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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. The music of the film was composed by V. Manohar. The film was remade in Telugu language with the same name (1998) and in Tamil as Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu (2005) starring Ashok Kashyap who was one of the co-producers and cinematographer of the film.

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

Production

The film was launched on 10 March 1997 on the birthday of film's director Shankar. It was one of those Kannada films which was funded by technicians. Nine technicians who worked on the film funding it however in the end, only seven of them were left as producers including V Manohar, Ashok Cashyap, editor Guna, associate Vijaya Prasad, Subrahmanya Thememane and actor Myna. The entire film was shot in Koppa, a town in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.

Soundtrack

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

Awards

• 1997-98 : Karnataka State Film Awards

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

See also

• The Comedy of Errors § Adaptations

References

1. Khajane, Muralidhara (23 April 2016). "Shakespeare influenced Kannada films too". The Hindu.
2. "Ten Best Kannada Comedy Films Available for Streaming, Starring Dr Rajkumar, Anant Nag, Jaggesh…". 2 October 2020.
3. "Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
4. ^ Anjappa, Bharath (11 March 2022). "25 years on, 'Ulta Palta' director recalls highs and lows of his film journey". The Hans India. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
5. Shankar, NS. "ನನ್ನ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕೈಗೆ ದಕ್ಕಿದಷ್ಟು- ಭಾಗ 2". FUC (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

External links

• Ulta Palta at IMDb 

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