Ulta Palta (1997 film)

Ulta Palta (transl. Topsy-turvy) is a 1997 Indian Kannada film directed by N. S. Shankar and starring Ramesh Aravind, Sanketh Kashi and Sushma Veer. It is based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Ulta Palta
Directed by	N. S. Shankar
Written by	N. S. Shankar
Based on	The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare
Produced by	N. S. Shankar V. Manohar Ashok Kashyap Guna Myna Subrahmanya Thememane Vijayaprasad
Starring	Ramesh Aravind Sanketh Kashi Sushma Veer Pooja Lokesh Karibasavaiah
Cinematography	Ashok Kashyap
Edited by	Guna
Music by	V. Manohar
Release date	27 June 1997 (1997-06-27)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

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 the newcomer 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
• Sanketh 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.^[4] 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.^[4] The entire film was shot in Koppa, a town in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.^[5]

Soundtrack

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chigali Ho Chigali"	V. Manohar	Master Sagar, Shankar Shanbhag
2.	"Jhal Gazal Sumne Ninna"	V. Manohar	B. Jayashree
3.	"Nee Baruva Daariyali"	K. S. Narasimhaswamy	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
4.	"Hucchara Santhe"	V. Manohar	Rajesh Krishnan, V. Manohar
5.	"Suggi Siri Suggi Siri"	V. Manohar	Manjula Gururaj
6.	"Nee Baruva Daariyali"	K. S. Narasimhaswamy	K. S. Chithra, Rajesh Krishnan

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