Uthama Puthiran

<p>Siva ( ) is a happy-go-lucky young boy in a large family. The heads of this family are three brothers: Raghupathi ( ), Raghavan ( ), and Rajaram (Vivekvasu Nagalla). One of the brothers is Siva’s father. Siva studies from a hostel away from home. He is always helpful and always comes in when others need him. In one of his obliging acts, he helps his cousin Kalpana ( ) elope with her lover against the family’s choice. This aggravates the family, and they are asked to forget all about him. On another occasion, he is asked to help a friend in a love marriage. Siva kidnaps Pooja ( ) on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Pooja is kidnapped, her uncles Periyamuthu Gounder ( ) and Chinnamuthu Gounder ( ) and their henchmen follow them. Pooja, while on the run, tells Siva that she was not interested in the wedding and that her uncles are forcing her marriage with one of their sons, only to seize her properties. When Siva went to kidnap her, she was thinking of how to run away from this marriage. While escaping from Pooja’s uncles, Siva brings Pooja to his house under a false identity. Soon, Siva falls in love with Pooja and determines to marry her only with the consent of all the members of both families. When Siva’s family along with Pooja visit a temple, her uncle kidnaps her and locks her away in his house. To save Pooja, Siva joins Emotional Ekambaram ( ) – the auditor of Pooja’s uncles – as an assistant. He makes Ekambaram believe that he is capable of creating new worlds with characters of their own. Ekambaram then “creates” two American billionaires and with the help of Siva, convinces the two uncles to marry their sons to the daughters of these billionaires. To prove that they are real and not merely the figment of Ekambaram’s imagination, Siva asks his parents and his uncles and aunts to play the role. They manage to win the Gounders’ hearts and bring about a change in their behavior. Then, with the consent of all the family members, Siva marries Pooja. The soundtrack, composed by , was released on 5 October 2010 in Chennai. Pavithra Srinivasan of wrote, “The biggest drawback of Uthamaputhiran is that there’s very little originality in the songs. Practically all of them evoke a certain sense of deja vu, with instrumental arrangements that are simplistic at b- Vijay Antony could have done better”. The film was released on Diwali alongside , , and . The film netted approximately 58 lakh in three days from Chennai city and 67 lakh from Salem area on its opening weekend. It was a successful venture at the box office. The film was however banned in western districts of Tamil Nadu. Upon release, Vivek’s dialogues relating to the business community and scenes pertaining to the community were removed. People of the Kongu caste disrupted the screening of the film as the film made negative remarks against their caste. A critic from wrote that “Though they deliver a feel good and clean family film in (Dhanush and Jawahar), the duo should work on original themes if they want to make good on the promise they displayed in their first film together”. A critic from wrote that ” is your perfect Diwali outing. Go for it”. On the contrary, Pavithra Srinivasan from wrote that “Dhanush’s genuinely engaging act and Vivek’s antics are the best thing in the movie. Otherwise, is fluffy, frothy, impossibly light and has no business with logic or reason”. A critic from wrote that “Well, is no Diwali dhamaka but a damp squib to be safely avoided”.</p>