Uchi Veyil (1990)

உச்சி வெயில்

Set among the streets of Madras and filmed in real time, with unknown actors, this is a story of the complex relations between family members.

Date of release
1990-11-04
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jayabharathi

Casting

Interesting facts

Uchi Veyil is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Jayabharathi.

Production

Shot in 13 days, Uchi Veyil was directed by Jayabharathi, the screenplay was written by Ravindran Ramamurthy based on a story by Indira Parthasarathy, and produced by T. M. Sundaram under Jwala Film on a shoestring budget of ₹4.8 lakh (worth ₹1.2 crore in 2021 prices) within 8 days. Debutant Kuppuswamy who was 75 years old at that time and was struggling for so many years to become an actor in films was chosen as lead actor of the film.

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