    • 2023
    Sarika Singh
    Sarika Singh
    • Gargi Savla
    • 2023
    Kannan Arunachalam
    Kannan Arunachalam
    • [SP] N Shiva Kumar
    • 2023
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    User reviews140

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    9laveenabachani

    They know the science.

    A bingeworthy show, with great cast and amazing direction. What I love the most ka they got the science correct. Especially around the gene theory. Great dialogues. A lot of the comic reflects the TVF shuttle comedy.

    Some flaws were food chain stuff they said. Small animals don't die first. Food chain exist all at once. Nothing comes before or after. We exist all together. Another point was you don't detect compounds like peptides under Microscope.

    But overall worth watching indian series after long time. Another hit from panchayat creators. More power to posham pa films. I will wait for second season.
    9krushna-patle

    Brilliantly written must watch

    The story about an epidemic on the island and the survival of the people. They made the story very well and each one done their part beautifully. How humans can never change their greed and do anything for their survival explain well. Each character got interlinked well with progress of series and you never know what will happen. No one is the hero of the story everyone of their part to play in series. It shows how the inner human animals came into picture when the person care about himself and his family. The Switch. Who will you save 4 hundred or millions. The conservation and human encroachment shows very well. Must watch. Hope they will make next season soon.
    9crash3s

    What a wonderful surprise on Netflix

    This is an intense, wonderfully constructed series that pulls no punches.

    Kaala Paani is the smartest and most intense reflection on what happened during the Covid-epimedic with people and those that carry the responsibility to govern them. The story centers around the outbreak of a deadly infection that happens on the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which are a part of India.

    The story follows characters on all levels of society. Tourists, that are caught unaware by the epidemic. Doctors that try to fight it. Public officials who try to manage the situation or try to exploit it for their own gains. Corporate executives who try to cover up their role in spreading the disease. A group of natives who play a very special role in fighting the disease.

    The writers of Kaala Paani created wonderfully rich and layered characters, each of them with their own meaningful challenges, flaws and abilities. And as a viewer, I was heavily invested and interested in their individual fates.

    Kaala Paani has a meta-theme that glues together all these story elements. A meta theme that is introduced with a little side story at the beginning of the second episode: Which decision will you take if there are only bad solutions, you have the power to choose between those bad solutions and whatever you choose, the result of your decision will be the loss of life (the "trolley problem").

    Most of the characters we follow - whether they are people in power or everyday people - are confronted at some point in time with such a decision, some of them even more than once. And in Kaala Paani those decisions have stark consequences. People we viewers might assume are "save", because they are essential for the story will die. The actions of seemingly unimportant side characters might have ripple effects that can change the whole scenario.

    In short: Wonderful story telling :-)

    Side note: As someone who has never been in India, I highly enjoyed this small window into Indian culture and society that is given by this series. Thanks a lot to the creators and writers of this story.

    Final Verdict: Watch this series if you enjoy intense and gripping character drama that centers around the outbreak of a deadly disease and is set up on a beautiful island archipelago.
    10amiyagangopadhyay

    Master piece

    Biswapati Sarkar, just look at the number of shows this man has created with his masterful storytelling and screenplay. Nothing feels out of place in the show. Cinematography to acting to background score - everything blends into the story. The small tricks of making an insignificant event significant, at some point later, are not cliched.

    A good story makes the viewers emotional without making the characters emotional. Kaala Pani's writing and direction will definitely give you that experience. The acting skills of Sukant Goel, Amey Wagh, Vikash Kumar needs special mention. Good to see Ashutosh Gowariker after so many years. If not for these shows, the acting skills of many of these so called failed Bollywood actors would have gone unnoticed for ever.

    Thanks to netflix as I firmly believe Bollywood would never have backed up a project like this. A definite watch.
    10UmeshAditya

    Best Indian series ever made!

    Must must must watch!! What a brilliant conceptualization!!! Survival of the fittest - Wanna understand it? Watch it, the best fiction writing ever. A story that revolves around epidemic similar to COVID. The last 2 episodes are intense emotional roller coaster. You will see all facets of human lives in this. You will only end up wondering what did I watch? It hasn't yet ended n can't wait for the second season. An impeccable storyline with intense depth characterization. Everything about this is a top notch. Don't miss this. You will only end up craving more n more for it. My ratings 10/10!!!

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      Oraka, featured in this survival drama, is a fictional Andaman tribe created by lead writer Biswapati Sarkar and his team.

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Dark Water
    • Production companies
      • Posham Pa Pictures
      • Shasvat Films
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      • Dolby Surround 7.1

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