Movie: Paradesi
Cast: Atharva, Dhansika, Vedhika
Direction, Story & Screenplay: Bala
Music: GV Prakash Kumar
Cinematography: Chezhiyan
Editing: Kishore
Release Date: 15 March 2013

Story:
The movie opens on a lighter note with the villagers of Salur in Sivagangai district getting ready to celebrate a wedding. Atharvaa plays the town crier, Raasa, and as he goes around inviting..(more)

Paradesi opened to positive reviews.

"Pardesi's lifelike characters draw you into their lives with their realistic performances" and concluded, "Bala’s Paradesi stays with you long after you walk out of the theatre.

"Paradesi is definitively a classic with grace and power. Hats off to Bala for taking the road less traveled, and that makes all the difference"

"Paradesi is surely yet another landmark film of director Bala and would receive tremendous appreciation from filmmakers and critics."

"During Paradesi’s most heightened moments, it appears as though Bala is single-handedly trying to undo that cinematic legacy."

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