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Ulta Palta (1997 film)

Ulta Palta () 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. 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 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

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

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

See also

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