Cast: Adharvaa, Dhansika, Vedhika.
Director: Bala.
Paradesi is
the adaptation of a translated book Eriyum Panikadu which is based on real life
incidents that took place in Pre Independence India.
Adharvaa
plays Ottaperukki, a simpleton who lives
with his grandmother. Vedhika plays Angamma, his love interest. Adharvaa along
with a lot of people from his village is taken on a contractual basis to work
in the British owned Tea plantation. Dhansika who is a single parent is also working
there.
What happens next?...Well, nothing much!
The initial
15 minutes of the film is so beautiful with Adharvaa clearly showing all of us
why he is an actor to watch out for! He is amazing. Equally wonderful is
Vedhika who is such a delight to watch perform. The romance between them has
been pictured wonderfully well by Bala; GV Prakash Kumar aiding him with a
really good song.
But the sad
part is it all ends there. After that it’s the same old Bala film with people
being tortured, oppressed and cheated. You would mostly yawn your way through
the rest of the film.
Cinematography,
art direction, make up and costumes are really good but all that does not
compensate for the trite below average content. The only good thing about the
film is the performances by all the actors. Bala has done a wonderful job
extracting that kind of perfection performances wise.
Iam giving a 1.75/5 for Paradesi. Paradesi
is a tragedy film; the content is not what is tragic it is the film rather!
Rating
Scale (Out of 5)
Less than 2
-
Unwatchable.
2 to 2.25
- Below
average.
2.5 to 2.75
- Average.
3 to
3.25
- Good.
3.5 to
3.75
- Great.
4 to
4.25
- Exceptional.
4.5 and above
- Extraordinary.
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