U Turn

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. All actors played to their strengths, and nothing was overdone. 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. She sees this as a blatant violation of traffic rules, and the loosened blocks are just kept lying on the street, causing problems for drivers, and sometimes fatal accidents. In her quest to get a violator's perspective, she manages to trace an address and pays a visit. This leads to her becoming embroiled in a murder investigation as a prime suspect. From there on, prepare to be hooked into a world of mystery and intrigue.

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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. "U- turn" (with English subtitles) is about an ambitious intern journalist craving for excellence in her field. How the story unfolds….. ?? Naaaaaaaaaaaa – why should I have all the fun ? Take a break and see the story unfold on big screen :-) Cinematography and BGM – These are the make/break areas of any suspense flick, and they have been well taken care of to deliver chills to the audience. Performances – Pawan Kumar has hit bull's eye again in terms of casting. The protagonist (Shraddha Srinath) is impressive and so are the supporting characters (including Roger Narayan of Hollywood fame) who deliver convincingly. Screenplay, Editing & Direction – Kudos to the young director for venturing into this genre and delivering it yet again. 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). Editing is crisp and straightforward, without any unwanted footage annoying the viewers. Minuses: The 2nd half is a bit predictable and unraveling of an important twist may not go too well with a few. Verdict: A lesson well-conveyed through a mysterious tale – a suspense thriller not to be missed by the Bengalureans !!

'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.

Well written screenplay with a social message.. Clean submit.. Well played thriller..

So the beginning of the movie was promising and i was excited to know what happens further on. But somewhere in the middle it was clear that there will be some supernatural powers involved and the plot became predictable. Still there were some twists in the end but they didnt add much tension to the film, mabye the one at the end, which was inspired by a real incident. It was a certainly a decent movie, not perfect, the acting was really good and the camera technique also executed well. For a movie evening with friends or Family this movie is def. a good choice. Between Stuttgart is not nice ;)