UI (film)

UI is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Upendra, who also plays three roles in it: Sathya, Kalki and Upendra Rao. The article describes it as a sci-fi dystopian surrealist psychological action comedy produced by Lahari Films and Venus Entertainers, with Reeshma Nanaiah, Nidhi Subbaiah, Murali Sharma and Sadhu Kokila in the cast and music by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Its story follows a film analyst who is handed a script that the director burned, and it uses a pair of twin brothers, one devoted to truth and one who proclaims himself the savior of the age of Kali Yuga, to comment on society, religion and power. It was Upendra's eleventh film as a director and his first since Uppi 2 in 2015. UI was released on 20 December 2024 in Kannada, with versions in four other languages, and received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.