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'''''Kuruthipunal''''' ({{lit|The River of Blood}}) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[novel]] written by [[Indira Parthasarathy]]. A revolutionary novel, it was based on the [[Kilvenmani massacre]] that took place in [[Thanjavur district]] in 1968. The novel won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Tamil Writers|Sahitya Akademi]] for its author in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007 |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818093514/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |archivedate=18 August 2008 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The novel inspired ''[[Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=B|first1=Kolappan|title=‘America was a golden cage for me’|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/america-was-a-golden-cage-for-me/article3589304.ece|accessdate=31 May 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 July 2012}}</ref> a 1983 Tamil film, which in turn won a [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|National Award]]. The novel has been translated into multiple langues including English, [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Malayalam]].<br />
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[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]<br />
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