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Paradesi

  • 2013
  • Tous publics
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.2K
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Vedhika, Atharvaa Murali, and Dhansika in Paradesi (2013)
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Before independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves... Read allBefore independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.Before independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.

  • Director
    • Bala
  • Writers
    • Bala
    • Nanjil Nadan
  • Stars
    • Atharvaa Murali
    • Vedhika
    • Dhansika
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bala
    • Writers
      • Bala
      • Nanjil Nadan
    • Stars
      • Atharvaa Murali
      • Vedhika
      • Dhansika
    • 20User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Atharvaa Murali
    Atharvaa Murali
    • Rasa…
    Vedhika
    Vedhika
    • Angamma
    • (as Vedika)
    Dhansika
    Dhansika
    • Maragadham
    Jerry
    • Kankani
    Karthick Ashokan
    • Thangarasu
    • (as Udhay Karthik)
    Riythvika Panneerselvam
    Riythvika Panneerselvam
    • Karuthakanni
    • (as Ritwika)
    Shivashankar
    • Parisutham
    Shiv Shankar
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    Jithan Mohan
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      • Nanjil Nadan
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    8Shanmugam-jayakumar

    Brilliantly made movie

    A milestone in Tamil cinema! Bala has done complete justice to the story and plot he has chosen to showcase.A movie that will make you travel with every character for almost 2 hours and for sure at some point you will feel you are in the same world they are in, which itself is enough to say why Bala is a master of story teller. Bala has told this story about the Indian slaves in tea estate in his usual style - raw and rustic, not compromising his views for any commercial reasons, very daring particularly when portraying the intentions of Christian missionaries. Whatever he wanted his viewers to feel, he achieved with his perfection Every artist in this movie, we must say, has lived their character.Lead character in this movie is just one among the slaves, a innocent who cant even stand for himself, leads a lowerly life of waiting for food and his own independence most of his time. Bala just thrashes the formula we held ourselves for movies and heroes once again. Music, cinematography adds strength to the movie I personally feel Bala's best is yet to come. Eagerly awaiting his next one
    9Nirmalwilliams

    A movie to be praised

    The movie which is inspired from the original events from the period of British India is not a conventional movie which is being produced in large amounts in India. The screenplay does not drag a bit.

    The movie has some brilliant performances from a relatively new cast. With humor as the vehicle, the characterization was given a good ride in the first half of the movie.

    The movie touches the themes of slavery and labor exploitation . The movie reminded me of subtle comparison of corporate world controlling people's lives even in today's world.

    The movie will make you speechless. P.S : This is not a movie for mainstream audience.
    9jp-harry98

    Salute to Bala sir!

    Im New to Tamil movies and I've heard bala sir's name during the release of Naan Kadavul .I've never watched any of his movies before, but heard a lot. Coming to Paradesi , All i would say is Wow. The story is inspired from the Novel "Red Tea" By Paul Harris, Which explains about the life of innocent people from the villages, who were cheated that they would be paid high wages for their work but sadly they are being abused. Bala sir have been writing his own scripts for his movies but now he made this novel as a movie. To all the people out there, This ain't called Copying. No one can Deliver this story as perfect as bala sir. He did it exceptionally well in the direction part. Some May think that the climax could've been well, Like the hero Fighting against the British, Escaping from the place , Blah blah blah , like the other stupid action movies. Don't be stupid people! bala sir has just finished the movie so well, because Do you think a Slave can fight against the Huge men ? And the British? You think its possible? C'mon he's not Chuck norris. The way he delivered the story, the way he made his actors act , the way he made the movie , cannot be done by the other directors, No Offence! Hats off to bala sir for his exceptional work. I wish he gives us more quality movies like this rather than doing commercial movies. he never did commercial, but He Shouldn't do either. We want movies like this from you. I'm speechless after watching Paradesi !
    8yunusitboss

    Paradesi (U) TAMIL ----------------- my Rating : ★★★★ EXPENSIVE ONE

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    WON NATIONAL AWARD FOR COSTUME ....

    STRENGTHS : - * Story and Direction : Shows the Reality behind the concept ..... * Background Score : was perfect and takes the movie to the next level.... * Costumes : deserves the award.... * Casting and Performances : will make u cry and feel in some scenes .... * Lighting of the movie : hats-off to the Camera man ....

    WEAKNESSES : - * Songs : are not special whereas the lyrics are powerful.... * Movie not completed * First half : was small less than a hour but was very draggy ....

    FINAL VERDICT : - Overall ... it is must watch movie by all .... Superb movie especially the climax was unbelievable "U will keep Ur hands on Ur head " ....Go watch it .....

    This movie is an adaptation of a Malayalam novel 'Eriyum Thanal'. The movie shows the trials and tribulations that a couple working in a tea estate undergo to raise their son. Adharva, Vedika.
    8arjun-unidirector

    # Epitome of Quality # Personifies the Gothic phenomenon "PAIN"

    PARADESI

    GENRE: DRAMA

    RATING: 4.5/5

    PARADESI-BALA---Two big names that will never be forgotten by Indian cinema forever. The film is unmitigatedly a ONE-MAN show. The name behind the film is sufficient to measure the quality of it. Now coming to the controversial teaser, it's dejecting to see that even the fraternity is not capable of understanding the logic and its purpose. It's greatly disappointing to hear stuff about violating human rights and also highly obtuse if they don't understand the pain that has been suffered and efforts put into the film by the director.

    Firstly, to film a script based on a period-novel requires an enormous level of maturity and brilliance in film making which can be done only by few directors in India. BALA—being one of the best mindful trend-setters in cinema, has proved it again. Technically, chezhiyan accomplished a superlative task with a higher plane of photography and also with the shades of colors used in the film which has done a complete justice for a epic-period-creation of this quality. Photography is surely next level and tailor-made for international accolades. MUSIC is intensely synchronizing and pertinent to the epic-illustrations though it could have been better. It is purely coherent that the script was plainly over-matured and hard-hitting for GV's age and experience. Reverent salutes to the director for experimenting his finest with sprouting talents. Vairamuthu's lyrics are strikingly poignant and vehemently penned for the spectators to experience the veracious anguish and dolor that our fellow beings experienced.

    Coming to the artists' performance, which is the signature-asset of Bala's films, he extracted a meritorious output. Atharva, with his sterling performance made it totally infeasible for the audience to stifle the tears. The climax sequence was incontrovertibly world-class and Atharva managed to deliver an ultimate execution and Vedhicka simply OUTDID Dhanshika with her incomparable piece of acting for her expressions and gestures were totally superior. Jerry made an excellent concussion with the gallery. The supporting cast and junior artists did their job to perfection. ##Not taking anything away from the actors, the credit goes to director Bala for squeezing the flairs from them which they were unaware of. Bala, still remains an expert for his inventiveness in molding actors for cinema. It's undoubtedly the best film of the year.

    PARADESI--In conclusion, it's a Bala film which is becoming to be better than any other genres in Indian cinema.

    # Epitome of Quality

    # Personifies the Gothic phenomenon "PAIN"

    # Vigorous characterization---the film makes your heart cords vibrate and every frame tends to connect with us.

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 2013 (France)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
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    • Also known as
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      • 2h 6m(126 min)
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