''Kittu Puttu'' () is a 1977 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language

comedy drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish ( ), was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cine ...

. The film stars Vishnuvardhan,

, Manjula, K. Vijaya and

Vaishali Kasaravalli Vaishali Kasaravalli (12 April 1952 – 27 September 2010) was a noted Kannada actress, television serial director, and costume designer. Early life She was born on 12 April 1952 in Gulbarga to theatre enthusiast parents Dr. Chitagopi and ...

. The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs tuned by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...

were huge hits. The movie is a remake of 1967 Tamil movie '' Anubavi Raja Anubavi'' which was also earlier remade in Hindi in 1973 as '' Do Phool''. ''Kittu Puttu'' went on to also inspire the 1993 Hindi movie '' Aankhen''. The Tamil movie was also remade in Marathi as ''Changu Mangu'' (1990) and had one of the characters singing a Kannada song ''Naa Ninna Jeeva Ramanna'' which comes at the same sequence as ''Maatonda Heluve'' in this movie. The dual role played by

Nagesh Nageshwaran Rao (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor and comedian mostly remembered for his comic roles in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in ov ...

was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi version and by

in the Kannada version. Earlier, the triple role played by Nagesh in '' Panakkara Kudumbam'' was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi version ('' Humjoli'') and by Dwarakish in the Kannada version ('' Bhale Huduga'').

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Kittu *

as Puttu and Kutti (double role) * Manjula as Roopa, Kittu's lover * K. Vijaya as Deepa, Puttu's Lover *

as Kamali, Kutti's Lover * Lokanath as Kittu and Puttu's father * M. P. Shankar as smuggler * Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Kittu and Puttu's uncle *

Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar. Career Prabhakar ...

* Jayashree as Kittu and Puttu's mother * Narasimharaju as Roopa and Deepa's father * Annapoornamma as Kutti's mother * Shimoga Venkatesh

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song "Nille Gowramma" and "Kaalvannu Thadeyoru" were received extremely well. The latter song (Kaalavannu Thadeyoru) was set in Raga '' Bageshri'', which was reused retaining the same lyrics and tune in the film '' Apthamitra'' (2004) by music director Gurukiran.

References

External links

* 1977 films 1977 comedy-drama films 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Indian comedy-drama films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Twins in Indian films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Kannada remakes of Tamil films Films produced by Dwarakish {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub