'Uthamaputhiran' is the third film together for both Director Mithran R. Jawahar and Actor Dhanush. Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Kutty were the first two films. 'Yaaradi Nee Mohini' was a remake of 'Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule' and ‘Kutty’ was the remake of 'Arya'. Now the third film ‘Uthamaputhiran is a remake of ‘Ready’.  playing the lead opposite Dhanush.

The story of ‘Uthamaputhiran’ is a little intricate. Dhanush is a happy-go-lucky young boy in a large joint family of three elder brothers. Dhanush is the son of one of the brothers and studies from a hostel away from home. Dhanush is always helpful and always comes in when others need him. In one of his obliging acts he helps his cousin sister to elope with her lover against the family choice and this annoys the large family and he is asked to stay away.

On another occasion, here also to help a friend, Dhanush kidnaps Genelia on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Genelia is kidnapped her uncles and their henchmen follow them. Genelia while on the run tells Dhanush that she wasn’t interested in the marriage and her uncles are forcing her marriage with one of their sons only to seize her properties. Geneleia refuses to go back and is resolute to stay with Dhanush. Later Dhanush also falls in love with Genelia and determines to marry her only with the consent of all the members of both families.

How Dhanush manages to convince the elders of the families and the methods he adopts to smoothen their hearts is rest of the story. Other important actors in the film include K. Bhagyaraj, Aashish Vidhyarthi, Vivek, Mayilsamy, R. Sundarrajan, Jayaprakash, Karunas and Uma Padmanabhan. Comedian Vivek plays a different role in this movie as a elderly charecter.

‘Uthamaputhiran’ is produced by Mohan Appa Rao and T, Ramesh under the banner Balaji Studios (P) Ltd. Vijay Antony scores the music and Priyan, Eknath and Annamalai are the lyricists.