Nootrukku Nooru
| Noottrukku Nooru (1971) | |
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| Directed by | K. Balachander |
| Produced by | Kalakendra |
| Written by | K. Balachander |
| Starring | Jaishankar Lakshmi Srividya Vijayalalitha Kamal Haasan |
| Music by | V. Kumar |
| Release date(s) | 19 March 1971 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nootrukku Nooru is a 1971 Tamil-language film directed and written by K. Balachander. The protagonist (Jaishankar) who is a college professor is accused by three girls for sexual nuisance, just before the protagonist’s marriage. It’s a rare type of a black-white suspense movie with great cinematography and enthralling dialogues.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Jaishankar who plays the part of college professor was being accused by three girls, Srividya, Vijayalalitha and Jayakumari out of which two are his students and a third who is his landlord's daughter, for different reasons but with the same note that he has sexually harassed them, just before his marriage. His fiancee played by Lakshmi sets out to investigate along with some of his dutiful students. What went wrong, a rare intelligent black and white suspense movie, holding as tight right to the end with great cinematography and enthralling dialogues. This is definitely one of K.Balachander's master pieces.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Jaishankar - College Professor
- Lakshmi (actress) - College student (Also Jaishankar's fiancee)
- Srividya - College Student
- Vijayalalitha - College Student
- Nagesh-Brother of Lakshmi and also a College student.
- Gemini Ganesan as the college Principal.
- Kamal Haasan - College Student
- R. S. Manohar
- Y. Gee. Mahendra
- Jayakumari
