- Ooruku Nooruper
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Ooruku Nooruper Directed by Bhimsingh Lenin Produced by Lakshmanan Suresh Written by Bhimsingh Lenin, Prakash Menon Starring Hans Kaushik, G.M. Sundhar Music by Arvind Jayashankar Cinematography Roy Alfonse Editing by Urs Suresh Distributed by National Film Development Corporation, Ltd. Release date(s) 2001 Running time 97 min. Country India Language Tamil Ooruku Nooruper (sometimes Oorukku Nooruper; A Hundred Voices for a Cause) is a 2001 Tamil film by Bhimsingh Lenin, based on a 1976 novel by Jayakanthan. Its story follows Balan (Kaushik), a young artist who becomes disillusioned by the current political situation of his society. He joins the revolutionary organization Ooruku Nooruper, accidentally kills a priest and is sentenced to death. The film examines various issues related to capital punishment.
The film was well-received and, at the 49th National Film Festival in 2002, won awards including Best Direction and Best Feature Film in Tamil.[1]
References
- ^ "The Feature Film Jury of the 49th Annual Film Festival — 2002 Has Given the Following Awards:" (html). NIC India. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20070523082348/http://mib.nic.in/dff/feature.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
External links
- http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=128&categories_id=6
- BFI entry for Ooruku Nooruper
- Review
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