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Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain

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Uttama Villain

2015

2h 53m

6.7(33 votes)

Drama

Comedy

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.

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Eros International

Raajkamal Films International

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Ramesh Aravind
Written by: Kamal Haasan
Produced by: N. Linguswamy
Kamal Haasan

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