U Turn (2019 film)

U Turn
Poster of Sri Lankan movie U Turn (2019)
Directed byChanna Deshapriya
Written byPawan Kumar
Based onU Turn(Kannada)
Produced byMaharaja Entertainments
Starring
CinematographyStriner Adams
Edited byTissa Surendra
Music by
Distributed byM Entertainments
Release date
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
Running time
146 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

U Turn (Sinhala: යූ-ටර්න්) is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala mystery thriller film directed by acclaimed cinematographer Channa Deshapriya in his directorial debut.[1][2] The movie is produced by Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie.[3] The movie features the stars Hemal Ranasinghe Thumindu Dodantenna, Bimal Jayakody, Gamya Wijayadasa with the debut actress Chanu Dissanayake in the lead roles.[4] The music of the film is composed by Chinthaka Jayakody with Bharadwaj composing music for the song.

The movie is a remake of the 2016 Indian Kannada language film U Turn – thereby becoming the first Sinhala remake of a Kannada movie.[5][6] The film mostly received positive reviews from critics.[7] The film has successfully passed 50 days in theaters.[8]

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  6. ^ ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ 'ರಿಮೇಕ್‌' ಆದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ! [Here is a list of Kannada films that have been remade in most languages! (machine translation)]. Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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