“U-Turn” is a Hindi-language crime, thriller, and horror movie directed by Arif Khan. The movie is going to stream on ZEE 5 onwards on April 28, 2023, and it features a few recognized actors such as Alaya F, Priyanshu Painyuli, Aashim Gulati, Manu Rishi, and Rajesh Sharma.
The makers announced that the film is inspired by the 2016 Kannada film of the same title, which was directed by Pawan Kumar. The original film was critically acclaimed and even won several awards.
Furthermore, the Kannada movie has been remade in several languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Filipino, and Bengali. There are also reports that it will be remade in Gujarati, Marathi, Thai, and Chinese as well.
| Title | U-Turn |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, and Thriller |
| Cast | Alaya F, Priyanshu Painyuli, Aashim Gulati, Rajesh Sharma, Manu Rishi, Sahil Takhi, Shreedhar Dubey, Apoorva Suman, and Grusha Kapoor |
| Story and Screenplay | Radhika Anand and Parvez Sheikh |
| Director | Arif Khan |
| Producers | Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor |
| Cinematographer | Anubhav Bansal |
| Music Director | Ketan Sodha |
| Editor | Rohit Makwana |
| DoP | Protiqe Mojoomdar and Somanwita Bhattacharya |
| Executive Producer | Jaideep Chopra |
| Production House | Balaji Telefilms |
| Production Designers | Sachit Pandey, Jyoti Harlalka, and Charul Patil |
Alaya F is cast in the role of Radhika Bakshi, who is a journalist and works for a local newspaper.
Priyanshu Painyuli is going to be seen playing the role of Arjun Sinha.
Aashim Gulati is cast to portray Aditya, the love interest of Radhika Bakshi.
The versatile actor Rajesh Sharma plays the role of HSP Saxena, a police officer.
Manu Rishi appeared as constable Indarjeet Singh Dhillon.
The main story of the movie revolved around a bridge where motorists moved concrete blocks of the divider to take a u-turn, which was causing frequent road accidents over there. A young journalist, Radhika Bakshi, investigates the traffic violation case, and then she finds out that whoever moved the blocks on the bridge died in a mysterious way.
This led her to work with the police, who later held Radhika responsible for all the deaths. It will be interesting to watch if Radhika ever uncovers the truth behind all the mysterious deaths or if there are some supernatural powers that are responsible.
| Available On | ZEE 5 |
| Released Date | 28 April 2023 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Running Time | 101 minutes |
| Subtitle | English |
| Country | India |
On April 13, 2023, the official trailer for “U-Turn” was released on the official YouTube channel of BalajiMotionPictures. The trailer captured the attention of both audiences and has garnered several thousand views as of now. The film is scheduled to be released on April 28, 2023, worldwide on ZEE5.