Uttama Villain
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.
Cast
Kamal Haasan
as Uttaman/Manoranjan
K. Balachander
as Margadarsi
K. Viswanath
as Poornachandra Rao
Andrea Jeremiah
as Arpana
Jayaram
as Jacob Zachariah
Nassar
as Muttharasan
Urvashi
as Varalakshmi
Pooja Kumar
as Karpagavalli
Parvathy Thiruvothu
as Manonmani
M. S. Bhaskar
as Chokku Chettiar
Reviews
timesofindia
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 caree...
