U Turn

Plot synopsis:
Rachana (Shraddha Srinath), an intern, with The Indian Express, a daily newspaper, is working on an article on the incidents at a Bangalore flyover. She also has a crush on the crime reporter Aditya, whose help she seeks for research material on accidents on the flyover. She finds that each day some motorists move the concrete blocks that partition the road just to take a quick U-turn and avoid the traffic. They don’t move them back and the blocks are left to lie randomly on the road leading to many accidents. A homeless man sitting on the flyover notes down the vehicle numbers of commuters who violate the rule to take the U-turn and gives the list to Rachana. She obtains the details of the culprits using her contact in the traffic department, with the intention of confronting them for their "short-cut" and writing an article for the paper. Her attempt to meet the first person on the list goes in vain. Later the same day, the police take her into custody and accuse her of killing the same person she wanted to meet. She is shocked and tells her side of the story. Though the senior police officer rejects it, sub-inspector Nayak, finds it believable and does some investigation. It is revealed that all the persons Rachana has on her list have committed suicide. They also noticed that they have committed suicide the same day they took the wrong "u-turn". Rachana and Nayak find another number has been noted by the homeless man which is to be delivered to Rachana the next day. The duo trace the address and try to rescue the man, a lawyer, who has taken the u-turn on the same day. As nothing seems suspicious, both leave only to encounter the very death of the lawyer whom they came to rescue.
Later Rachana tries to confront the homeless man for the injuries in the fly-over. Meanwhile, she see two young men violate the U-Turn and reports it to Nayak. Nayak locks them up in an old Police lockup to save them. But they start fighting and eventually die under the nose of the police.
With no way of finding the real cause of the death of the culprits, Rachana herself takes the wrong u-turn and waits for something to happen. The one who has been killing the culprits is a woman named Maya, because she and her daughter Aarna died in an accident due to the concrete road blocks that were moved by the culprits in order to make way for their u-turn. Using her supernatural powers, Maya tries to kill Rachana as well. But Rachana promises to find the person who was responsible for Maya's death. Maya agrees. Rachana, with the help of Nayak, tries to find the person who moved the blocks on the day of Maya's accident. They find out the phone number and address of the guy who moved the block. Rachana writes this on a balloon and leaves it on the flyover for Maya to find. She then invites her boyfriend Aditya for dinner. During dinner she tries to call the number she found out earlier. It turns out to be Aditya's work mobile number. Devastated she confronts Aditya and informs him that due to his negligence a mother and daughter lost their lives. Aditya says it was not him who made the U turn. He merely exchanged his bike with his friend. In the final twist, it is revealed that the guy who moved the block was Maya's own husband. Maya's ghost is waiting in Aditya's house to kill him, when Maya's husband whom Rachna has informed about the events turns up and explains to Maya that it was because of him that they lost their lives. He then tries to commit suicide by jumping from the balcony. Maya's ghost saves him and tells him that his punishment is to suffer in this world without his wife and daughter.

Tags: suspenseful

Review:
8/10..Thanks Pawan Kumar for bringing the much-needed road-safety message hard-hittingly and convincingly in a very innovative way from your movie 'U-Turn'.
Being a Kannadiga, I am ashamed to say that when driving on roads and following traffic rules, Bengalureans behavior is most inhumane, indiscipline, inconsiderate and insensitively rash especially bikers then cabs, small trucks, buses...And this rhetoric is coming from who have experience living in top metro cities across world.
Bengaluru 'Adjust Madi' attitude on roads is wiping out people mainly youth.About 'U-Turn' movie qualities, it is good but not up to expectations of 'RangiTaranga', 'KendaSampige' or even Pawan Kumar's own 'Lucia'.Pros -1.
Good road-safety message delivered to society especially the much needed one for Bengalureans.2.
Technically decent - sleek direction, good screenplay, decent background score and editing.4.
I personally felt the climax is good, contrary to popular verdict, as I have experienced and heard about similar paranormal happenings in life.
Movie felt predictable with mystery elements given away with unnecessary special effects before murders.2.
Some scenes were not convincing e.g. a beggar residing on flyover and that too watching over people whole time looks filmy.6.
Despite the flaws, 'U-Turn' should be watched by everyone for its innovative storytelling and convincing social message on road safety..
When you talk proudly about Kannada films in the recent times you can hardly miss mentioning Pawan Kumar's "Lucia" .
After a gap of more than two years Pawan is back with his new project / film "U turn".
The title is catchy for sure and the trailer does tempt you to watch as soon as it hits the screen.Unlike Lucia, this is not a mind-bending, twisty or a clever script.
As revealed in the trailer its a story about the mysterious events that occur on a flyover.
Even though the narrative scopes itself to Bangalore, it kind of works for any metropolitan city where time, traffic, chaos take precedence.
The film starts with some heavy conversational scene which is rather unconnected to the main plot.
"U Turn" is not those "dont miss the beginning" films.
Having the lucid Lucia experience there are high chances that you could have expected it to go to wow you but the narrative chooses to be straight and more importantly delivers what it has to.
We Indians are kind of fond of message oriented films.
U-turn too does not force any message but does bring out the aspect of civic sense and responsibilities.
Lets not just limit ourselves to put on some FB post stating "I will not take this or that turn #uturn".There is shift in genre from romance, thriller, mystery, horror.
Many might feel that her Kannada could have been better but w.r.t the character she plays it is quite OK.
There is one actor who keeps on coming to your mind while you watch the film but never comes on screen.
The sound-scape especially for a city like Bangalore seems very effective.No big producers, no big stars yet Pawan and his team manage to pull out a film that engages you for about two hours.
Agreed that its of a different experience than Lucia but how many films like U-turn gets written, executed and delivered?
We see umpteen traffic breaks on b'lore roads everyday – but have you seen a U-Turn which went wrong big time ?
Pawan Kumar (of 'Lucia' fame) narrates a gripping tale of Double-road flyover in his style.
The story & screenplay is well-crafted and engaging, especially, the 1st half keeps the suspense intact and audience guessing (similar to the movie's trailer).
Verdict: A lesson well-conveyed through a mysterious tale – a suspense thriller not to be missed by the Bengalureans !!.
i couldn't wait for the film to be released as i was confident that this is going to be one of the best movie of the year as there was an immense trust on new poster boy of Kannada movie industry "Mr. Pawan Kumar"When i started watching the movie , the first scene itself was a huge let down.
If it was a "horror thriller" then it feels it was directed by someone else and not pawan kumar.
The script was so weak that we were making fun of the film scenes, and turns out its not just us, it was half the theatre.How can the director who narrated the story of Lucia , is capable of writing and directing U turn.
It has been successful in preserving the audience's attention and interest till the very end.People who do not fancy the idea of existence of supernatural force might find very few parts of the movie irksome.What is more commendable is how the director has tapped into new talent.The impeccable quality simply reflects on the efforts gone into its making.
This movie will certainly garner more appraisals.To sum it all up, a highly recommended thriller you can't afford to miss..
'Lucia' Director Pawan Kumar is back with new mystery thriller.
'Lucia' Director Pawan Kumar is back with new mystery thriller cinema 'U-Turn', with its surpassing trailer and regular updates in social networking sites created good expectations among audience, Pawan Kumar is well known for creating lively characters with no much strain involved, including this new release and his previous movies he proved again that he is an expert screenplay writer, with neat presentation and edge of the seat thriller 'U-Turn' marks as the must watch movie of this month.The best part of 'U-Turn' is its timely and funky BGMs, music given by Poornachandra Tejaswi carries the audience in the proper tone and succeeds in holding the audience in its phase, and cinematography team did the tremendous job, including Siddarth Nuni who previously held camera in Lucia along with Satya Hegde, Advaith Gurmurthy, especially the oner or the long take taken in the police station is handled very perfectly and neatly crisped later on the desk, Pawan Kumar's poetic and metaphorical usage is the plus point to the movie flow, that enhances the intensity of the character and the plot, U-Turn is one technically excellent movie among some recent releases, Pawan Kumar and team is an inspiration in making a quality movie in a very modest budget.
Shraddha Srinath performed very well who in preparing an article for a newspaper get entailed in series of murder mystery, Dilip Raj rendered his modest performance, Roger Narayan is a person who deserves appreciation for his finest acting, his screen presence and dialogue presenting are very unique, Radhika Chetan has improved very well in her performance compared to her previous work, as the mystery unlocks excitement on the plot also exceeds its height, Pawan Kumar is a new David Fincher in presenting such mystery thrillers in very effective manner and an unconventional film maker who dares to give a try in presenting story in a different way..
A story that revolves around mysterious events occurring on the double-road flyover..
The director Pawan Kumar has proved his mettle yet again with his direction and story.The story is fresh, the actors Shraddha, Dileep Raj, Roger Narayan are natural and the background score by Poornachandra Tejaswi is wonderful.
The movie keeps you wondering about might have happened, throughout.The movie begins on a light note, but as the story progresses it starts getting more serious and mysterious with each scene, drawing you into it completely.The movie should have retained this element till the end.I say this because, the ending of the movie is a bit unconventional and might not go well with most viewers.
Trailer is very Twisty & Suspense thriller, I gonna recommend you to watch this movie, good come back from Lucia Director Pawan.
Three years after his much-acclaimed micro-budget sci-fi romance, "Lucia", director Pawan Kumar returns with his Kannada film "U Turn", which is subtitled in English.
Released under the Drishyam Films banner, this is a conveniently woven, head-scratching, super- natural thriller based on true events.The tone of the narration is set by the inverted shot of a busy road in blue hue with the song "Karma" reverberating in the background.
It is interesting as well as arresting.Set in Bengaluru, the narration follows Rachna (Shraddha Srinath), a trainee journalist who is chasing a story related to motorists, who with scant respect for civic issues, shift the road dividers to take a "short-cut" U-turn on a busy bridge.Suspense thriller, I gonna recommend you to watch this movie, good come back from Lucia Director Pawan..
The film revolves around the double road flyover in Bangalore where bikers are taking an illegal U Turn.
It is a poorly executed film only with the intention to make money from Multiplex by promoting it on social media and pro kannada sentiment.
waste film expected more actingwise all good..
Samantha's acting was very good ....everyone in the family should watch this movie ...
Movie is so good me and my friends Loved.
My first foray into Kannada movies and I'm not disappointed.
U-Turn is a movie in the horror/mystery genre that shows the brilliance of simple story-telling and the right casting.
Cheers to Pawan Kumar, the director-cum-writer.The movie revolves around a journalism intern, Rachna (Shraddha Shrinath), who is working on a story about people jumping a divider with their bikes on Bangalore's Double Road flyover, by moving loose blocks of concrete.
From there on, prepare to be hooked into a world of mystery and intrigue.Read the full review: http://www.ergophobist.com/2017/06/movie-review-u-turn-kannada.html.
Brilliant Mystery thriller and one of the best movie's of 2016.
"It may not be the best from Pawan(director of lucia) but his making style is really good and message was rightly portrayed which makes it a good horror mystery thriller film with social message.'U-Turn' should be watched by everyone for its innovative storytelling and convincing social message on road safety"Positives- 1.)Direction and script- Pawan who earlier directed lucia was excellent movie which i rated 5 out of 5 but if i compare with this film then it may not be that great.
He was trying to add horror thriller to a social message driven film which may have its flaws but he did a different attempt and i must appreciate him for that.
Script was engaging along with direction.2.)Shradda srinath , roger narayan and dilip raj- These 3 actors portrayed their roles properly and out of them shradda was outstanding and she was able to bring out those emotions perfectly without any flaws.
Dilip raj was fine.3.)cinematography and edits 4.)Bg score 5.)Message about road safety was rightly conveyed.Negatives- 1.)Cliches in second half - First half went with introduction of characters and that was fine.
But second half the director's vision of portraying certain elements had flaws and it disturbed the experience.
Director could have taken care of that to avoid this type of mistakes.2.)Predictability- Because of certain cliché'd scenes it was predictable for audience which spoiled the experience of mystery thriller.Is it a must watch?
Yes it is a must watch film and it has a great social message.
It is a innovative movie on road safety.Overall- Despite flaws Its a good film if you check the overall aspect.
It tells about the mysterious events that occur on the double road flyover with great social message added to it.
I recommend you to watch it but without much expectations.My rating- 4/5(Brilliant Mystery Thriller and one of the best movie's of 2016).
Best Kannada Movie of All Time.
Arguably one of the best movies to grace the Kannada film industry.
She is trapped around by authority as she is suspected for multiple co-incidental happenings around Bangalore.U-Turn (which is based on true events) is a journey to be lived with the characters to embrace the brutally true corrupt nature of modern India.
On how police are willing to dismiss even the most obvious of evidence just to lower their workload.This is a must watch, which i personally think is the best Kannada movie of all time; Pawan Kumar is on a role with Lucia and U-Turn being big super hits and cooking C10H15N2 in the kitchen..
The movie just basks on pro-kannada sentiment.
Apart from the social message and fantastic work by Roger Narayan and Shradda there is nothing to take away from this movie.
I hope Pawan make good movies in future..
Movie reviews U Turn Rating 5/5Wow the beautiful 🎥..
The movie 🎥 concept is to educate everyone to follow up rules and it's shown so well..
The suspense in the movie is director's play, can feel it in each and every scene..Overall it is a great movie 🎥 and a must watch movie 🎥..
Movie 🎥 can be seen again and again..Personal TouchThe best 🎥 in the recent time..
A very simple concept and holding audience till the end of the movie 🎥 is amazing...
Expected a lot more from Pawan Kumar.
The story is so predictable that it feels like some new writer is trying his hand at a horror story.
I read better plots in some other short story websites.Pros: The female protagonist is good.3 starts only for Inspector Nayak (watch this movie for him).Cons: Very slow movie, nothing happens in the first half, does not even feel like a build-up.Poor script.Predictable story.Seems more like a documentary on road safety..
U Turn is one of the most unique ideas in recent times and on of the best movies of 2016.Brilliant mystery thriller...
U Turn (2016): Pawan Kumar is the most discussed film maker in Indian Cinema during 2013 because of his masterpiece Lucia which set a new benchmark for Indian Cinema.Indian film Industry has never seen a movie like Lucia and when it was released it is appreciated by lot of celebrities like Anurag Kashyap,Amir Khan etc...So his next movie U Turn which is a mystery thriller with horror touch,has raised a lot of expectations and even its trailer is so promising and showed that it is going to be unique.So how is U Turn??Plot: This movie is based on a famous double flyover bridge in Bangalore where the divider blocks are misplaced so that motorists can take a quick U Turn to avoid traffic.They don't move them back and the blocks are left to lie randomly on the road leading to many accidents.Rachana (Shraddha Srinath),an intern in Indian express prepares to confront those who break rules with the help of a homeless man who resides near flyover and notes those vehicle's number and gives it to her.When she tried to confront her first guy,an unexpected event occurs which leads to unbelievable mass suicide where all the culprits she noted have died in mysterious circumstances and Rachana becomes main suspect.With the help of Inspector Nayak (Roger Narayan) Rachana starts investigating this mystery.Plus Points:1)Story Screenplay & Direction: U Turn is one of the most unique ideas in recent times.A horror thriller with a social message are very rare and U Turn needs a wide applause for its uniqueness.Pawan Kumar's direction is brilliant and he never failed even in minute details.His creativity and making is award winning work.Screenplay is racy and thrilling.2)Performances: Performances are mostly natural.Shradha may not have great looks but her performance is very good.Narayan as Inspector Nayak is the best performer in U Turn.Each and every actor gave decent performances.3)Music: BGM is brilliant and suits the mood of the movie.Poornachandra Tejaswi did splendid job.4)Cinematography: Advaitha Gurumurthy's cinematography is natural and best.There are no extra effects in lighting and used mostly natural light.5)Duration: U Turn is just 2hr long which helped it a lot with no dragging scenes and edge of the seat thriller.Minus Points: None..So,U Turn is one of the most unique ideas in recent times and one of the best movies of 2016.Brilliant mystery thriller..My rating 9/10.
Each scene is so strongly tied to the predecessor and successor.A suspense thriller packed with a wonderful message is what you can expect from the beloved director Pawan Kumar.
Just as Lucia, this is another masterpiece, which is not a typical hero-oriented movie, but a subjective one.A modern girl, her boy friend, their beliefs about super-natural powers, traffic violations, sincere cops - These are some of the key words that hit ones mind when they watch this movie.It is definitely a must-watch for people who think it is OK not to obey traffic rules..
Straight narration of story, full of suspense till the end..
Good message for us, to follow traffic rules..Even our friends and family may get suffer if we don't follow traffic rule..First half of movie the movie revolve around unknown forces..
We think the story in many angles, but in climax we feel its very simple story and has good message..
But I liked the movie..
Take a U-Turn and watch this movie...
In the recent time of Kannada movie this is also one of the great movie.The Great talent Pawan kumar directed this movie after Lucia.
wonderful direction and screenplay.Pawan took real event and he so carefully maintained the story narrating not at all boring movie.i Liked the screenplay,camera work,Direction.All actors did perfect acting for they role..BGM is super it's feel interesting.There is no song in film and it's not necessary also because movie screenplay is so beautiful.narration also good.
first half is very interesting and second half little bit dragged but everyone will wait for climax..everyone expectation will take uturn..climax is clean and cool but as compare to story speed and narration climax can will be do more better.
as total movie is good worth to watch in theater.
please go watch in theater and support Kannada movies..
Expected more from Lucia director.
But, the film lacks something that was a part of Lucia.
I love suspense thrillers but this movie they basically spoon feed you all the details of the 'suspense', and when the final reveal comes, its not really a shock.
U Turn: Ridiculous plot holes in otherwise OK thriller.
That is original!One time watch, without putting any thinking caps....
Direction 5 on 5 - Pawan Kumar is just that Ideal director one wishes to be.
Story 4 on 5 - Needed a better conclusion.
And best of all the movie carries a sure shot message for Indians.