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

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-language

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

K. Subash Krishnan Subash (1959 – 23 November 2016), was an Indian director and screenwriter who directed Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi films. He is the son of Krishnan–Panju, R. Krishnan. Career K. Subash started his career as an assistant to Man ...

, starring

Prabhu ''Prabhu'' means ''master'' or ''prince'' in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. Surname Prabhu is a surname among Gaud saraswat Brahmins, saraswat Brahmins and other Brahmins across the Ko ...

Revathi Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and ...

and Amala. 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 go to a lodge to do some office work with the wrong intention. Raghu was already at the lodge, but Rekha couldn't go and she informed him of her inability to make it there by phone. Raghu had gone to attend to the phonecall, when at the time, in his neighbour's room, a man killed a lady and put her 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

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies for around 50 years. They also directed one movie '' Jagathalaprathapan'' in 1990 Personal life Shankar was the younger brother of ...

Critical reception

P. S. S. of ''

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

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