Uyarntha Manithan

Uyarntha Manithan is a classic movie on its own.It is Sivaji's 125th Film. His acting is superb.As one watches the movie,just observe Nadigar Thilagan's dressing and costumes.It was the fashion of those years.All the supporting artistes like Major,Asogan,Vanishree,Sowkar Janaki and Sivakumar (I think this is his first movie)all did their best.The direction was superb.

In one scene, Sivaji suspects Sivakumar and beats him up. During the beating up scene, look at Sivaji's facial expressions and his body language, it was really marvelous. Asogan is another good actor. I do not know why his talents were wasted in MGR movies.However in this movie his portrayal was superb especially in his passing away scene. Uyarntha Manithan is a must see movie.

Sivaji Ganesan is the doyen of tamil Cinema. He is a stalwart actor who created different acting styles that is still followed by current Superstars of tamil cinema - Kamalhaasan and Rajinikanth (who was renamed by the director K Balachandar based on Sivaji Ganesan's character Barrister Rajinikanth). He is the best actor and well acclaimed in tamil. Unfortunately Hindi is the national language and hence Sivaji did not get as recognized as say, Dilip Kumar / Raj Kapoor. Sivaji is better than the actors mentioned above. He finally got (pretty late in his life) Chevalier award from French Govt. Now, all said and done, Sivaji is known to overact as was the standard in those days in Indian cinema. However, he was the first to come out and take up negative roles instead of just superstar roles. Uyarntha Manithan just fits in here, a great underplayed role. Sivaji emotes the right amount in this movie. This is one of the best performances of Sivaji. It has other stalwart peformers like Sivakumar, Sowcar Janaki, V. K. Ramaswami and Major Sunderraajan. Watch it and enjoy

Watch this film and you'll know why Sivaji is rightly regarded as one of the best actors to come out of India. His portrayal of the helpless rich man gnawed by guilt is top-notch. Major Sundararajan and Ashokan (a fine underrated actor) provide excellent support. Andha Naal Gnyabagam...do they make such songs anymore?