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01/05/2015 Drama, Comedy 2h 53m
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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.

  1. Ramesh Aravind

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kamal Haasan

    Uttaman/Manoranjan

  2. K. Balachander

    Margadarsi

  3. K. Viswanath

    Poornachandra Rao

  4. Andrea Jeremiah

    Arpana

  5. Jayaram

    Jacob Zachariah

  6. Nassar

    Muttharasan

  7. Urvashi

    Varalakshmi

  8. Pooja Kumar

    Karpagavalli

  9. Parvathy Thiruvothu

    Manonmani

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Reviews

A review by timesofindia
Written by timesofindia on 2015-07-04
Uttama Villain is one of those films with a meta narrative where the line between the reel and the real becomes hard to distinguish. It stars Kamal Haasan as a superstar, Manoranjan, who goes back to his mentor Margadarisi (played by K Balachander, the real-life Margadarisi, who shaped Kamal's career) and asks him to direct him one last time after he learns that he has only a few days to live. This ticks off his father-in-law Poorna Chandra Rao, the producer who turned him into a superstar, and his wife Varalakshmi, who move out of the house with his son, not realizing the real reason behind h...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Tamil

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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