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Uthama Puthiran is a film of genre Drama directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao with Sivaji Ganesan
Uthama Puthiran (1958)
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Add to a movie listUthama Puthiran (English: Virtuous Son) is a 1958 Indian Tamil historical fiction film directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and M. N. Nambiar in the lead roles, while K. A. Thangavelu, Ragini and P. Kannamba play supporting roles. It is the first film to feature Sivaji Ganesan in two distinct roles. The film was released on 7 February 1958, and ran for over 100 days in theatres. The film was also released in Telugu as Veera Prathap and in Hindi as Sitamgar.
Uthama Puthiran is the story of a queen who gives birth to twins. But as fate would have it, one of the twins is forcefully abandoned and grows up elsewhere. He grows up as a kind and honest man, while the other twin grows up as a greedy and arrogant man. When fate brings both the twins together and they start fighting, it is only their mother who can bring peace. The film's plot is loosely based on Alexander Dumas' The Man in the Iron Mask. It is the second Tamil film to be based on the same novel after the 1940 film of the same name.
Synopsis
In the kingdom of Malarpuri, the queen (P. Kannamba) delivers a male child. Her brother Naganathan (M. N. Nambiar) replaces it with a dead child with help from a maidservant, and informs king Varaguna Pandiyan (Sadasiva Rao) that the newborn is dead. To Naganathan's surprise, the queen gives birth to another boy soon after delivering the first. Minister Gunaseelar arrives by then and the king is informed of the birth of two children, one dead and one alive. Everyone is happy that at least one is alive. Naganathan decides to kill the first infant and hands it over to his servant Somappa (Stunt Somu). However, Somappa and his wife raise the prince in a forest.Actors
Sivaji Ganesan
(Parthiban and Vikraman)
Padmini Ramachandran
(Amudhavalli)
M. N. Nambiar
(Naganathan)
Pasupuleti Kannamba
(Queen)
Thangavelu
(Ponnan)
Ragini
(Rajathi)
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