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. Sundhar
Music by	Arvind Jayashankar
Cinematography	Alphonse Roy
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Distributed by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Release dates	2001
Running time	97 min.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ooruku Nooruper (sometimes Oorukku Nooruper; A Hundred Voices for a Cause) is a 2001 Indian Tamil film directed by film editor B. Lenin. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan, the film focuses on Capital punishment. The film won two awards at the 49th National Film Awards, including an Award for Best Regional Film.

Synopsis

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

National Film Awards

• National Film Award for Best Direction – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).

External links

• http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=128&categories_id=6
• BFI entry for Ooruku Nooruper