7.0
Osama
2004
Uttama Villain (2015)
May 1, 20152h 53mTA
6.7
33 votes
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.
Director
Ramesh AravindWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Tamil
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Eros InternationalRaajkamal Films InternationalThirupathi Brothers
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7.0Uttama 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…
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