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Directed by | Bala |
Produced by | Bala |
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Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Cinematography | Chezhiyan |
Edited by | Kishore Te. |
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B Studios
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Distributed by | JSK Film Corporation |
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Running time
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126 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||||
Released | 25 November 2012 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Gemini Audio | |||
Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |||
G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology | ||||
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Paradesi ( English: Vagabond) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Bala starring Adharvaa, Vedhicka and Dhansika. The film's music was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film is based on real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s. It released on 15 March 2013. The dubbed version of Telugu was released with the same name. The film opened mostly to positive reviews. Sify said that the box office collections were average.
Rasa (Adharvaa) is a carefree young man living in a rural village in the Madras Presidency during the early days of the British Raj. Orphaned at a young age, he is brought up by his nagging but loving hunchback grandmother. Angamma (Vedhicka), a village girl falls for him and takes pleasure in bullying him. When she finally confesses her feelings for him, they become intimate and soon reveal the fact that they are in love before the entire village and also get into physical relationship. Angamma's mother objects as Rasa is jobless and irresponsible, making him unqualified to become anyone's husband.
Rasa then goes to the nearby village in search of work. He comes across a friendly Kangani, who then follows Rasa back to his village. The Kangani offers a work for the villagers at the British tea plantations at the hillside. He promises them proper accommodation and high wages. Like many of the villagers, Rasa signs up with the Kangani, hoping he can send home money every month for his ailing grandmother. Both Angamma and his grandmother are sad to watch him go.
When Rasa and his villagers finally arrive at the tea plantation, things are not as what the Kangani promised. The Kangani and his henchmen rule the plantation with an iron fist. The British plantation manager does not care for the workers. Rasa becomes friends with Maragadham (Dhansika) and her little daughter, the wife and child of the only worker who have ever escaped the plantation so far. Rasa soon gets a letter from his grandmother stating that Angamma now lives with her after her family found out she is pregnant with his child.