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.
- 6.7
- 2015
- Released
- 2h 53m
Kamal Haasan
Uttaman/Manoranjan
Andrea Jeremiah
Arpana
Jayaram
Jacob Zachariah
Nassar
Muttharasan
Urvashi
Varalakshmi
Pooja Kumar
Karpagavalli
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Manonmani
M. S. Bhaskar
Chokku Chettiar
Ashwin Arvind
Manohar
Shanmugarajan
Shanmugarajan
G. Gnanasambandam
Kaakapusundar
Vaiyapuri
Snake Charmer
Chitra Lakshmanan
PRO Lakshmanan
Ajay Rathnam
King Sadayavarman
Dheepa Ramanujam
Queen
Parvatii Nair
Indira
Ajay Raj
Parthi
Bhargavi Narayan
Dhanalakshmi
Prakash Belawadi
Senior Doctor (Cameo Appearance)
Released
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- #dying wish
- #forced marriage
- #illicit love
Reviews
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. Thi