Ulta Palta (1997 film)

Ulta Palta is a 1997 Indian Kannada film directed by N. S. Shankar and starring Ramesh Aravind, 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. The entire film was shot in Koppa, a town in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.

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 them 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-1 & Devaraj-2 and also the father of Devraj-1 & Devaraj-2
 * Sushma Veer as Sheela, Devaraj-1's wife
 * Pooja Lokesh as Meera, Sheela's younger sister
 * Pavitra Lokesh as Mohini, Devaraj-1's love interest
 * Kashi as Rama-1 & Rama-2
 * Karibasavaiah as Shivanandappa's lackey
 * Myna Chandru as Kumara, Mohini's admirer
 * Sunetra Pandit as Rama-1's wife, Chenni, Devaraj-1's housemaid
 * Girija Lokesh as the nun
 * H. G. Dattatreya as the police inspector
 * Ramesh Pandit as the school friend of Devaraj-1
 * Hulivana Gangadharaiah as Shivanandappa
 * Shankar Rao as Shettru, the jewellery shop owner
 * Ummatthal Sathya
 * Subramanya Thememane
 * Srishailan
 * Venkatachalam

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

Awards

 * 1997-98 : Karnataka State Film Awards
 * 1) Best Dialogue - N. S. Shankar
 * 2) Best Acting (Special Jury Award) - Kashi