Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru

1986 Indian film

Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru

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Directed by| V. Azhagappan
Screenplay by| V. Alagappan
Story by| Raghavan Thambi
Produced by| Siva Ramadas
K. M. Ravi
K. Muthukumaran
Starring| Ramarajan
Rekha
Rajeev
Sulakshana
Cinematography| P. Ganesa Pandiyan
Edited by| V. Rajagopal
P. Mohanraj
Music by| Gangai Amaran

Production
company

Sridevi Bahavathi Films

Distributed by| Mangadu Amman Films
Kamini Combines[1]

Release date

* 28 November 1986 (1986-11-28)

Running time

| 128 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil

Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru (transl. Our village is a nice village) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film directed by V. Azhagappan. The film stars Ramarajan (in his debut in a leading role), Rekha, Rajeev and Sulakshana. It was released on 28 November 1986,[2][3] and Ramarajan won the Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Ramarajan as Ramu
* Rekha as Sita
* Rajeev
* Sulakshana
* S. S. Chandran
* Senthil
* Vinu Chakravarthy
* K. K. Soundar
* Rajavelu as Judge
* Pasi Narayanan
* 'Director' Dasarathan
* S. Ramasamy
* Manohan
* Kovai Balu
* Karunakaran
* Balraj
* Vasanthi
* Kaarai K. Balan
* Baby Saarah
* Shankar–Ganesh in a friendly appearance

## Soundtrack

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Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.[4]

Track listingNo.| Title| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Singara Kaathu"| Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra|
2.| "Odam Enge"| M. S. Viswanathan|
3.| "Venanda"| Malaysia Vasudevan, S. N. Surendar, Deepan Chakravarthy|
4.| "Poothamaligai"| S. Janaki|
5.| "Malligai Poovu"| Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki|

## Reception

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N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express criticised the film and called the screenplay "simply atrocious".[5] Balumani of Anna praised the acting of star cast, Raghavan Thambi's screenplay, Senthil's humor, Gangai Amaran's music and Azhagappan's direction.[6] The film became successful at the box-office,[7] and Ramarajan won the Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru". The Indian Express. 5 December 1986. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2023 - via Google News Archive.
2. ^ "நம்ம ஊரு நல்ல ஊரு / Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru (1986)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
3. ^ சனா (29 May 2018). ""அப்போ ஆக்டிங், இப்போ ஆடிட்டிங், சீக்கிரமே ஒரு யூ-டியூப் சேனல்!" – 'அப்போ இப்போ' கதை சொல்லும் ரேகா : பகுதி 12". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
4. ^ "Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru (1986) Tamil Super Hit Film LP Vinyl Record by Gangai Amaran". Disco Music Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
5. ^ Krishnaswamy, N. (5 December 1986). "Futile exercise". The Indian Express. p. 14\. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2022 - via Google News Archive.
6. ^ பாலுமணி (7 December 1986). "நம்ம ஊரு நல்ல ஊரு". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4\. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025 - via Endangered Archives Programme.
7. ^ சுரா. "கனவு ராஜாக்கள் - PAGE 32". Lekha Books (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
8. ^ "Cine artistes asked to broaden talents". The Indian Express. 13 April 1987. p. 3\. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2022 - via Google News Archive.

## External links

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* Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru at IMDb

*[transl.]: translation
*[No.]: Number