After several months of speculation it is now official that Samantha would be starring in the lead role of the Tamil & Telugu remake of 'UTurn' the sleeper hit 2016 Kannada film.  The director of the original Pawan Kumar will also helm the remakes.  The story is about a rookie journalist played by Samantha who writes a newstory about how a barricade is moved by motorists to take a U-Turn on a bridge.  Things get wierd as the subjects of Samantha's story commit suicide one by one.

Aadhi and Rahul Ravindran have been cast for the two important male leads for the film.  Aadhi is said to play a cop while Rahul would play a journalist. The as yet untitled film will be prouduced by Srinivasa Silver Screen and the shoot will begin from the first week of February this year.