''Uyarthiru 420'' () is a 2011

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directed by S. Premnath The film stars lyricist

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, Vaseegaran, and

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in the lead roles, while

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, and

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play supporting roles. The film revolves around "an ordinary man who aspires to become rich by adopting wrong ways like hugging women by taking advantage of them and fondling their hip folds under the pretext of seeing them as sisters". It was released on 12 August 2011. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by D. Shankar. The film was shot in

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. The film released on 12 August 2011.

Cast

as Thamizh * Vaseegaran as Rishivanth *

as Iyal *

as Devatha *

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as Charu *

as Savithri *

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as Jagan Pattabiraman * R. Chandrasekar as Chandrasekar *

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as Thamizh's friend * Mime Gopi as a rowdy * Bosskey *

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as Muthappan *

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* Arjunan as Doctor * Chitti Babu (special appearance in "Natchathira Hotel")

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma.

Critical reception

Behindwoods wrote:"Not ingenious enough". ''The New Indian Express'' wrote that "‘Uyarthiru…’ is an intriguing rogue. Incomprehensible at times, unconvincing at others, but a tolerable, fairly lovable rogue". Nowrunning wrote:"This tale of deception cons you into believing".

References

2011 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Mani Sharma 2011 romantic comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films 2011 drama films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub