Uttama Villain

                                     Pic  Courtesy : Uttama Villain Facebook Page

Director: Ramesh Aravind
Producer: Linguswamy, Kamal Haasan, Chandrahasan, Subhash Chandrabose.
Cast: Kamal Haasan, K.Viswanath, K.Balachander, Andrea, Urvashi.
Duration: 173 Minutes

Uttama Villain is about Manoranjan (Kamal Hassan) a movie super star who is on the verge of death due to his brain tumor. The story is all about the actor Manoranjan trying to pull up all his strings together be it personal or professional for his last act.

Professionally the actor wants to put his last act with his Guru Marghadarsi (K.Balachander) whom he has deserted after he attained the stardom. Personally its about making his relations right with all the three women in his life who are part of his journey.

The greatness of the movie is, it travels between two phases the actors real & reel screen which makes it complex to understand. How Manoranjan pulls his last act is something to watch out for.

Coming to the other aspects of the movie the screenplay, dialogues and choosing “Theeyam” an ancient art form for the reel life aspect are class apart.  Especially the scenes between Manoranjan & his secretary, Manoranjan & his guru Marghadarsi, Manoranjan & his doctor and Manoranjan & his son have been shot fabulously.

The directors genius can be seen in small inferences in the shots like, the actor staring at a dying fish or the actor’s secretary reading out letter in light have been shot so meaningfully.

Nothing much to comment on performances, when you have pillars of acting like Kamal Haasan, K.Viswanath, K.Balachander who have been there and done that over years.

Overall Uttama Villain is a complex movie, more of a substance and meaning, which most of the average masala audience may not relate to.

My Rating : 4/5

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