Before independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.
Unfortunately the movie Paradesi is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Bala | Director |
| Production | Bala | Producer |
| Writing | Nanjilnadan | Story |
| Editing | Kishore Te. | Editor |
| Writing | Bala | Dialogue |
| Writing | Bala | Screenplay |
| Camera | Chezhian Ra | Director of Photography |
| Sound | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vairamuthu | Lyricist |
| Sound | Vandana Srinivasan | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Madhu Balakrishnan | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Pragathi Guruprasad | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Gaana Bala | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Priya Himesh | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Gangai Amaran | Playback Singer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Poornima Ramaswamy | Costume Design |
