Though the first look poster of ‘Uttama Villain’ received an awesome reception all over, there were some speculations other side that the poster was inspired from a photograph taken by French photographer Eric Lafforgue. Commenting on this buzz, Kamal Haasan cleared, ” Theyyam is more than a 1,000-year-old art. The make-up was done by a good artist, who is probably a third generation practitioner of this art. The lighting might have been similar. It is like saying two lovers – one leaning on another’s chest looking in the same direction is a copy of the ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ poster. My film has a Theyyam dance fusion with Tamil Nadu’ s Kooththu tradition”
It was not a mask actually. It’s a painted art on Kamal’s face. Commenting on it, “That is not a mask. It is painted on my face. It took 4 hours to paint my face. It is a tradition passed on from many generations. There is a pun on the word ‘villan’. Vil means ‘bow’ and villan means ‘archer’. We have already an edited length of 18 minutes with 7 scenes in the hard disk. You can expect some stunning performances from all the actors”, said the Ulaga Nayagan.