Synopsis
Uthama Puthiran is a 1940 Tamil film directed by T. R. Sundaram.
The movie features P. U. Chinnappa in his debut lead role, playing a double character for the first time in Tamil cinema. M. V. Rajamma and T. S. Balaiah also star in this production.
Produced by Sundaram himself, Utthama Puthiran proved successful and established P. U. Chinnappa as a singing star of the 1940s.
The film is an adaptation of the novel 'The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later' by Alexandre Dumas, which was previously adapted into the 1939 Hollywood film 'The Man in the Iron Mask'.
