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{{Infobox film
| image = Kannada film U Turn poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Pawan Kumar (director)|Pawan Kumar]]
| producer = Pawan Kumar
| writer = Pawan Kumar
| starring = [[Shraddha Srinath]] [[Roger Narayan]] [[Radhika Chetan]] [[Dileep Raj]]
| music = [[Poornachandra Tejaswi (composer)|Poornachandra Tejaswi]]
| cinematography = Advaitha Gurumurthy [[Satya Hegde]] [[Siddhartha Nuni]]
| editing = Suresh Arumugam
| studio = Pawan Kumar Studios
| distributor = Mysore Talkies
| country = India
| released = {{film date|2016|5|20|df=yes}}
| language = Kannada
| runtime = 121 minutes
| budget = {{INR}}2.5 crore<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shekhar |first1=Divya |last2=Joshi |first2=Bharath |last3=V |first3=Nirupama |date=10 June 2016 |title=Actor-director Rakshit Shetty feels the challenge ahead is to keep the audience occupied |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/actor-director-rakshit-shetty-feels-the-challenge-ahead-is-to-keep-the-audience-occupied/articleshow/52684042.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817173502/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/actor-director-rakshit-shetty-feels-the-challenge-ahead-is-to-keep-the-audience-occupied/articleshow/52684042.cms |archive-date=17 August 2022 |access-date=5 March 2017 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
}}

'''''U Turn''''' is a 2016 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[supernatural thriller]] film written, produced and directed by [[Pawan Kumar (director)|Pawan Kumar]]. It stars [[Shraddha Srinath]] in the lead role. [[Roger Narayan]], [[Dileep Raj]] and [[Radhika Narayan|Radhika Chetan]] feature in supporting roles. The plot revolves around the death of motorists who break a traffic rule at a particular flyover in [[Bangalore]] and subsequent pinning down of the culprit by an intern journalist and police inspector duo. The film received critical acclaim and being remade a lot of times in different languages.

''U-Turn'' was first remade in [[Malayalam]] in 2017 as ''[[Careful (2017 film)|Careful]]''. Director Pawan Kumar remade it into a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-[[Tamil language|Tamil]] bilingual in 2018 with the [[U Turn (2018 film)|same title]] - thereby making it the fourth Kannada film to be remade in three other South Indian languages after ''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]'', ''[[Sampathige Savaal]]'' and ''[[Devara Kannu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2020 |title=Pawan Kumar's 'U Turn' to be remade in Filipino |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pawan-kumar-s-u-turn-be-remade-filipino-120354 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325114200/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pawan-kumar-s-u-turn-be-remade-filipino-120354 |archive-date=25 March 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2019 |title='U Turn' To Be Remade In Hindi By Ekta Kapoor |url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/news/u-turn-to-be-remade-in-hindi-by-ekta-kapoor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605044229/https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/news/u-turn-to-be-remade-in-hindi-by-ekta-kapoor/ |archive-date=5 June 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>

The movie was remade in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] in 2019 also titled ''[[U Turn (2019 film)|U Turn]]'' - thereby becoming the second Kannada movie to be remade in Sinhala after ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ 'ರಿಮೇಕ್‌' ಆದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ! |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/these-are-the-top-five-kannada-movies-remakes-in-many-languages/articleshow/74894620.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027023552/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/these-are-the-top-five-kannada-movies-remakes-in-many-languages/articleshow/74894620.cms |archive-date=27 October 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020 |website=Vijaya Karnataka}}</ref>

The [[Filipino language|Filipino]] remake with the same name was released on pay-to-view basis on 30 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2020 |title=Kim Chiu's horror flick 'U-Turn' coming to Sky Pay-Per-View |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/27/kim-chius-horror-flick-u-turn-coming-to-sky-pay-per-view/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101085652/https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/27/kim-chius-horror-flick-u-turn-coming-to-sky-pay-per-view/ |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=26 November 2020 |website=[[Manila Bulletin]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2020 |title=Pawan Kumar's U-Turn goes global |url=https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/mar/15/pawan-kumars-u-turn-goes-global-17563.amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128091942/https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/mar/15/pawan-kumars-u-turn-goes-global-17563.amp |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref><ref name="Halloween watchlist edition">{{Cite web |date=30 October 2020 |title=Halloween watchlist edition |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/30/lifestyle-entertainment/show-times/halloween-watchlist-edition/788899/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202095120/https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/30/lifestyle-entertainment/show-times/halloween-watchlist-edition/788899/amp/ |archive-date=2 December 2020 |access-date=26 November 2020 |website=[[The Manila Times]]}}</ref> With that, ''U Turn'' became the first Indian movie to be remade in Filipino.<ref>{{Cite web |title='ಯು ಟರ್ನ್' ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಈ ದಾಖಲೆ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲೇ ಮೊದಲು! |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/lucia-pawan-kumars-u-turn-movie-will-be-remade-in-filipino-language/articleshow/74653747.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030140745/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/lucia-pawan-kumars-u-turn-movie-will-be-remade-in-filipino-language/articleshow/74653747.cms |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=Vijaya Karnataka |language=Kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2020 |title=What intrigued Enrico Santos about Pawan Kumar's U Turn |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/what-intrigued-enrico-santos-about-pawan-kumars-u-turn/articleshow/74639384.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211200059/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/what-intrigued-enrico-santos-about-pawan-kumars-u-turn/articleshow/74639384.cms |archive-date=11 December 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

The Bengali remake titled ''[[Flyover (film)|Flyover]]'' was released on 2 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-20 |title=Koel Mallick stars in the Bengali remake of Pawan Kumar's U Turn |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/koel-mallick-stars-in-the-bengali-remake-of-pawan-kumars-u-turn/articleshow/81603295.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

[[Ekta Kapoor]] produced the Hindi remake with the [[U-Turn (2023 film)|same title]] which released on 28 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2021 |title=Ekta Kapoor to produce Hindi remake of thriller 'U-Turn'; project - starring Alaya F - to go on floors tomorrow |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/ekta-kapoor-to-produce-hindi-remake-of-thriller-u-turn-project-starring-alaya-f-to-go-on-floors-tomorrow/articleshow/84136627.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731204754/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/ekta-kapoor-to-produce-hindi-remake-of-thriller-u-turn-project-starring-alaya-f-to-go-on-floors-tomorrow/articleshow/84136627.cms |archive-date=31 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> With that, it became the third Indian movie to be remade in seven languages after ''[[Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana]]'' and ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2020 |title=Record created: 'U-Turn' to be remade in Filipino language |url=https://www.newskarnataka.com/sandalwood/record-created-u-turn-to-be-remade-in-filipino-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123045557/https://newskarnataka.com/south-cinema/sandalwood/record-created-u-turn-to-be-remade-in-filipino-language/16032020 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=NewsKarnataka}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2020 |title=Pawan Kumar's U Turn movie now in Filipino, remade officially in 5 languages |url=http://cinimirror.com/pawan-kumars-u-turn-movie-now-in-filipino-remade-officially-in-5-languages/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204191341/http://cinimirror.com/pawan-kumars-u-turn-movie-now-in-filipino-remade-officially-in-5-languages/ |archive-date=4 December 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |website=Cinimirror}}</ref> It was the seventh Kannada movie to be remade in a foreign language <ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2020 |title=From 'Anuraga Aralithu' to 'U Turn': Kannada movies that were remade in foreign languages |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-anuraga-aralithu-to-u-turn-kannada-movies-that-were-remade-in-foreign-languages/etphotostory/76302041.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424054346/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-anuraga-aralithu-to-u-turn-kannada-movies-that-were-remade-in-foreign-languages/etphotostory/76302041.cms |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=31 October 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and the second Kannada movie to be remade in two foreign languages after ''Anuraga Aralithu''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030064513/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020 |website=The Times of India |date=15 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kannada Movies: ಪರಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ರಿಮೇಕ್ ಆಗಿ ಸೌಂಡು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿವೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಈ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳು! |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/u-turn-kavaludaari-bell-bottom-and-other-kannada-movies-are-remade-in-multiple-languages/articleshow/78574333.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422141403/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/u-turn-kavaludaari-bell-bottom-and-other-kannada-movies-are-remade-in-multiple-languages/amp_articleshow/78574333.cms |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Vijay Karnataka |language=Kn}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Rachana, an intern with ''[[The Indian Express]]'', is working on an article on the accidents at a [[Overpass|flyover]] in [[Bengaluru]]. She also has a crush on the crime reporter Aditya, whose help she seeks for research material on accidents on the flyover. She finds that each day some motorists move the concrete blocks that partition the road just to take a quick [[U-turn]] and avoid the traffic. They don’t move the concrete blocks, which are left lying randomly on the road leading to many accidents. A homeless man sitting on the flyover notes down the vehicle numbers of commuters who violate the rule to take the U-turn and gives the list to Rachana. She obtains the details of the culprits using her contact in the traffic department, with the intention of confronting them for their "short-cut" and writing an article for the paper. Her attempt to meet the first person on the list goes in vain.

Later the same day, the police take her into custody and accuse her of killing the same person she wanted to meet. She is shocked and tells her side of the story. Though the senior police officer rejects it, sub-inspector Nayak finds her account believable and does some investigation. It is revealed that all the people Rachana has on her list have committed suicide. They also notice that each person committed suicide the same day they took the illegal "u-turn". Rachana and Nayak find another number has been noted by the homeless man which is to be delivered to Rachana the next day. The duo trace the address and try to rescue the man, a lawyer, who has taken the u-turn on the same day. As nothing seems suspicious, both leave only to encounter the very death of the lawyer whom they came to rescue.

Later Rachana tries to confront the homeless man for the injuries on the flyover. Meanwhile, she sees two young men violate the U-Turn and reports it to Nayak. Nayak locks them up in an old police lock-up to save their lives. But they start fighting and eventually die under the nose of the police.

With no way of finding the real cause of the death of the culprits, Rachana herself takes the wrong u-turn and waits for something to happen. The one who has been killing the culprits is a ghost named Maya, because she and her daughter Aarna died in an accident due to the concrete roadblocks that were moved by the culprits in order to make way for their u-turn. Using her supernatural powers, Maya tries to kill Rachana as well. But Rachana promises to find the person who was responsible for Maya's death. Maya agrees. Rachana, with the help of Nayak, tries to find the person who moved the blocks on the day of Maya's accident. They find out the phone number and address of the person who moved the block. Rachana writes this on a balloon and leaves it on the flyover for Maya to find. She then invites her boyfriend Aditya for dinner.

During dinner, Rachana tries to call the number she found earlier. It turns out to be Aditya's work mobile number. Devastated, she confronts Aditya and informs him that due to his negligence a mother and daughter lost their lives. Aditya says it was not him who made the U-turn. He merely exchanged his bike with his friend. In the final twist, it is revealed that the man who moved the block was Maya's own husband. Maya's ghost is waiting in Aditya's house to kill him when Maya's husband whom Rachana has informed about the events turns up and explains to Maya that it was because of him that they lost their lives. He then tries to commit suicide by jumping from the balcony. Maya's ghost saves him and tells him that his punishment is to suffer in this world without his wife and daughter.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
* [[Shraddha Srinath]] as Rachana
* [[Roger Narayan]] as [[Sub-inspector]] Nayak<ref>{{Cite news |last=K. |first=Bhumika |date=24 March 2016 |title=Making the U-turn home |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/making-the-uturn-home/article8393358.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716094902/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/making-the-uturn-home/article8393358.ece |archive-date=16 July 2020 |access-date=16 July 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
* [[Radhika Chetan]] as Maya
* [[Dileep Raj]] as Aditya
* [[Skanda Ashok]] as Ritesh
* Krishna Hebbale as Inspector Sudhakar
* [[Pratibha Nandakumar]] as lady constable Sarojamma
* [[Pramod Shetty]] as Sundar
* Aarna Kulkarni as Aarna
* Chethan D'Souza as Raju
* Kennedi Gopalan as the Homeless flyover man
* Ram Manjjonaath as Police Officer Muddanna
* Rajath Mayee as [[auto rickshaw]] driver
* Surya Vasishta as Doctor
{{Colend}}

== Production ==
According to the director, the script of the movie took place on the road. He says, "U-Turn happened in July when I used to drop my daughter Lucy to school and traffic used to be high. I used to park in front of her school for more than an hour and used the time to write the script."<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2015 |title=It's U-Turn for Pawan as Nicotine Waits |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Its-U-Turn-for-Pawan-as-Nicotine-Waits/2015/11/04/article3112127.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228184054/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Its-U-Turn-for-Pawan-as-Nicotine-Waits/2015/11/04/article3112127.ece |archive-date=28 February 2016 |access-date=28 February 2016 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

''U-Turn'' was produced under Pawan Kumar's then newly launched banner PK Studios, has Poornachandra Tejaswi's music, Satya Hegde, Advitha Gurumurthy and Siddharth Nuni's cinematography and Suresh's editing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2016 |title='Lucia' director Pawan Kumar's 'U Turn' trailer released [VIDEO] |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lucia-director-pawan-kumars-u-turn-trailer-released-video-664780 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305100448/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lucia-director-pawan-kumars-u-turn-trailer-released-video-664780 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=28 February 2016 |website=International Business Times, India Edition |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Sunayana Suresh of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film four out of five, and wrote, "The film can be read on philosophical and symbolic levels with leitmotifs and whatnot, but the triumph is that it even appeals to the lay viewer who seeks thrill and entertainment and nothing more."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suresh |first=Sunayana |date=20 May 2016 |title=U Turn Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/U-Turn/movie-review/52360435.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523162526/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/U-Turn/movie-review/52360435.cms |archive-date=23 May 2016 |access-date=28 May 2016 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Shyam Prasad S of ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' wrote, "It is what happens post interval that makes or breaks any film. Here, Pawan Kumar takes the easier route and robs U-Turn of becoming a great film."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shyam Prasad S |date=21 May 2016 |title=An urban legend is born |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/entertainment/reviews/an-urban-legend-is-born/articleshow/52366699.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225211631/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/entertainment/reviews/an-urban-legend-is-born/articleshow/52366699.cms |archive-date=25 February 2018 |access-date=25 February 2018 |work=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> J Hurtado of [[ScreenAnarchy]] wrote, "Pawan Kumar's U TURN Will Keep You Guessing Until The Last Minute. U-Turn is a film that constantly challenges and defies categorization in the service of telling its own story."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurtado |first=J |date=22 May 2016 |title=Review: Pawan Kumar's U-TURN Will Keep You Guessing Until The Last Minute |url=http://screenanarchy.com/2016/05/review-pawan-kumars-u-turn-will-keep-you-guessing-until-the-last-minute.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022220954/http://screenanarchy.com/2016/05/review-pawan-kumars-u-turn-will-keep-you-guessing-until-the-last-minute.html |archive-date=22 October 2016 |access-date=22 October 2016 |work=[[ScreenAnarchy]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Remakes ==
''U Turn'' was remade in [[Malayalam]] in 2017 as ''[[Careful (2017 film)|Careful]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2017 |title=Careful movie review: Vijay Babu and Jomol impress in a flawed but interesting thriller |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/careful-movie-review-vijay-babu-and-jomol-impress-in-a-flawed-but-interesting-thriller-3515905.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820191034/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/careful-movie-review-vijay-babu-and-jomol-impress-in-a-flawed-but-interesting-thriller-3515905.html |archive-date=20 August 2019 |access-date=30 July 2018 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> It was later remade into a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-[[Tamil language|Tamil]] bilingual in 2018 [[U Turn (2018 film)|with the same title]] by Pawan Kumar himself.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 February 2018 |title=Samantha starts shooting for 'U-Turn' remake |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/samantha-starts-shooting-for-u-turn-remake/articleshow/62968343.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180219051133/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/samantha-starts-shooting-for-u-turn-remake/articleshow/62968343.cms |archive-date=19 February 2018 |access-date=25 February 2018 |work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2018 |title=Samantha Akkineni's U-Turn to release on September 13 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/samantha-akkineni-u-turn-release-5269980/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723111200/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/samantha-akkineni-u-turn-release-5269980/ |archive-date=23 July 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> The film was also officially remade in Sri Lanka in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] in 2019 [[U Turn (2019 film)|with the same title]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=ಸಿಂಹಳ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬರಲಿದೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ 'ಯೂ ಟರ್ನ್'! | Kannada movie U turn will be remake in Srilanka Simhala language |url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/sandalwood/kannada-movie-u-turn-will-be-remake-in-srilanka-simhala-language-q2hxsj |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215175841/https://kannada.asianetnews.com/amp/sandalwood/kannada-movie-u-turn-will-be-remake-in-srilanka-simhala-language-q2hxsj |archive-date=15 December 2019 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=kannada.asianetnews.com}}</ref> The [[Filipino language|Filipino]] remake with the same title was released on 30 October 2020.<ref name="Halloween watchlist edition" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Biong |first=Ian |date=5 December 2019 |title=Kim Chiu, JM De Guzman, Tony Labrusca to star in remake of hit Indian thriller |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/354028/kim-chiu-jm-de-guzman-tony-labrusca-to-star-in-remake-of-hit-indian-thriller |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114014319/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/354028/kim-chiu-jm-de-guzman-tony-labrusca-to-star-in-remake-of-hit-indian-thriller |archive-date=14 January 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref> The film was remade in Bengali as ''[[Flyover (film)|Flyover]]'' and released on 2 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ফের থ্রিলারে কোয়েল মল্লিক, ছবির মুক্তি এপ্রিলে |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/cinema/tollywood-actress-koel-mallick-thriller-movie-flyover-to-release-date-out/articleshow/81550603.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319023217/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/cinema/tollywood-actress-koel-mallick-thriller-movie-flyover-to-release-date-out/articleshow/81550603.cms |archive-date=19 March 2021 |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Koel Mallick stars in the Bengali remake of Pawan Kumar's U Turn |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/koel-mallick-stars-in-the-bengali-remake-of-pawan-kumars-u-turn/articleshow/81603295.cms#:~:text=The%20latest%20is%20a%20Bengali,its%20fair%20share%20of%20remakes. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320094515/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/koel-mallick-stars-in-the-bengali-remake-of-pawan-kumars-u-turn/articleshow/81603295.cms#:~:text=The%20latest%20is%20a%20Bengali,its%20fair%20share%20of%20remakes. |archive-date=20 March 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]] | date=20 March 2021 }}</ref> The Hindi remake with the [[U-Turn (2023 film)|same title]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ekta Kapoor ropes in Alaya F for Hindi remake of Kannada film U-Turn |date=5 July 2021 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/ekta-kapoor-ropes-in-alaya-f-for-hindi-remake-of-kannada-film-u-turn-1824044-2021-07-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709192717/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/bollywood/story/ekta-kapoor-ropes-in-alaya-f-for-hindi-remake-of-kannada-film-u-turn-1824044-2021-07-05 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> was released on 28 April 2023 by [[Ekta Kapoor]]. The director revealed that the rights to the Malay language remake were sold out.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2019 |title=Bollywood to remake Kannada hit U-Turn |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-lifestyle/bollywood-to-remake-kannada-hit-u-turn-724547.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029090126/https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-lifestyle/bollywood-to-remake-kannada-hit-u-turn-724547.html |archive-date=29 October 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> He also revealed that there are plans to remake the film in Chinese, Thai, Marathi and Gujarati.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharadhaa |first=A |title=Pawan Kumar's 'U-Turn' goes global, to be made in Filipino |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/Mar/16/pawan-kumars-u-turn-goes-global-to-be-made-in-filipino-2117091.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318172837/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/mar/16/pawan-kumars-u-turn-goes-global-to-be-made-in-filipino-2117091.amp |archive-date=18 March 2020 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=The New Indian Express |date=3 March 2020 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.uturnthefilm.com/}}
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U Turn (2016 film) - Revision history

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