Ooruku Nooruper

Ooruku Nooruper
Ooruku Nooruper
Directed by	B. Lenin
Produced by	Lakshmanan Suresh
Written by	B. Lenin; Prakash Menon;
Based on	Ooruku Nooruper; by Jayakanthan
Starring	Hans Kaushik; G.M. Sundar
Music by	Arvind Jayashankar
Cinematography	Alphonse Roy
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Distributed by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Release date	12 December 2003;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Ooruku Nooruper (sometimes Oorukku Nooruper; A Hundred Voices for a Cause) is a 2003 Indian Tamil film directed by film editor B. Lenin. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan,^[1] the film focuses on Capital punishment. The film won two awards at the 49th National Film Awards, including an Award for Best Regional Film.

Plot[edit]

Balan, a young artist, becomes a part of "Ooruku Nooruper", a revolutionary organisation. To promote the ideals of the group, he becomes a modern-day Robinhood, as looting becomes an integral part of his life. Anandan, a leftist freelance writer, supports Balan and runs a campaign against capital punishment. Being a part of a revolutionary group, Balan finds no time for his family. His wife Saroja feels she is alienated from her husband. In the meanwhile, Balan accidentally kills a priest while attempting a robbery and is sentenced to death. The organisation when gets to know this, ignores him and goes on with its activities as it believes cause more important than an individual.

Accolades[edit]

National Film Awards[edit]

National Film Award for Best Direction – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).^[2]
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).^[2]

References[edit]

↑ Theodre Baskaran, S. (20 October 2002). "A language of visuals". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The Feature Film Jury of the 49th Annual Film Festival — 2002 Has Given the Following Awards". NIC India. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.

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[theodre-1] Theodre Baskaran, S. (20 October 2002). "A language of visuals". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[49thNFA-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The Feature Film Jury of the 49th Annual Film Festival — 2002 Has Given the Following Awards". NIC India. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.

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