Paradesi (transl. Vagabond) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written, produced and directed by Bala.[1][2] The film features Atharvaa and Vedhika in the lead roles, with Sai Dhanshika, Uday Karthik, Riythvika and Jerry in supporting roles.[3] The soundtrack and score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The cinematography was handled by Chezhiyan, while Kishore Te and L. V. K. Das were in charge of the editing.[4] Based on Paul Harris Daniel's 1969 novel Red Tea,[5] the film's story revolves around Raasa (Atharvaa), an unemployed villager who is misled into bonded labour at a tea plantation after being promised generous accommodation and wages by its supervisor (Jerry).[1][3]
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Paradesi was made on a budget of ₹400 million[b] and was released on 15 March 2013 to critical acclaim,[2][7] but failed at the box office.[8] The film won 37 awards from 59 nominations; its direction, performances of the cast members, music, cinematography, and costumes have received the most attention from award groups.
At the 60th National Film Awards, Poornima Ramasamy won for Best Costume Design. Paradesi led the 61st Filmfare Awards South with nine nominations including Best Film (Bala) and Best Actress (Vedhika).[9] It went on to win for Best Director (Bala), Best Actor (Atharvaa) and Best Supporting Actress (Dhanshika). At the 8th Vijay Awards, the film received eleven nominations including those for Best Film and Best Actor, and won four, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Make Up Artistes and Best Costume Designer. Paradesi was nominated for eight awards at the BFI London Film Festival and won for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Designer. It garnered five nominations at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards ceremony and won two awards, Best Director and a Special Appreciation. Among other wins, the film received six Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards and Edison Awards each, five Techofes Awards, four Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Chennai International Film Festival award.
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Date of ceremony[c] | Category | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | 8 January 2014 | Best Film | Bala | Won | [10] [11] |
| Best Director | Bala | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Atharvaa | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sai Dhanshika | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer | Chezhiyan | Won | |||
| Best Costume Designer | Poornima Ramasamy and Perumal Selvam | Won | |||
| BFI London Film Festival | 13–18 October 2013 | Best Film | Bala | Nominated | [12] [13] |
| Best Foreign Language Feature Film | Bala | Nominated | |||
| Best Director of a Foreign Film | Bala | Nominated | |||
| Best Director of a Foreign Feature Film | Bala | Nominated | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Atharvaa | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Chezhiyan | Won | |||
| Best Costume Designer | Poornima Ramaswamy | Won | |||
| Best Music | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Nominated | |||
| Chennai International Film Festival | 19 December 2013 | Special Jury Award | Atharvaa | Won | [14] |
| Edison Awards | 16 February 2014 | Best Director | Bala | Won | [15] [16] [17] |
| Extreme Performance – Male | Atharvaa | Won | |||
| Extreme Performance – Female | Vedhika | Won | |||
| Best Character Award – Female | Sai Dhanshika | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer | Chezhiyan | Won | |||
| Best Costume Designer | Poornima Ramasamy | Won | |||
| Filmfare Awards South | 12 July 2014 | Best Film – Tamil | Bala | Nominated | [9] [18] |
| Best Director – Tamil | Bala | Won | |||
| Best Actor – Tamil | Atharvaa | Won | |||
| Best Actress – Tamil | Vedhika | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor – Tamil | Jerry | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress – Tamil | Sai Dhanshika | Won | |||
| Best Music Director – Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Nominated | |||
| Best Lyricist – Tamil | Vairamuthu for "Sengaade" | Nominated | |||
| Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil | Vandana Srinivasan for "Avatha Paiyaa" | Nominated | |||
| National Film Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best Costume Design | Poornima Ramaswamy | Won | [19] |
| Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards | 27 April 2014 | Best Film | Bala | Won | [20] |
| Best Director | Bala | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Atharvaa | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer | Chezhiyan | Won | |||
| South Indian International Movie Awards | 12–13 September 2014 | Best Film – Tamil | Bala | Nominated | [21] [22] |
| Best Director – Tamil | Bala | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer – Tamil | Chezhiyan | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil | Sai Dhanshika | Nominated | |||
| Best Film – Special Appreciation | Bala | Won | |||
| Tamil Nadu State Film Awards | 13 July 2017 | Best Editor | L. V. K. Das | Won | [23] [24] |
| Best Art Director | C. S. Balachandar | Won | |||
| Best Female Dubbing Artist | Divya | Won | |||
| Techofes Awards | 13 February 2014 | Best Director | Bala | Won | [25] |
| Best Actor | Atharvaa | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Vedhika | Won | |||
| Best Music Director | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Won | |||
| Best Editor | Kishore Te | Won | |||
| Vijay Awards | 5 July 2014 | Best Film | Bala | Nominated | [26] [27] |
| Best Director | Bala | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Atharvaa | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Vedhika | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sai Dhanshika | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer | Chezhiyan | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Director | C. S. Balachandar | Nominated | |||
| Best Female Playback Singer | Vandana Srinivasan for "Avatha Paiyaa" | Nominated | |||
| Best Make Up Artistes | Dasarathan | Won | |||
| Best Costume Designer | Poornima Ramasamy and Perumal Selvam | Won | |||
| Favourite Director | Bala | Nominated |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
- ^ The average exchange rate in 2013 was 60.936 Indian rupees (₹) per 1 US dollar (US$).[6]
- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
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- ^ a b Seshagiri, Sangeetha (20 March 2013). "'Paradesi' Box Office Collection: Bala's Movie Earns ₹4.86 Crore in Opening Weekend". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b Ganapathy, Ramesh (16 March 2013). "Paradesi review: It's a master class in great filmmaking". News18. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Paradesi Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (15 March 2013). "Film Review Paradesi". Mint. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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- ^ "Bala's 'Paradesi' Critics Review: A Must-Watch Movie [Trailer]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (14 January 2014). "Despite the indie hits, star power rules Kollywood". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South) Nomination list". Filmfare. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "ஆனந்த விகடன் விருதுகள் 2013 – 1" [Ananda Vikatan Awards 2013 – 1]. Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Ananda Vikatan Awards 2013 Winners". Ananda Vikatan. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Pyarilal, Vasanth (21 August 2013). "London international filmmakers film festival nominates director Bala's "Paradesi" (Vagabond) in eight categories". South Scope. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Ramachandran, Mythily (23 October 2013). "Tamil film 'Paradesi' wins awards at London film festival". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Offbeat films earn laurels at CIFF". The Hindu. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Director Atlee, Tapsee Among Recipients of Edison Award". The New Indian Express. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Annual Edison Awards presented". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Edison Awards 2014". Edison Awards. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Winners of 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "60th National Film Awards for 2012" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Tamilar Awards 2014: Winners and finalists announced!". Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "SIIMA Awards: 2013 Winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (20 July 2014). "SIIMA Awards 2014 Tamil Movie Nominations: Suriya, Dhanush, Kamal Haasan Feature in Best Actor Category [List]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu announces the State Film Awards for six consecutive years in surprise move. Here's the complete list of winners". The Indian Express. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years". The Hindu. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "'Paradesi' sweeps Techofes'14 Awards". Sify. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (6 July 2014). "Vijay Awards: Ajith's 'Arrambam', Kamal Haasan, Sivakarthikeyan Bag Awards [Winners List]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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