Uthama Purushan

Uthama Purushan (transl. Virtuous Husband) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K. Subash, starring Prabhu, Revathi and Amala. The film, produced by V. Mohan and V. Natarajan, was released on 1 September 1989.^[1]

Uthama Purushan
Poster
Directed by	K. Subash
Written by	K. Subash
Produced by	V. Mohan V. Natarajan
Starring	Prabhu Revathi Amala
Cinematography	Y. N. Murali
Edited by	Raghu–Bapu
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Anandhi Films
Release date	1 September 1989 (1989-09-01)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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

• Prabhu as Raghunath
• Revathi as Lakshmi
• Amala as Rekha
• V. K. Ramasamy as Raghu's father
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Rekha's husband
• Charle as Sethu
• S. N. Parvathy as Thangam
• Thalapathi Dinesh as Dinesh
• Kuyili in an item number
• Radhika in a guest appearance
• Ishari K. Ganesh^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaikka Varappukulle"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Selaiyai Uduthuna"	Gangai Amaran
3.	"Suriya Dhaagangal"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
4.	"Thaai Paadinal"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"Vanga Kadal Idhu Vandhu Kulithidu"	S. P. Sailaja

Critical reception

P. S. S. of Kalki found the cinematography and dialogues of the film as positive points.^[3]