Ulta Palta (1997 film)

Ulta Palta (transl. Topsy-turvy) is a 1997 Indian Kannada film directed by N. S. Shankar and starring Ramesh Aravind, Kashi and Sushma Veer. It is based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.[2] The music of the film was composed by V. Manohar. The film was remade in Telugu with the same name in 1998 and in Tamil as Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu starring one of the co-producers of the film - cameraman Ashok Kashyap in lead role.[3] The entire film was shot in Koppa, a town in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.[4] The Film's entire Story happens in two days time frame.

Ulta Palta
Directed byN.S. Shankar
Produced byN S Shankar
V. Manohar
Ashok Kashyap
Guna
Myna
Subrahmanya Thememane
Vijayaprasad
Written byN. S. Shankar
Based onThe Comedy of Errors
by Shakespeare
StarringRamesh Aravind
Kashi
Sushma Veer
Pooja Lokesh
Karibasavaiah[1]
Music byV. Manohar
CinematographyAshok Kashyap
Edited byGuna
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

Two sets of identical twins are lost in their childhood. None of them are aware of their twin being alive. One set of twins arrive to a town on work, which is where the other set of twins live and make their living. The people of the town confuse them for the latter, who is a famous industrialist in the town. A series of misunderstandings, misplacements and confusions about the characters turn into hilarious situations and chaos in their lives.

Cast
  • Ramesh Aravind as Devaraj-1 & Devaraj-2 and also the father of Devraj-1 & Devaraj-2
  • Sushma Veer as Sheela, Devaraj-1's wife
  • Pooja Lokesh as Meera, Sheela's younger sister
  • Pavitra Lokesh as Mohini, Devaraj-1's love interest
  • Kashi as Rama-1 & Rama-2
  • Karibasavaiah as Shivanandappa's lackey
  • Myna Chandru as Kumara, Mohini's admirer
  • Sunetra Pandit as Rama-1's wife, Chenni, Devaraj-1's housemaid
  • Girija Lokesh as the nun
  • H. G. Dattatreya as the police inspector
  • Ramesh Pandit as the school friend of Devaraj-1
  • Hulivana Gangadharaiah as Shivanandappa
  • Shankar Rao as Shettru, the jewellery shop owner
  • Ummatthal Sathya
  • Subramanya Thememane
  • Srishailan
  • Venkatachalam

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by V. Manohar except one poetry written by K. S. Narasimhaswamy.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chigali Ho Chigali"V. ManoharMaster Sagar, Shankar Shanbhag 
2."Jhal Gazal Sumne Ninna"V. ManoharB. Jayashree 
3."Nee Baruva Daariyali"K. S. NarasimhaswamyS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 
4."Hucchara Santhe"V. ManoharRajesh Krishnan, V. Manohar 
5."Suggi Siri Suggi Siri"V. ManoharManjula Gururaj 
6."Nee Baruva Daariyali"K. S. NarasimhaswamyK. S. Chithra, Rajesh Krishnan 

Awards
  1. Best Dialogue - N. S. Shankar
  2. Best Acting (Special Jury Award) - Kashi

References
  1. https://www.facebook.com/UltaPultaPK
  2. Khajane, Muralidhara (23 April 2016). "Shakespeare influenced Kannada films too". The Hindu.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20061015213917/http://www.chennaionline.com:80/film/Moviereviews/2005/10aie.asp
  4. https://www.thefuc.in/newsfeed-ನನ್ನ-ಪುಟ್ಟ-ಕೈಗೆ-ದಕ್ಕಿದಷ-2/
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