''Ooruku Nooruper'' (sometimes ''Oorukku Nooruper''; ''A Hundred Voices for a Cause'') is a 2003 Indian

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film directed by film editor

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. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by

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, the film focuses on

Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

. The film won two awards at the

49th National Film Awards The 49th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2001. Awards were announced by t ...

, including a

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil The Indian Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several aw ...

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 G. M. Sundar is an Indian actor and film producer who has acted in a number of Tamil films. He turned producer for the film ''Urumattram''. Career He studied acting at the Film and Television institute, Adyar. He was given his first role b ...

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 * Soori (uncredited)

Accolades

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Direction The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since ...

– ''Ooruku Nooruper'' (2002). *

– ''Ooruku Nooruper'' (2002).

References

External links

*http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=128&categories_id=6
BFI entry for Ooruku Nooruper
Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award 2001 films Films based on Indian novels 2000s Tamil-language films Films about capital punishment Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub