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Ulta Palta (1997)

Ulta Palta poster
Directed by
Shankar
Genre
comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 18m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a comedy film where mistaken identities lead to a lot of confusion. Characters get into funny situations because they keep mixing each other up.

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What happens

Ulta Palta (transl. Topsy-turvy) is a 1997 Indian Kannada film directed by N. S. Shankar and starring Ramesh Aravind, Sanketh Kashi and Sushma Veer. The film is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film Bhranti Bilas, which itself 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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