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to her house and is declared dead. However, two bangle sellers, Devaiah & Bapaiah, shield her, and she stays stealthily at the hilltop. After setting everything up, Chandram rushes and gets devastated, conscious of
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described, "Paradesi is about urbanites" and not the conventional village-based subject. He also noted that the screenplay was very fast.
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553:A.P Komala
371:as Srugaram
365:as Susheela
363:Pandari Bai
333:Anjali Devi
329:as Chandram
256:Anjali Devi
250:. It stars
195:190 minutes
100:Kamal Ghosh
86:Anjali Devi
69:Anjali Devi
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586:Kambadasan
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443:Kambadasan
429:Parasakthi
421:Parasakthi
416:Parasakthi
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341:as Rangadu
335:as Lakshmi
301:Povvulamma
276:Poongothai
238:bilingual
227:Poongothai
176:1953-01-31
158:1953-01-14
123:Production
72:(presents)
26:Poongodhai
1251:Jay Vejay
1219:Daadi Maa
1212:Beti Bete
1165:Miss Mary
1133:Missiamma
1069:Shavukaru
835:The Hindu
791:The Hindu
763:The Hindu
718:The Hindu
704:Reception
576:One song
314:Paradesi.
305:Paradesi.
292:Sitagiri,
280:lost film
208:Languages
106:Edited by
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1117:Manohara
1077:Samsaram
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398:Raj Rani
347:as Anand
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297:Sitagiri
272:Paradesi
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166:(Telugu)
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475:Singers
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351:Relangi
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266:movie
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211:Telugu
1053:Drohi
733:Notes
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572:Tamil
556:2:46
536:2:57
525:3:13
264:Hindi
236:Tamil
213:Tamil
203:India
1093:Rani
984:IMDb
958:ISBN
937:ISBN
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