''Joke Falls'' is a 2004

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movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by Atlanta Nagendra. Music was composed by

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. The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie ''

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'' which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie ''

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Production

Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the

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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

* Ramesh Aravind as Anant Patil,

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as Sulekha * Deepali as Vasudha *

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* Dileep as Sukumar * Pallavi as Kamala * Sharan as N. A. Prashanth, Close friend of Ananth *

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as Raghavendra Joshi, a lawyer * Jayalakshmi * Nagarathna * Lamboo Nagesh *

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* Nagashekar * Shivaram (kulla) * Micheal Madhu * Sihi Kahi Chandru * 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

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in Bangalore. The movie also saw screenings in

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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