Uttama Villain

May 1, 2015

2h 53m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Eros International

Raajkamal Films International

Thirupathi Brothers

Uttama Villain Trailers

Cast

Uttaman/Manoranjan

Kamal Haasan

Margadarsi

K. Balachander

Poornachandra Rao

K. Viswanath

Arpana

Andrea Jeremiah

Jacob Zachariah

Jayaram

Muttharasan

Nassar

Varalakshmi

Urvashi

Karpagavalli

Pooja Kumar

Manonmani

Parvathy Thiruvothu

Chokku Chettiar

M. S. Bhaskar

Manohar

Ashwin Arvind

Shanmugarajan

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