Oorukku Uzhaippavan (transl. Worker for the country) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Vanisri and Venniradai Nirmala. It is a remake of the 1970 Kannada film Baalu Belagithu. The film was released on 12 November 1976.