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Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain

20156.72h 53m

Overview

Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he has to sort out his personal lives, which involves an estranged son and a daughter from the love of his life.

Directed by Ramesh Aravind
Written by Kamal Haasan, Subhu Arumugam, Viveka
Produced by N. Linguswamy, Kamal Haasan
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Top Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Uttaman/Manoranjan

K. Balachander

K. Balachander

Margadarsi

K. Viswanath

K. Viswanath

Poornachandra Rao

Andrea Jeremiah

Andrea Jeremiah

Arpana

Jayaram

Jayaram

Jacob Zachariah

Nassar

Nassar

Muttharasan

Urvashi

Urvashi

Varalakshmi

Pooja Kumar

Pooja Kumar

Karpagavalli

Parvathy Thiruvothu

Parvathy Thiruvothu

Manonmani

M. S. Bhaskar

M. S. Bhaskar

Chokku Chettiar

Themes & Keywords

dying wishforced marriageillicit love

About Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain is a drama, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of dying wish, forced marriage, illicit love. Directed by Ramesh Aravind, it stars Kamal Haasan, K. Balachander, K. Viswanath. Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he has to sort out his personal lives, which involves an estranged son and a daughter from the love of his life.

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