''Joke Falls'' is a 2004

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movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by

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. Music was composed by

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. The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie '' Chupke Chupke'' which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie '' Chhadmabeshi''.

Production

Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the

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movie Chupke Chupke and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh to act in the film. Newcomer Neethu was chosen to play the female lead. Deepali who had previously acted in ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' was chosen to play the second female lead.

Plot

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Anant Patil falls in love with Sulekha and marries her to the dismay of Sulekha's

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, Raghav Joshi. Raghav refuses to attend the wedding. But Anant decides to turn the tables on Raghav and teach him a lesson.

Cast

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as Anant Patil,

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professor *

Neethu Neethu, also known as Neethu Shetty, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and a few Tulu and Malayalam films. She won acclaim and praise for movies like '' Joke Falls'' (2004), '' Beru'' (2005), ''Photographe ...

as Sulekha * Deepali as Vasudha * Sudha Belawadi * Dileep as Sukumar * Pallavi as Kamala * Sharan as N. A. Prashanth, Close friend of Ananth * H. G. Dattatreya as Raghavendra Joshi, a lawyer * Jayalakshmi * Nagarathna * Lamboo Nagesh *

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* Nagashekar * Shivaram (kulla) * Micheal Madhu *

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* M. S. Umesh

Soundtrack

The music is scored by

and was big hit.

Reception

Joke falls received positive reviews from critics as well as audiences.

Box office

Joke falls was released on 3 December 2004. The film received a good response, and ran for a hundred days in

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. It was the first Kannada movie to run for twenty five weeks in PVR Cinemas in Bangalore. The movie also saw screenings in Australia,

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, and the

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.Joke Falls on US screens
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References

{{Reflist 2004 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Mano Murthy Kannada remakes of Bengali films