# Kaala Paani (2023)

> Quarantined Andaman and Nicobar islanders attempt an unprecedented escape from their sealed islands as a mystery disease engulfs them.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 7
- Episode runtime: 59 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, science fiction
- Created by: Sameer Saxena
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Ashutosh Gowariker, Sukant Goel, Amey Wagh, Vikas Kumar, Arushi Sharma, Radhika Mehrotra, Chinmay Mandlekar, Aradhya Ajana
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19072562/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, claustrophobic, bleak, propulsive

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the single season positively for its gripping survival premise and strong ensemble performances.

## Synopsis

Kaala Paani (2023) is an Indian Hindi-language scripted drama series created by Sameer Saxena and released on Netflix. Set in a near future where the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are sealed off from the rest of the world, the story follows a community of islanders as a mysterious disease spreads through their home. Zibran Qadri, played by Ashutosh Gowariker, stands among the principal figures, alongside Sukant Goel as Chiranjeevi Prabhu and Amey Wagh as Ketan Kamat, each caught between fear for their families and the need to act. The engine of the show is a shared, seemingly impossible plan to break out of the quarantined islands, with every episode testing the group against rising paranoia, scarce supplies and the authorities who hold the perimeter. Told across a single seven-episode season of roughly one hour each, it is a tightly built survival story rather than a case-of-the-week format. Its atmosphere is tense and claustrophobic, with a grounded emotional register that foregrounds desperation, loyalty and the cost of hope. Viewers who enjoy the pandemic dread of Contagion, the escape momentum of Prison Break and the isolated-community tension of Snowpiercer will find much to appreciate here.

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