''Uthama Purushan'' () is a 1989 Indian

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-language

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, directed by

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, starring

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and

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. The film, produced by V. Mohan and V. Natarajan, was released on 1 September 1989.

Plot

Raghu (

), a womaniser, is married to Lakshmi (

). Raghu works in a company and he falls under the spell of Rekha (

), his new secretary. At this juncture, one day he asked Rekha to come to a lodge for doing some office work with the wrong intention, Raghu has come to the lodge, but Rekha couldn't come and she informed her inability to come to Raghu by phone, Raghu has gone to attend the phone, at the time in his neighbour's room, a man killed a lady and put inside the bureau of Raghu's room. Inadvertently, Raghu vacates the room. Later, Raghu is arrested, then escapes from police custody and finally finds the real murderer.

Cast

as S. Raghunath, alias Raghu *

as Lakshmi *

as Rekha * V. K. Ramasamy as Raghu's father *

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as Rekha's husband *

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as Sethu *

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as Thangam *

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as Dinesh *

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in an

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in a guest appearance *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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. * "Vaikka Varappukulle" – Mano, Chitra * "Selaiyai Uduthuna" – Gangai Amaran * "Suriya Dhaagangal" – Mano, Chithra * "Thaai Paadinal" – Chithra, SPB * "Vanga Kadal Idhu Vandhu Kulithidu" – SP Shailaja

Reception

P. S. S. of ''Kalki'' found cinematography and dialogues of the film as positive points.

References

External links

* {{K. Subash 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films 1989 thriller films Films directed by K. Subash Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Indian thriller films