Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain

2015 · 173 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Comedy

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

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Kamal Haasan Uttaman/Manoranjan
K. Balachander Margadarsi
K. Viswanath Poornachandra Rao
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

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