Nootrukku Nooru

Noottrukku Nooru
Official DVD cover
Directed by	K. Balachander
Produced by	N. Selvaraj B. Duraisamy N. Krishnan V. Govindarajan
Written by	K. Balachander
Starring	Jaishankar Lakshmi Srividya Vijayalalitha Nagesh
Music by	V. Kumar
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Production company	Kalakendra Movies
Distributed by	Kalakendra Movies
Release dates	19 March 1971 (1971-03-19)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nootrukku Nooru is a 1971 Tamil-language suspense thriller film directed and written by K. Balachander.^[1] It stars Jaishankar and Lakshmi in the lead with Nagesh, Vijayalalitha and Srividya in other pivotal roles.^[2][3] The story is about a college professor who is accused by three girls for sexual harassment, just before his marriage.^[4] The film was a hit.It was way ahead of it's time and balachander used non linear screen play and could have been the first Indian movie to do so. It brought the noble relationship between teachers and students in a new light never before seen in indian cinema.Balachander earned even more respect from the film industry due to such classics.i^[5]

Cast

• Jaishankar as Prakash
• Lakshmi as Lakshmi
• Nagesh as Ramesh
• Srividya as Manjula
• Vijayalalitha as Stella
• Jayakumari as Kousalya
• Gemini Ganesan as the college principal
• R. S. Manohar
• Sreekanth as the investigator
• V. S. Raghavan as David
• Y. Gee. Mahendra as Mahesh
• S. V. Sahasranamam
• S. N. Lakshmi
• Sukumari
• Neelu
• Jayanthi

Soundtrack

The music composed by V. Kumar.^[6]

Awards

• 1971 - Film Fans' Association Best Actor Award for Jaishankar.^[7]

References

External links

• Nootrukku Nooru at the Internet Movie Database