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Johnson Thomas

Sharp and Telling Mystery crime thriller.

Film: U turn

Cast: Roger Narayan, Shraddha Srinath, Dileep Raj, Radhika Chetan, Skanda, Krishna, Pavan, Naveen, Divya, Pramod, Aarna Kulkarni, Kennedy

Director: Pawan Kumar

Rating: * * *

Runtime: 120 mins

This is the kind of film that appears mighty impressive provided you leave your thinking caps behind. Pawan Kumar ( of ‘Lucia’ fame) probably draws inspiration for this his second film from a newspaper headline that may have caught his fancy. And his imagination worked overtime to flush out this stunningly preposterous series of events that starts out as an investigative reportage and ends up as a diabolical murder mystery that has it’s origins in the traffic misdemeanor story that the fledgling reporter was investigating.

U Turn is a mystery crime thriller located in Bengaluru and most of it’s mysterious events occur on a double-road flyover somewhere in the midst of the city. The young female reporter, an eager to please intern, Rachna(Shraddha Srinath), was only interested in putting a stop to traffic crimes but instead she finds herself prime suspect in the series of murders that come to light during her pursuit of the story. Now did she ? or didn’t she? is the question.

Rachna is of course more than grateful that one particular cop (Roger Narayan)believes in her version of the events. But will that be enough support to exonerate her?

Pawan Kumar exhibited flashes of narrative brilliance in ‘Lucia’ and his second feature also showcases similarly striking moments. The narrative is tightly woven and there’s little time given to question the plausibility of what transpires on screen. And that’s great for a viewer looking for thrills that come at you at break-neck speed and with immense volatility. There are no formulaic interruptions here. Kumar piles on the mystery and then sets out to slowly untangle the knots. It’s unpredictable and the real truth comes out in bizarre fashion.

Pawan Kumar makes this effort sharp and telling. The characters(all) have enough depth and they exist for a purpose. This is a well trimmed, cauldron of simmering possibilities that suddenly boils over leaving behind a far-reaching truth. The performances are all note-worthy , well in keeping with the demands of the script. Poornachandra Tejaswi’s mesmerizing background score adds to the mystique and the camerawork by Advaitha Gurumurthy, Satya Hegde, Siddhartha Nuni is simply breathtaking. So here’s a film that despite it’s showy pretentions delivers a payoff that’s way above the commonplace. This one is certainly worthy of your patronage.

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