Alemari transl. Wanderer) is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Hari Santhosh, in his directorial debut. Santhosh based the story on a real-life contract killing incident by a group of teenagers. The stars Yogesh and Radhika Pandit, alongside Umashree, Rakesh Adiga, Raju Talikote, Adi Lokesh and Mico Nagaraj. The film follows Mohan (Yogesh), a young man whose life takes an unexpected turn after he becomes entangled in the rivalries of aspiring gangsters, forcing him to live as a wanderer.

The film was produced by B. K. Srinivas. Music for the film was composed by Arjun Janya, with Manjunath M. Nayak making his cinematography debut and K. M. Prakash serving as editor. The film was released theatrically 9 March 2012, and received positive to mixed reviews critics. They praised the cast performances, music and cinematography, while criticism was directed towards the film's pacing. The film received four nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards South including Best Director (Santhosh) and Best Supporting Actress (Umashree). At the 2012 Karnataka State Film Awards, it won two awards: Director's First Time Best Film (Santhosh) and Best Music Director (Janya).

Muthanna, a mason, transports a group of labourers to a construction site, among whom is a dishevelled and seemingly mentally unstable man who he names Paradesi. Living in a makeshift shelter beside the site, Paradesi is cared for by Muthanna, who pays special attention to him. Troubled by recurring nightmares, Paradesi frequently relives fragments of his past. Through these flashbacks, it is revealed that he was once Mohan, a milkman living with his mother and married sister. Mohan falls in love with Neeli, the daughter of music teacher Sridhar Sastry from a traditional Brahmin family. Although she initially avoids him, Neeli gradually reciprocates his feelings. When Sastry arranges her marriage to another man, a small-time businessman, the couple separate, but Mohan later wins his approval by paying for his heart surgery, allowing their relationship to resume.

Meanwhile, Mohan frequently clashes with a gang led by "Nimhans" Soori. Aspiring to become a feared gangster like his uncle "Katthe" Ravi, Soori begins associating with "Palav" Chandra, Mohan's brother-in-law, who has recently been released from prison. Chandra mentors the youngster and starts assigning him violent tasks. Soori and his associates first murder Naganna, a financier and rowdy who is also an acquaintance of Mohan and had helped him secure a job as a soldier. Chandra later convinces Soori that personal attachments are a weakness for an aspiring don, leading Soori to kill his own uncle. Having carried out both murders, Soori declares that his next target will be Mohan.

Mohan visits Chandra's hideout to confront him over Naganna's death. There, he is ambushed by Soori and his gang, who brutally attack him and leave him for dead on the outskirts of the city. He is later found by labourers working under Muthanna and gradually recovers. However, the assault leaves him physically unrecognisable and mentally scarred. Adopting the identity of Paradesi, he begins living the life of a wandering labourer. By coincidence, Muthanna's team is assigned to construct a house in the same locality where Mohan's mother and Neeli reside. Although both encounter Paradesi on separate occasions, neither recognises him.

Eventually, Neeli notices an amulet she had once given Mohan and realises that Paradesi is the man she loved. She follows him to a bus stand in an attempt to reach him. As Paradesi prepares to board a departing bus, Neeli's husband alights from the same bus, and assumes she has come to receive him, taking her away before she can speak to Mohan. Paradesi boards the bus and leaves. Looking through a shattered piece of glass, he catches sight of Neeli walking away and recognises her as the bus departs, continuing his life as a paradesi (wanderer).

The film was announced in 2010. In December 2011, it was reported that Hari Santhosh (or Santosh Kumar), who had previously worked as an associate director for over five years for films like Jogi (2005), Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide (2007) and Sanju Weds Geetha (2011) was directing Alemari. He wrote the film's screenplay in arund 2006, based on an incident in Kamakshipalya, Bengaluru, involving contract killing by a group of teenage boys studying in PUC.

Yogesh and Radhika Pandit were cast to play the lead roles as character from a middle-class family, and as a Brahmin girl respectively, while Rakesh Adiga, who had previously appeared in Jhossh (2009), was cast as the antagonist and slum-dweller. Santhosh noted that the story begins with Yogesh appearing as a character working at a construction site, having moved to a city, who is in for a "culture shock". He added that Yogesh's rough and shoddy looks suited the character perfectly well. Expanding n his character, Santhosh noted that Yogesh is "unkempt throughout the movie. He is orphaned as a child, and the head of the gang, is the one who brings him up. All Yogi does is work, eat and sleep. His imagination doesn't go beyond a certain level, until he steps into a city and begins to think about the people he sees around him. He sees Radhika and begins to imagine her as his love and when he sees an older lady, he imagines her as his mother. People around him influence his thoughts." On her character, Radhika Pandita stated, "I play the role of Neeli, meaning blue in Kannada. She comes from a conservative family and her life doesn't extend beyond home and college but the entry of Yogi changes her life." Ramesh Bhat, Umashree, Adi Lokesh, Raju Talikote, D. P. Raghuram and Ramesh Pandit were hired to play supporting roles.