Joke Falls

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Joke Falls
Kannadamoviejokefalls.jpg
Directed byAshok Patil
Written byAshok Patil
Screenplay byAshok Patil
Produced by Atlanta Nagendra
Starring Ramesh Aravind
Neetha
Deepali
Dilip Thadeshwar
CinematographyAshok Kashyap
Edited byT. Shashi kumar
Music by Mano Murthy
Production
company
Om Creations
Release date
  • 4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)
Running time
2 hours 31 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹1 crore

Joke Falls is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language comedy movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by Atlanta Nagendra. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Neetha, Deepali and Dilip Thadeshwar. [1] [2] [3] Music was composed by Mano Murthy. [4] The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie Chupke Chupke which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie Chhadmabeshi . [5]

Contents

Plot

Botany professor Anant Patil falls in love with Sulekha and marries her to the dismay of Sulekha's brother in law, Raghav Joshi. Raghav refuses to attend the wedding. But Anant decides to turn the tables on Raghav and teach him a lesson.

Cast

Production

Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the Hindi movie Chupke Chupke and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh Aravind to act in the film. [6] Newcomer Neethu was chosen to play the female lead. [7] Deepali, who had previously acted in Nanna Preethiya Hudugi , was chosen to play the second female lead. [8] [9]

Soundtrack

Joke Falls
Soundtrack album by
Mano Murthy
Released2004
Genre Film soundtrack

The music is scored by Mano Murthy and was big hit. [10]

Song titleSingers
"Gandhavathi" Rajesh Krishnan
"Swaraga Shrusthi Modala"Rajesh & Chetan Sosca
"Nanna Beladingalu Neenu" Kavita Krishnamurthy
"O Prema Tangaliye" Nanditha
"Naguvina Loka Idu"Chetan Sosca & Nanditha

Release and reception

Joke Falls was released on 3 December 2004. [11] The film received a good response, and ran for a hundred days in Bangalore. [12] [13] [14] [15] It was the first Kannada movie to run for twenty five weeks in PVR Cinemas in Bangalore. [16]

Joke Falls received positive reviews from critics as well as audiences. [17] [18] A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "The film is hilarious comedy". [17] A critic from Sify wrote that "If you are looking for a comedy film, go ahead and watch it". [19] A critic from Viggy wrote that if you can forget the film's drawbacks, "its laughter laughter and laughter all the way". [18]

The movie also saw screenings in Australia, Canada, and the United States. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ Joke Falls is basically an NRI movie
  2. ↑ "Welcome to joke falls". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Joke Falls all set for this winter
  4. ↑ JokeFalls in cyberspace
  5. ↑ "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend? - Times of India".
  6. ↑ ""Cinema is a team effort": Ramesh Aravind". Sify . Archived from the original on 11 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Journey To Joke Falls
  8. ↑ NRI girl for NRI's film Joke Falls!
  9. ↑ Deepali is back
  10. ↑ Catchy tunes of Joke Falls
  11. ↑ Experience Joke Falls this Friday
  12. ↑ Joke Falls - unbeaten half-century
  13. ↑ Joke Falls - unbeaten century
  14. ↑ Joke falls hit movie of 2004
  15. ↑ Deepak, S. N. (2 January 2005). "2004: An average hit". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Joke Falls went on to celebrate 25 weeks Silver Jubilee in Bangalore.
  17. 1 2 G. N. S. (5 December 2004). "Joke Falls". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  18. 1 2 Joke Falls - film review
  19. ↑ Moviebuzz. "Review: Joke Falls". Sify . Archived from the original on 21 December 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  20. ↑ Joke Falls on US screens
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