Ooruku Nooruper

Ooruku Nooruper (sometimes Oorukku Nooruper; A Hundred Voices for a Cause) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film directed by film editor B. Lenin.[1] Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan,[2] the film focuses on capital punishment. The film won two awards at the 49th National Film Awards, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Ooruku Nooruper
Directed byB. Lenin
Screenplay by
  • B. Lenin
  • Prakash Menon
Based onOoruku Nooruper
by Jayakanthan
Produced byLakshmanan Suresh
StarringHans Kaushik
G.M. Sundar
CinematographyAlphonse Roy
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byArvind Jayashankar
Production
company
Ananda Movies
Distributed byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Release date
  • 12 December 2003 (2003-12-12)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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.

Cast

Accolades

References
  1. Mannath, Malini (13 December 2003). "Ooruku Nooruper". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. Baskaran, S. Theodore (20 October 2002). "A language of visuals". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. "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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