After watching the film Vikram immediately headed to Bala's office to congratulate him. ...
11:21 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Vikram and Bala worked together in the film 'Sethu'. Vikram rose to fame after the film and was lauded for his performance by awards. ...
09:40 PM, Mar 28, 2013
At the recently announced 60th National Awards, 'Paradesi' pocketed one award for the best costumes. ...
12:13 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Directed by Balaji Sakthivel, 'Vazhakku En 18/9' was named the best feature film in Tamil. ...
05:21 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bala's 'Paradesi' is riveting, brutal and realistic as any film in a long time. ...
03:37 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Inspired from a book titled Red Tea, it tells the story of enslaved plantation workers who experience atrocities in pre-Independence India. ...
10:30 AM, Mar 16, 2013
The film 'Paradesi' revolves around the plight of tea plantation workers during the pre-independent India. ...
04:31 PM, Mar 13, 2013
The film is inspired from Harris Daniel's novel, 'Red Tea', it has got a 'U' certificate by the censor board. ...
04:41 PM, Feb 26, 2013
'Paradesi', based on a Paul Harris Daniel's English novel 'Red Tea', has been directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Set in pre independent India, 'Paradesi' narrates the problems of tea plantation workers in southern India. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Directed by filmmaker K.Madesh 'Brindavanam' is produced by Suresh Gowda and Srinivas Murthy. ...
12:12 PM, Jan 25, 2013
The film will have actors Atharva, Vedhika and Dhanshika in lead roles. ...
11:11 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Things are abuzz in Kollywood with one film lining up after the other for release. But it appears that this Christmas season will see few big-names getting released. Vishal's 'Samar' which was originally planned to release on December 21 has been pushed to Dec 28 since it needs to be censored. Meanwhile, Bala's 'Paradesi' will come out only by the end of January after seeing another postponement. That makes room...
04:04 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Director Bala's next film, 'Paradesi', which is set to release next week on December 21, has been approved by the Censor Board. The panelists, after thoroughly going through the movie, has given it a 'U' certificate. The distributors can now be sure of the film's release and push out more posters based on the verdict of the censor board. Paradesi features Atharva, Vedhika and Dhansika in the lead roles. The...
04:11 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Mani Ratnam and Bala are mutual admirers. While the former says he liked very much the latter's films, the 'Pithamagan' maker always maintains that he was inspired by the 'Alaipayuthey' director's movies. And now, Bala has expressed wish to assist Mani Ratnam. "I would like to work as Mani Ratnam's assistant director in at least one film," says Bala. The National Award winning filmmaker's next venture 'Paradesi', starring Atharva, Dhanshika...
12:43 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Chennai: Southern actress Vedhika C Kumar will soon be seen in Tamil period-drama 'Paradesi', directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy, and she feels that the hypnotizing aura of the filmmaker brings out exactly what he wants from his actors. "Bala sir is very passionate in his work and working with him is certainly inspiring. He carries a hypnotising aura so fascinating that it will literally charm one and all to do what...
01:22 PM, Dec 06, 2012
During the audio launch of upcoming Tamil movie 'Paradesi' recently, director Bala said he has fulfilled one of his foremore duties by casting Tamil actor and Atharva Murali in his movie. These remarks by Bala paved way for a guessing game in the industry, even as there is no further explanation by the National Award winning filmmaker. However, Atharva himself has cleared the air on what made Bala say so....
12:45 PM, Dec 06, 2012
'Paradesi' has a young musician trying to impress one of the most demanding directors in Tamil cinema. As GV Prakash Kumar tries to bring in his ordeals to a very different form of film making, we might still get to witness some great musical numbers. Five songs in total, ranging from three to eight minutes, there might be a few surprises in store for us. Avatha Payya - Yasin, Vandana...
06:02 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Directed by Bala, the film stars Adharvaa, Dhansika and Vedhika in the lead roles. The film is based on real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s. It is based on the novel 'Red Tea'. ...
11:01 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Chennai: Veteran Tamil cinematographer-turned-director Balu Mahendra feels that a film's success should be measured by the impact it has on the audience and not by its box-office collections. A film can truly be called successful if it becomes a memorable experience for the audiences, said Balu and added that "films made by Bala may not be box-office hits, but they have always managed to have immense impact on the audience."...
05:20 PM, Nov 25, 2012
