The director of the film, Pawan Kumar dubbed his voice for one of the charactets.
One of the characters in the movie is seen snorting some drug, which is placed on a movie CD called 'Lucia'. This movie was also directed by Pawan Kumar. Incidentally, Lucia was also the name of a drug which gives the user a lucid-dreaming experience in the movie.
First Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages.
U Turn was selected for the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held in Goa.