Once upon a time in a village) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Jyothi Pandian.

Gandhi Village) by Vaali,[1][2] it revolves around a collector who manipulates her caste certificate to get a government job.

[3][4] C. V. Aravind of The Indian Express praised the film for having a "novel theme", but said the comedy track was "not up to the mark".

[5] Ore Oru Gramathiley was initially banned for criticising caste based reservations.

The Supreme Court of India later allowed its release,[6][7][8] after the producer agreed to make changes in the climax.

The plaintiff argued that the conferment of the award should be deemed "illegal" since the film was screened for the jury even before the ban was lifted by the Supreme Court.