Ooruku Nooruper

Ooruku Nooruper (transl. A hundred people for the village) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film directed by film editor B. Lenin and starring Hans Kaushik and G. M. Sundar.^[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
Title card
Directed by	B. Lenin
Screenplay by	B. Lenin Prakash Menon
Based on	Ooruku Nooruper by Jayakanthan
Produced by	Lakshmanan Suresh
Starring	Hans Kaushik G.M. Sundar
Cinematography	Alphonse Roy
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Arvind Jayashankar
Production company	Ananda Movies
Distributed by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Release date	12 December 2003 (2003-12-12)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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

• Hans Kaushik as Balan
• G. M. Sundar as Anandan
• Julie as Saroja
• Bharathimani as Balan's father-in-law
• Archana as Anandhan's colleague
• R. S. G. Chelladurai as the church father
• Ganesh Babu as Victim
• Soori (uncredited)

Accolades

• National Film Award for Best Direction – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).^[3]
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Ooruku Nooruper (2002).^[3]