Uthama Puthiran (1940 film)

Utthama Puthiran is the 1940 Tamil language movie directed by T. R. Sundaram and P. U. Chinnappa, M. V. Rajamma, T. S. Balaiah played the lead roles. It was the first Tamil film in which the leading actor P. U. Chinnappa played a double role.

M. V. Rajamma, Kannada theatre and film actress, played the heroine. Uthama Puthran was her second film with Chinnappa, the first being Yayathi 1938. T. S. Balaiah portrayed the negative role. The film had supporting cast featuring NSK, Mathuram, Kali N. Ratnam, and P. A. Periyanayaki.The music was composed by S. Velsamy. Even though the British Indian government banned the Tamil rebel poet Bharatis work, Sundaram had the actor render the famous song Senthamizh Naadenum Podhiniley and got away with it. ........

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