PARADESI (2012)
A visual vocabulary of the true events depicted in the novel, ‘Red Tea’ by P.H Daniel, Paradesi captures the ordeal and life of tea-plantation workers during pre-independent India. Dealing with slavery, oppression of freedom and exploitation in the face of experiences encountered by the villagers, Bala once again have created a film that has influenced the mind of many through cinema’s mass reach. Innocent villagers were ripped out of their normal life, their known world changed overnight, making one to believe that only death could free them.
Atharvaa Murali, engages with the audience as Raasa, a carefree man with childlike innocence, which only heightens the devastation felt when the character is put through the utmost difficult time of his life.Paradesi sheds a new light and dimension on the unexplored acting skills of Atharvaa Murali.
| Cast & Crew |
Cast : Atharvaa Murali, Vedhika, Dhanshika
Music Director : G.V. Prakash Kumar
Cinematographer : Chezhiyan Ra
Editor : Kishore TE
Producer : B Studios
| Awards |
| Year | Result | Awards | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | 60th National Film Awards | Best Costume Design – Poornima Ramaswamy |
| 2012 | Won | Tamilnadu State Film Awards | Best Female Dubbing Artist – Divya |
| 2013 | Won | London International Film Festival | Best Cinematography – Chezhiyan Ra |
| Best Costume – Poornima Ramaswamy | |||
| Nominated | London International Film Festival | Best Film of the Festival – Bala | |
| Best Director of a Foreign Film – Bala | |||
| Best Foreign Language Feature Film – Bala | |||
| Best Director of a Foreign Feature Film – Bala | |||
| Best Lead Actor – Atharvaa Murali | |||
| Best Music – G.V. Prakash Kumar | |||
| 2013 | Won | 11th Chennai International Film Festival | Special Jury Award – Atharvaa |
| 2013 | Won | 61st Filmfare Awards South | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Actor – Atharvaa Murali | |||
| Best Supporting Actress – Dhansika | |||
| Nominated | 61st Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress – Vedhika | |
| Best Tamil Film | |||
| Best Lyricist – Vairamuthu | |||
| Best Female Playback Singer – Vandana Srinivasan | |||
| Best Music Director – G.V. Prakash Kumar | |||
| 2013 | Won | Vijay Awards | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Supporting Actress – Dhansika | |||
| Best Costume Designer – Poornima Ramaswamy & Perumal Selvam | |||
| Best Makeup Artistes – Dasarathan | |||
| Nominated | Vijay Awards | Best Actress – Vedhika | |
| Best Actor – Atharvaa | |||
| Best Cinematographer – Chezhiyan | |||
| Best Playback Singer Female – Vandana Srinivasan | |||
| Favourite Director – Bala | |||
| 2013 | Won | Edison Awards | Best Director – Bala |
| Extreme Performance (Male) – Atharvaa Murali | |||
| Extreme Performance (Female) – Vedhika | |||
| 2013 | Won | Techofes | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Actor – Atharvaa Murali | |||
| Best Actress – Vedhika | |||
| 2013 | Won | South Indian Cinematographers Association (SICA) Awards | Best Director – Bala |
| 2013 | Won | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Film | |||
| Best Actor – Atharvaa | |||
| Best Supporting Actress – Dhansika | |||
| Best Cinematographer – Cheziyan Ra | |||
| Best Costume – Poornima Ramaswamy | |||
| 2014 | Won | Behindwoods Gold Summit | Best Direction – Bala |
| 2014 | Won | 3rd South Indian International Film Awards (SIIMA) | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Film – Special Appreciation | |||
| Nominated | 3rd South Indian International Film Awards (SIIMA) | Best Film – Bala | |
| Best Cinematographer – Chezhiyan Ra | |||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Dhansika | |||
| 2014 | Won | Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards | Best Film – B Studios |
| Best Director – Bala | |||
| Best Cinematographer – Chezhiyan Ra | |||
| Best Actor –Atharvaa | |||
| 2014 | Won | Screen Moon Awards | Best Actress –Vedhika |
