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Uttama Villain[2] [3]
File:Uthama Villain.jpg
First look poster
Directed byRamesh Aravind
Written byKamal Haasan
Produced byN. Lingusamy
Kamal Haasan
(Presenter)
S. Chandrahasan
N. Subash Chandrabose
StarringKamal Haasan
Jayaram
K. Viswanath
Urvashi
K. Balachander
Andrea Jeremiah
Pooja Kumar
Parvathy (Indian actress)
Parvathy Nair
Nassar
CinematographyShamdat
Edited byVijay Shankar
Music byM. Ghibran
Production
companies
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
[1]
Running time
173 Minutes 50 Secs [4]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹50 crore (US$6.0 million)[5]

Uttama Villain (English: Virtuous Villain) is a Tamil comedy-drama film directed by Ramesh Aravind and written by Kamal Haasan. Presented by N. Lingusamy in association with Kamal Haasan and produced by S. Chandrahasan for Raaj Kamal Films International and N. Subash Chandrabose for Thirrupathi Brothers. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Kamal Hassan, Jayaram, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Nassar, Parvathi, Parvathy Nair and Urvashi. Directors K. Viswanath and K. Balachander plays cameo roles in the film. M. Ghibran composes the soundtrack album and background score for the film.

Principal photography commenced on 3 March 2014. The film was released on May 2 (evening shows), 2015 after disputes between producers and financers.[6] Uttama Villain has received exceptional critical reviews and good response from audiences as well.

Plot

The movie begins with a screening of Manoranjan’s (Kamal Hassan) new movie release alongside with Pooja Kumar at Sathyam Cinemas Chennai. During the screening of the movie, it is known that the movie is produced by Manoranjan’s father-in-law Purnachandra Rao (K. Viswanath). Also present during the screening is Manaranjan’s wife Varalakshmi (Urvashi) and his son Manohar alongside with his mother-in-law. Manohar shows no interest in his dad’s new release as he feels that his dad is not suitable to act with younger actresses as he is already old and a pays more attention to his crush Indira (Parvathi Nair).Later, Manoranjan’s personal secretary Chokku (M.S. Bhaskar) has a meeting with Manoranjan outside the screening to deliver him with his dose of whisky as Manoranjan is an alchoholic. During this, time Dr Arpana is seen to arrive at the screening only then to find out that Manoranjan has fainted in the toilet but later revealed that he regain consiousness and having an interview with the press. After the interview Dr Arpana examines Manoranjan in her clinic only then to find out that she is not only his physician but also his misteress. Later that night, Manoranjan hosts a party at the Sheraton Hotel where he meets Jacob Zacheria (Jeyaram) where he reveals about Yamini, Manoranjan’s first love interest and even told him that she has a baby whose biological father was Manoranjan itself. Having reconfirmed his statement with Choku, choku clearly states that it’s a false statement. The following day, Manoranjan and Jacob meet again where he reveals that Yamini is dead and he has a daughter by the name of Manonamani (Parvathy) who has just graduated from degree. Jacob then request Manoranjan to meet her for once despite she already knows that Manoranjan is her biological father. The next day, Manoranjan informs Chokku to cancel his upcoming movie titled ‘Adi Sankara’ and instead arrange a meeting with his guru Margadarshi (K. Balachander) without knowing the reason as his father-in-law and Margardarshi are sworn enemies. Later during his meet with Margardarshi, Manoranjan suggest that he wants to do a film with him. Having denied his idea at first as they have already worked together many times , Margadarshi is then informed by Dr Arpana that Manoranjan has a brain tumor and will not be able to survive for a very long time. Margadarshi who is stunned and saddened then agrees to start a new movie with a funny genre. The movie is entitled Uttama Villain where Manoranjan plays the role of Uttaman who cheats death repeatedly and is believed to be immortal. The movie explores the ancient art form of Theeyam where he plays alongside Pooja Kumar by saving her from Muttharasan (Nasser) as he wish to sleep with her and conquer the whole Theeyam empire. During the making of the movie, Manoranjan gets to meet Manomani for the first time where he all of a sudden faints and starts to bleed. After treatment at the hospital, Manoranjan decides to head home with Margardarshi to let the family know about his illness. Getting to know the sudden news, Varalkshmi faints and is rushed to the hospital. In the hospital, Varalakshmi asks Manoranjan for forgiveness as she has hurt him in the past by separating him and Yamini. During the pre screening of the directors reel of Uttama Villian, Chokku then reveals that Yamini had wrote him a letter 25 years ago which he had hidden from him because of his father-in-law and wife who had threathened her and even paid her cash to leave him. Manoranjan then asks Choku whether he had given the letter then he had written for Yamini 25 years ago and Chokku pulls the letter out from his bag revealing that he has not. Manoranjan with much regret decides to get Manomani to read the letter where her cold perception initially for her biological father changes to love. After having completed the movie with Margardarshi, Manoranjan faints in the sets of the movie and is immediately rushed to the hospital while Margardarshi promises that he will complete the final editing of the movie and promises to bring it and show him at the hospital. The movie ends with completion of the editing by Margadarshi and he plays the movie in the hospital while Manohar and Manomani is being informed by Dr Arpana that Manoranjan has died .

Cast

Production

Development

In early 2013, director-producer N. Lingusamy made an official statement confirming that Kamal Haasan had agreed to direct and feature in a film to be produced by the production house, Thirrupathi Brothers.[7] The actor had handed Lingusamy three scripts and the pair chose the most commercially viable option, with early working title of the film being Bitter Chocolate. The project was eventually titled in June 2013 as Uttama Villain, with Kamal Haasan himself writing the script for the film,[8] while Crazy Mohan was involved in early discussions for the film's dialogues. Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed on to compose the film's music,[9] while reports also incorrectly suggested that Rajesh was added to the scripting team for the film.[10] In July 2013, Ramesh Aravind took over the task of directing the film from Kamal Haasan.[11] It was later announced that M. Ghibran, who had worked with Kamal Haasan in Vishwaroopam II, would compose music for the film instead of Yuvan Shankar Raja.[12] Shamdat Sainudeen and Vijay Shankar were also subsequently announced as cinematographer and editor of the project, respectively,[13] while Gautami Tadimalla was selected to handle the costume designing for the film.[14] According to Ramesh Aravind, Kamal Haasan wrote the majority of the dialogues and that Crazy Mohan's inputs and suggestions were recorded.[15]

Casting

Kajal Aggarwal was initially reported to have signed on to play the lead female role though her manager later confirmed that she was not approached and that her dates were already allotted for other projects.[16] Asin and Deepika Padukone were also reported by the media to be cast in the lead female role, though neither reports materialised.[17][18] The team later held discussions with actresses Divya Spandana and Lekha Washington and also Thasyaini who from Perlis, Malaysia for roles in the film, though neither were signed.[19] A month prior to shoot, three female lead characters were touted to appear in the film. Kajal Aggarwal, Tamannaah and Trisha Krishnan were actively considered for the three roles.[20] The three roles finally went to Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah and Parvathi.[21] Pooja played the role of a non-Tamil-speaking modern-day actress, who was offered a character that spoke old, archaic and chaste Tamil. Pooja also performed 3 song sequences in the film, unlike in Vishwaroopam (2013), where she had no song sequences.[22] Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti Haasan was considered for the role of his on screen daughter in the film but her unavailability meant that the team chose to pick a new actress instead.[23] Another actress Parvathy Nair was added to the cast after impressing the team in an audition and was select to be paired opposite Ashwin, a debutant who plays Kamal Haasan's son in the film.[24] Actors Sarath Kumar and Vivek were reported to have been added to the preliminary cast, but the actors later noted the news as untrue.[25][26] Santhanam was also said to be involved in the film, but his inclusion remained unconfirmed.[27] In January 2014, noted director K. Balachander was selected to play a pivotal role in the film and sported a beard for his character.[28] Producer Lingusamy himself was reported to be playing a role in the venture, after being seen sporting a new look during the making of his directorial project Anjaan (2014).[29] Director K. Viswanath also joined the film's cast as did Jayaram, and the pair began filming scenes in March 2014.[30] Anant Mahadevan, who featured in Vishwaroopam (2013), was given the role of the manager of Kamal Haasan's character in the film. More details about the film were shown in mid-March with a detailed cast and character list released to the media.[31] In May 2014, actor Nasser was roped in to play a supporting role.[32] In July 2014, director Chithra Lakshmanan joined the team to play a small role in the film.[33] Actress Abhirami was selected to dub for Pooja Kumar in the film.[34] Ramesh Aravind himself was to make a cameo appearance in the film, but the director did not reveal much about it and kept his decision under wraps.[35]

Filming

In mid February 2014, the team carried out make up tests involving Kamal Haasan in Bangalore with a photo shoot being held with the actor.[36] Principal photography began on 3 March 2014.[37] The team then shot for two weeks in Bangalore, before moving on to film sequences in Chennai with Gouthami joining the team as a costume designer.[38] In early April, parts of the film were shot in Madhya Pradesh before the team returned to Bangalore to film scenes involving Parvathy Nair and Ashwin.[39] Further scenes involving Kamal Haasan in the role of a star actor were filmed at a shopping mall in Bangalore, with several hundred onlookers used as extras. Posters from a fictional film in the plot, Veera Vilaiyaatu, were put up around the mall by the film's art direction team.[40] After initially planning a trip to Australia to film the songs from the soundtrack, the team later opted to fly to Turkey instead. Many scenes in the film,[41] including a song featuring Kamal Haasan and Pooja Kumar was consequently shot in Istanbul. The cast performed night rehearsals to get their expressions and dialogues right.[42][43] The portions featuring Kamal Haasan as an aging superstar were completed with the shoot of the song.[44] The 21st century portions were completed by mid May 2014.[45] In between, Kamal Haasan took a break from the shoot to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and to inaugurate the Indian Pavilion there.[46] Another schedule was started on 21 May 2014 in Madhya Pradesh and then Chennai, with the team filming scenes enacting happenings in the 8th century.[47][48] In early June 2014, Andrea had completed her portions in the film.[49] Kamal Haasan sustained a small muscle pull during the film's shooting and was advised a day's rest.[50] Majority of the film's portions were shot by the end of July, with only patchwork and dubbing left.[41] On 9 August 2014, Ramesh Aravind confirmed on his Twitter account that the shooting of the film had been completed with a song sequence which would feature in the 8th century segment of the film.[51][52] For the first time, Kamal Haasan has dubbed the complete portions of this Telugu movie in his own voice. Earlier, S P Balasubramaniam used to dub for Kamal Haasan in Telugu movies. [53]

Allegations of plagiarism

There was speculation that the first look of the film was inspired by a photograph taken by French photographer Eric Lafforgue, but Kamal Hassan rubbished the allegations by saying, "Theyyam is more than a 1000 year old art. The make-up was done by a good artist who is probably a third-generation practitioner of this art. My film has a Theyyam dance fusion with Tamil Nadu's Kooththu tradition". Admitting that the lighting might have had a few similarities to the photograph of the French Photographer, he said that comparing the photo with his first look poster was like saying two lovers leaning on one another's chest looking in the same direction is a copy of the 'Ek Duje Ke Liye' poster. He also stated that the poster did not depict a mask, but make-up painted on his face and that it took 4 hours to paint it.[54]

Music

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The soundtrack album and the background score of the film were composed by M. Ghibran.[55] The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India.[56] Kamal Hassan bought musical instruments from Bali, Indonesia, for recording a song in a mythical segment in the film because the instruments sounded both Indian and exotic and both Ghibran and Kamal Hassan wanted the music to be creative. According to Ghibran, traditional tunes were mixed with orchestral symphony backgrounds and were fused with Villupattu and Theyyam. Ghibran further revealed that Kamal Hassan had sung in 3 songs and might sing in a few more.[57] In August 2014, Ghibran said that two of the songs would not be featured in the initial release of the album, citing that it would reveal the plot of the movie, and that the two songs would be reserved for the film.[58] Official tracklist was released on 28 February 2015.[59] It was revealed that the soundtrack album will be released with 17 tracks including seven themes from the background score.[60]

The audio release of the film was held at Chennai Trade Center on 1 March 2015. The audio of the film released on an app, instead of conventional CD.[61] Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Parvathy Nair, Ramesh Aravind, Gauthami, Raj Kiran, N.Lingusamy, Rajkumar Sethupathi, Snehan, Chithra Lakshmanan, Vaiyapuri, Ajay Rathnam, Santhana Bharathi, Vikram Prabhu, Keyaar, Dhananjayan, Shyam Dutt, Vijay Shankar, KS Ravikumar, Moulee, Lissy, SA Chandrasekar, AM Rathnam, Shobi Paulraj, R.Parthiban, Vijay Sethupathi, Viveka, Subhu Arumugam, Sanchita Shetty, Rohini, Madhan Karky, Ponram, Rahman, Urvashi, Nassar, Manobala, Shanmugarajan, Fivestar Kathiresan and others graced the event.[62]

The soundtrack received positive reviews, with MusicAloud giving it a 9/10,[63] BehindWoods giving it 3.75/5,[64] Deccan Music naming it Best Tamil Album of March 2015[65] and Milliblog writing 300 words of praise for the album.[66]

Tracklist

Uthama Villain (Original Soundtrack)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Loveaa Loveaa"VivekaKamal Hassan , Sharanya Gopinath, Anitha, Nivas04:42
2."Kadhalaam Kadavul Mun"Kamal HassanPadmalatha04:04
3."Uttama Introduction"Subhu ArumugamSubhu Arumugam, Kamal Hassan02:49
4."Saagavaram"Kamal HassanKamal Hassan, Yazin Nizar, Ranjith Iyappan, Ghibran02:48
5."Iraniyan Naadagam"Kamal HassanKamal Hassan, Rukmini Ashok Kumar04:50
6."Mutharasan Kadhai"Kamal HassanYazin Nizar, Ranjith Iyappan, Padmalatha08:09
7."Uttaman Kadhai"Kamal HassanM. S. Bhaskar,Yazin Nizar, Ranjith Iyappan07:31
8."Uttama Villain Theme" Instrumental01:15
9."Guru & Sishya" Instrumental01:39
10."Father and Daughter" Instrumental02:20
11."Uthaman & Karpagavalli" Instrumental01:37
12."Father & Son" Instrumental02:31
13."Letter From & To Yamini" Instrumental02:38
14."Dr.Arpana" Instrumental01:25
15."Kadhalaam Kadavul Mun (Karaoke)" Karaoke04:04
16."Saagaavaram (Karaoke)" Karaoke02:47
17."Iraniyan Naadagam (Karaoke)" Karaoke04:40

Release

The first look poster and logo of the film were released on 1 March 2014, depicting a Theyyam art form sketched on Kamal Haasan's face.[67]

Kamal said that the movie would have some very funny moments, but won't be a full-fledged comedy, further confirming that the film would release before Vishwaroopam 2, another film which featured him in the lead role.[68][69] The film was initially touted to be released in October 2014,[70] but Ramesh Aravind clarified that the film involved a lot of VFX work to be done and that it would be completed in 10 weeks.[71] Eros International was confirmed to co-distribute the film worldwide.[72] The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Thamizh. Before the film's release, Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Tamil Nadu wing called for its ban, as they alleged that the lyrics of a song in the film had belittled a conversation between Prahalad and Hiranyakashipu, which affect the religious sentiments of Hindu people.

The movie was scheduled to release on May 1st,but released on May 2nd after sorting out issues between the financier and the producer of the movie. [6]

Critical Responses

The film received highly positive reviews. OnlyKollywood rated the film 3.75/5 and reviewed "A Simple film with lot of heart.If you connect with the film , you will surely drop a tear at the end."[73]

Indiaglitz said "another masterpiece from Kamal and this is perhaps the best screenplay Kamal has so far written". They mentioned that the film's appreciation is shown by the tears of the audience eyes as they leave the theatre and gave 3.75/5 rating.[74]

Madaboutmoviez appreciated Kamal Haasan for the script that explores the concept of immortality, whether immortality is a boon or a bane. They wrote " Uttama Villain is one of the important films in Tamil Cinema as Kamal Haasan wishes to take Tamil cinema out routine films. It is time that we support such ventures. Making it a classic after ten years helps nobody".[75]

Behindwoods rated the film with a score of 3.5/5 saying the film as an excellent cinematic viewing experience appreciating its narrative which is different from regular films. They also mentioned "There could not have been a better tribute than Uttama Villain for K.Balachander". They lauded the technical part and music summing up as " A film that is high on emotional content is rare to find these days for the simple reason that it has not many takers. But Uttama Villain scores its brownie points in this domain".[76] Behindwoods verdict read as "Screaming of mastery in every department, Uttama Villain is True cinema".

Movieclickz rated 8 out of 10 and wrote 'Kamal Haasan's 'Uttama Villain' is a tailor made flick which will impress Kamal Haasan fans for sure. Kamal Haasan should be admired, as he paid respect to his guru K Balachander through this movie. Watch Uttama Villain to witness some acting excellence from Ulaganayagan'.[77]

Sify gave 4 out of 5 stars stating that Uttama Villain is a courageous film which breaks away from being a routine fare and is an emotional as well as gripping film. They wrote " The sheer thrill of watching a film and not knowing what will happen next is one of the great pleasures offered by director Ramesh Aravind " summing up as "Uttama Villain is a good example of an entertaining commercial film that didn't need to be lazy or senseless".[78]

Rediff.com appreciated director Ramesh Aravind for the narrative, that skilfully alternates between fake and real which is seemingly similar situations is ingenious and lauded the brilliance of Kamal Haasan, the master performer for essaying two totally contrasting characters amazingly. They wrote that the film may not appeal to all due to its almost three hours length and slow screenplay summing up as " a film worth watching for stunning music and performance " and rated 3/5. [79]

NDTV 24x7 lauded Uttama Villain as a terrific take on super stardom and mortality summing up as a satire in parts when Manoranjan, played by Kamal Haasan comes to know that he has only few days to live, so he decides to make a film in which he's immortal.[80]

IBN Live appreciated Uttama Villain majorly for three particular conversations that will find a spot in the best scenes of Tamil cinema in 2015 summing up as " a film worthy of a eulogy speech and the grandeur is not spoilt in the name of commercialization " [81]


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