Kalpana is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language comedy horror film directed by Rama Narayanan and starring Upendra, Saikumar and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles.

Saikumar reprises the role of a transgender Kalpana, originally played by Sarath Kumar in the Tamil version.

Raghava (Upendra) is a typical jobless youth who spends his days playing cricket with friends.

This creates major annoyance in the household, including Raghava's brother (Achyuth Kumar), sister-in-law (Shruti), and their children.

Raghava brings home his cricket stumps, which have been stained with blood from a buried corpse in the ground.

In the following days, his mother and sister-in-law are witnesses to several paranormal phenomena at night; prominently a ghost haunting the hallways.

That night, the ghost possesses Raghava, who begins acting increasingly effeminate, alienating himself from Priya and wearing women's clothes and jewelry.

His family angrily confronts him, when it is revealed that there are three ghosts who have possessed him: a violent woman, a Hindi-speaking Muslim, and an intellectually disabled boy.

She is offered shelter by a kind Muslim Akbar Bai (Babu Antony), who has an intellectually disabled son.

Regretting that she couldn't become a doctor as she intended, she adopts another young transgender, Geetha, and works hard to support her financially.

The movie ends with Priya shouting "deva" (ghost in Kannada) and a terrified Raghava sitting on her hip.

He and his wife, actress Priyanka Upendra, exchanged garlands in front of hundreds of fans and film industry dignitaries.

Actor Shobhraj plays the main villain, which was originally portrayed by Devan in Tamil Version.

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Full marks to Saikumar for his excellent portrayal of a Mangalamukhi.

[9] Y Maheswara Reddy from Deccan Herald wrote "Meanwhile, Raghava starts behaving like a girl and becomes  aggressive.

[10] A critic from News18 India wrote "Ramnarayan is known for this kind of films- God and Ghost battle with human beings.

[11] B S Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "Background score is impressive, but the songs, coming from Harikrishna, are disappointing.Kalpana is for Uppi’s fans and for those who keep hiding their fears under jokes".

Saikumar, who enacts the part of a transgender, surprises with his superb body language and dialogue delivery.

[17] The film grossed more than ₹11 crore at the box office[2] and completed 50 days of run in 25 centres across Karnataka.