''U Turn'' ( si, යූ-ටර්න්, italic=yes) is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala mystery thriller film directed by acclaimed cinematographer Channa Deshapriya in his directorial debut. The movie is produced by Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie. The movie features the stars

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with the debut actress Chanu Dissanayake in the lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Chinthaka Jayakody with

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composing music for the song. The movie is a remake of the 2016 Indian

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language film ''

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'' - thereby becoming the first Sinhala remake of a Kannada movie. The film mostly received positive reviews from critics. The film has successfully passed 50 days in theaters.

Plot

Raveena (Chanu Dissanayake), a news reporter working on an article on the incidents at a flyover. She also has a crush on the crime reporter Adithya (

), 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 A U-turn in driving refers to performing a 180° rotation to reverse the direction of travel. It is called a "U-turn" because the maneuver looks like the letter U. In some areas, the maneuver is illegal, while in others, it is treated as a ...

and avoid the traffic. They don't move them back and the blocks are left to lie randomly on the road leading to many accidents. A beggar sitting on the flyover notes down the vehicle numbers of bikers who violate the rule to take the U-turn. Then he gives the list to Raveena. 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 Ranga (

), finds it believable and does some investigation. It is revealed that all the persons Raveena has on her list have committed suicide. They also noticed that they have committed suicide the same day they took the wrong "u-turn". Raveena and Ranga find another number has been noted by the beggar which is to be delivered to Raveena the next day. The duo trace the address and try to rescue the man, a lawyer (Rana Madhav), 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.

Cast

* Chanu Dissanayake as Raveena *

as Police Inspector Ranga *

as Adithya *

as Prasad *

as Maya *

Veena Jayakody Virginia Sandhya Peiris (born 27 November 1952 as වීණා ජයකොඩි) inhala, better known as Veena Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Jayakody started as a child artist and has played critic ...

as Raveena's mother * Sanyumi Nimnadi as Anuki, Maya's daughter * Dayadeva Edirisinghe as OIC * Priyantha Wijesinghe as Traffic police officer Jagath * Nalin Lusena as Police Inspector Sagara * Athula Jayasinghe as Kapila Sirimanne * Rana Madhava as Nalaka Kalupahana * Suranga Ranawaka as Sandamini * Madushan Nanayakkara as Security officer * Nishantha Priyadarshana as Raja * Sunil Premaratne * Prasanna Dekumpitiya as Prasa * Randika Gunathilake as Ravi * Pradeep Ramawickrama as Three-wheel driver

Songs

References

External links

* {{U Turn and its remakes 2010s Sinhala-language films Remakes of Sri Lankan films