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2007 Indian film

Paradesi
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	P. T. Kunju Muhammed
Written by	P. T. Kunju Muhammed
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor
Starring	Mohanlal Swetha Menon Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Padmapriya Janakiraman
Cinematography	K. G. Jayan
Edited by	Don Max
Music by	Ramesh Narayan Shahabaz Aman
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	24 October 2007 (2007-10-24)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Paradesi (transl. Foreigner) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by P. T. Kunju Muhammed. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. Mohanlal plays Valiyakaththu Moosa, in three stages of his life, between the ages of 35 and 80. It also features Swetha Menon, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Jagathy Sreekumar, and Siddique in significant roles.

The film portrays the issue of Indian citizens who left the country before the partition of India in search of job, mostly to Arabia, and happened to reach Pakistan, and then when returned to the homeland, happened to be holding a Pakistani passport, and now is forced by the Indian authorities to leave the nation to Pakistan, which even the Pakistani authorities won't allow.

Plot

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Valiyakaththu Moosa is an Indian Muslim who moves from the Malabar region of Kerala, India to Karachi, Pakistan during the British Raj in search of a job. Post-partition, he returns from Pakistan and settles down in Malappuram, Kerala. This man, who lives as a true Indian, doesn't get his Indian passport and thus an Indian identity in the official sense, even after 50 years of Independence.

Indian police harass him and his neighbours in a similar situation as Pakistani spies. The film has Mohanlal playing the character in three stages of his life, between the ages of 35 and 80

Cast

Mohanlal as Valiyakathu Moosa
Siddique as Musthafa Hamza
Swetha Menon as Aamina
Jagathy Sreekumar as Abdul Rahman
Lakshmi Gopalaswami as Khadeeja
Padmapriya Janakiraman as Usha, journalist
T. G. Ravi as Usman
Madhupal as Adv. Pradeep
Vijayaraghavan as Koch Ousep
VK Sreeraman as Adv. Ramakrishnan
Cochin Haneefa as Head Constable
Bharath Gopi
Nilambur Ayesha
Suresh Krishna as Ravi Tharakan
Irshad as Prakashan
Sona Nair
Sreenath
Ambika Mohan as Valiykath Moosa's mother
Zeenath
Manka Mahesh
Rema Devi
Deepika Mohan

Production

The film was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Aashirvad Cinemas. The locations of the film included Ottappalam in Kerala and Rajasthan.

Music

The music was composed by Ramesh Narayan and Shahabaz Aman.

Paradesi
Soundtrack album by Ramesh Narayan and Shahabaz Aman
Released	2007
Recorded	2007
Language	Malayalam
Producer	Ramesh Narayan

*Paradesi*
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)
1.	"Aananda Kanneerin"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Ramesh Narayan	Sujatha Mohan Manjari
2.	"Thattam Pidichu"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Ramesh Narayan	Sujatha Mohan
3.	"Thattam Pidichu (Unplugged)"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Ramesh Narayan	Sujatha Mohan
4.	"Ya Dhuni Dhuni"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Shahabaz Aman	M. G. Sreekumar Vineeth Sreenivasan