UlagaNayagan KAMALHAASAN in ||"UthamaVillan"|| Directed by Ramesh Aravind

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Three ‘K’s of Kollywood come together in a frame

It's now widely known that Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain will have legendary directors K Balachander and K Viswanath in important roles. But what's interesting is that director Ramesh Aravind got all the three biggies — Balachander, Viswanath and Kamal — in a single frame. Sources close to the team reveal that Ramesh is feeling honoured to capture all the three directors in one frame.

Meanwhile, the team is presently shooting in Chennai for the 21st century portions of Kamal, in which the actor plays a cinema superstar. "The team will be shooting in a plethora of locales in the city, which include five star hotels, studios and big houses, among others till mid April. Andrea, who is playing superstar Kamal's love interest, is also shooting along with the team here," adds our source.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/32671144.cms

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Three ‘K’s of Kollywood come together in a frame

It's now widely known that Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain will have legendary directors K Balachander and K Viswanath in important roles. But what's interesting is that director Ramesh Aravind got all the three biggies — Balachander, Viswanath and Kamal — in a single frame. Sources close to the team reveal that Ramesh is feeling honoured to capture all the three directors in one frame.

Meanwhile, the team is presently shooting in Chennai for the 21st century portions of Kamal, in which the actor plays a cinema superstar. "The team will be shooting in a plethora of locales in the city, which include five star hotels, studios and big houses, among others till mid April. Andrea, who is playing superstar Kamal's love interest, is also shooting along with the team here," adds our source.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/32671144.cms

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Kameela nasser ‏@nasser_kameela 1h

Nasser is super xcited about UTHAMA VILLAIN. Given 26 days for 1st schdule. Playing Mutharasan, villain of 8th century..

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As per #Kumudham:

UttamaVillain is a reincarnation story,that 8th century #Theyyam Artist #KamalHaasan will be reborn as 21st century #Superstar

Praying it doesn't touch nonsensical level of Saarugaan's Om Shanti Om.

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As per #Kumudham:

UttamaVillain is a reincarnation story,that 8th century #Theyyam Artist #KamalHaasan will be reborn as 21st century #Superstar

Praying it doesn't touch nonsensical level of Saarugaan's Om Shanti Om.

True.. But if it collects like that we won't complain

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For Ramesh, life comes full circle

The Kannada actor, who was launched by K Balachander, has helmed the legendary director recently in Uthama Villain

Sandalwood's popular actor-director Ramesh Aravind is not only directing Kamal Haasan in his new film, Uthama Villain, but also K Balachander, the legendary Tamil director who launched the likes of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Amid his busy schedule — he is racing to wrap the film up by May 31— Ramesh Aravind had a quick chat with Mirror.

How was it directing the legend?
He is still awesome though he is in his late 80s. My first releases in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu were directed by him. It was a thrilling experience and yeah, life has indeed come a full circle.

Tell us about his role.
Balachander plays an important role of mentor to the hero, played by Kamal Haasan. K Viswanath plays another stellar role apart from five ladies; Pooja Kumar, Andrea, Parvathi Menon, Urvashi and Parvathi Nair.

It was Balachander who delayed your directorial debut 15 years ago...
Yeah, that's true. He told me that you can direct as long as your brain is active, but the hero status you have is very rare and 'limited by physical capacity'.

What does the film talk about?
Uthama Villain means good/bad man. That's all of us, I guess. Literally, it means 'good villain', but you know we will have more than that simple an explanation.

We hear it's a full-length comedy.
It is a family drama with a big comedy block. Kamalji will play a 21st century superstar and 8th century folk artiste. A big spectacle is in store.

Have you written some of the dialogues for Uthama Villain?
No. It is Kamal's script entirely.

Even during your greatest box-office run in Sandalwood, you were accused of aping Kamal.
Frankly, I was hugely inspired by him. Still am. But other actors inside me don't get noticed perhaps because of the physical resemblance we do share. But over the years, I guess everyone develops their own style. You can't survive 150 films as the leading man otherwise.

Uthama Villain is rich in experience.
Of course. Balachander has directed over 100 films. Kamal has 250, Urvashi 500 and so on. I think we have a 1,000-film history behind the unit. It's a pleasure to direct the legends and some of the youngsters.

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Kamal Haasan Fans ‏@KamalHaasanFans 5m
One more Wall Painting Promotion for #Vishwaroopam2 #UttamaVillain

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As per #Kumudham:

UttamaVillain is a reincarnation story,that 8th century #Theyyam Artist #KamalHaasan will be reborn as 21st century #Superstar

Praying it doesn't touch nonsensical level of Saarugaan's Om Shanti Om.

+1. Hope it would be a Feel good film with good performances from lead artists along with good comedy. KB and Vishwanath are also there...

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'Uttama Villain' to be wrapped up in May

Yesterday we reported that the shooting of 'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan's upcoming film Uttam Villain is progressing in Chennai and the current schedule will go on till the mid of April. Scenes that include Kamal Haasan, veteran directors K.Balachander and K.Vishwanath., actress Andrea will be shot in this schedule.

Now the latest we hear from a source close to the unit is that director Ramesh Aravind plans to wrap up the entire shoot within May 31 so that Kamal can move on to his next project. Kamal had given bulk dates for Uttama Villain which is being jointly produced by Tirupathi Brothers and Rajkamal Films International.

After completing Uttama Villain, the Padma Bhushan actor will take up the Tamil remake of Malayalam super hit film Drishyam that will be directed by Jeetu Joseph who directed the original with Mohanlal in the lead role. The yet to be titled Tamil version of the film is likely to commence in June.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/Uttama-Vil...il-news-105356

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Team #UttamaVillain on the sets. Pooja Kumar is back