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Paradesi (transl. Vagabond) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film written, produced and directed by Bala. The film starrs Atharvaa, Vedhika, and Dhansika, with Jerry and Riythvika in supporting roles. It is based on Eriyum Panikadu, a Tamil translation of the 1969 English novel Red Tea by Paul Harris Daniel. Set during the British Raj, the film revolves around an unemployed villager who is misled into bonded labour at a tea plantation after being promised generous accommodation and wages by a Kangani, who tyranically rules it.