Vagabond (2013)

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, Vedika, Dhansika

6 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Atharvaa Murali	...	Rasa / Kuchuporukki
Vedika	...	Angamma
Dhansika	...	Maragadham
Jerry	...	Kankani
Udhay Karthik	...	Thangarasu
Riythvika	...	Karuthakanni (as Ritwika)
Shiv Shankar	...	Doctor / Christian Missionary
Vikramadithyan
Jithan Mohan	...	Doctor / Letter Translator
Kachchammaa Paati	...	Rasa's Grandmother
Kalpana
Nicholas
Sonaimuthu

Storyline

Paradesi is based on real life incidents that took palace before independence during the 1940s. The film is the screen-adaptation of 'Eriyum Panikadu' a Tamil translation of the 1969 novel Red Tea by Paul Harris Daniel. The film mainly deals with a tea plantation workers in the Madras Presidency during the British Raj. The Film delves into the wretched lives of Tea plantation workers. The Movie realistically 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.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Release Date:

15 March 2013 (India)

Also Known As:

Vagabond

Box Office

Budget:

INR 120,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

B Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Or mirugam
Composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar
Written by Vairamuthu
Performed by Prasanna, Pragathi

User Reviews

A Period play from the house of Bala

Paradesi (2013) Review: Joining the genre of adapted screen play "Paradesi" opens up as an authentic period play. This is a true story adapted from a Tamil novel named "Eriyum Panikadu" which is the Tamil version of the novel named "Red Tea". Bala has given us yet another close to nature realistic story of the natives of Saalur village. The story line time travels back to the year 1930 when the British government basically involved in the business of tea plantation. The entire movie shows how Indians have been brutalized by the British lords. Director Bala has depicted clearly about the slavery treatment and the harassment in all forms may it be to the sexual abuse or the merciless punishments and thrashing the Indian slave employees. Interestingly we also observe how in those days poverty was taken advantage for religious conversion. Director Bala for sure has done tremendous research to showcase this film.

After the king maker the director let us see how casting has helped out in this movie. Coming to the lead role by Adharva Murali has shown such matured acting in the role of Raasa allies Otti Poriki. He has lived the role and it shows how he has been moulded by the director. He can now proudly join the "Bala stars Band wagon" along with Vikram, Surya,Aarya and Vishal. The lead ladies done by Dhanshika and Vedhika C Kumar, both of them have done picture perfect.Dhanshika reminds us of Muthalagu with her commanding base voice tone and Vedhika did perfect on her role but could have maintained her tanned look evenly throughout the movie. Other small 200 characters has lived really and added strong basement to the story. Special mention would be the newly married couple. Dialogues by the Ace Tamil writer Naanjil Naadan were too raw in certain places. BGM has been a definite plus to add the grieving silence in the movie and songs as well by GV. Very nice cinematography to show the period colour on celluloid. The editing was little dragging towards the end. Verdict: On the whole get in for a 2hour 5 mins film stripping and showcasing the black pages of Indian history.

Reviewed by Sivakumar Balachandran

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