Uttama Villain
Uttama Villain () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by Ramesh Aravind and written by Kamal Haasan. The film was presented by N. Lingusamy in association with Kamal Haasan and produced by S. Chandrahasan for Raaj Kamal Films International and N. Subash Chandrabose for Thirupathi Brothers Film Media. It features an ensemble cast that includes Kamal Hassan, K. Viswanath, K. Balachander, Jayaram, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Nassar, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Urvashi in prominent roles. This film is the final film of actor and director, K. Balachander before his death in December 2014.

It follows Superstar Manoranjan (Kamal Haasan), who is affected by brain tumour, learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi (K. Balachander) 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.

The project was materialised in late 2013, and the film's principal photography commenced on 3 March 2014. Filming which took place in Chennai, Bengaluru and Turkey was completed on 9 August 2014. The cinematography was handled by Shamdat and Vijay Shankar did the editing work. The music is composed by Ghibran, in his first collaboration with Kamal Haasan, the soundtrack album received high praise upon its release.

"Uttama Villain", after many postponements, was scheduled to release on 1 May 2015, but was released a day later, after sorting out the disputes between financiers and producers. The film received outstanding reviews from critics, and performed well at the overseas. But it underperformed at the Indian box-office. Despite the fact that it became a commercial failure, the film received several awards from International Film Festivals.
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comedy-drama
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Ramesh Aravind
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Kamal Haasan
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N. Lingusamy
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Raaj Kamal Films International
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N. Subash Chandrabose
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Thirupathi Brothers Film Media
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K. Viswanath
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K. Balachander
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Jayaram
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Andrea Jeremiah
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Pooja Kumar
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Parvathy Thiruvothu
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Chennai
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Bengaluru
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