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{{Infobox film
| name = Joke Falls
| image = Kannadamoviejokefalls.jpg
| caption =
| director = Ashok Patil
| producer = [[Atlanta Nagendra]]
| writer = Ashok Patil
| screenplay = Ashok Patil
| studio = Om Creations
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2004|12|04|df=y}}
| runtime = 2 hours 31 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| narrator =
| music = [[Mano Murthy]]
| cinematography = Ashok cashyap
| editing = T. Shashi kumar
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ramesh Aravind]]<br/>[[Neethu (actress)|Neethu]]
| budget = {{INR}}1 crores
| gross =
}}

'''Jokefalls''' is a 2004 [[India]]n [[Kannada]]-language [[comedy]] movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by [[Atlanta Nagendra]].<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_joke_falls.asp Joke Falls is basically an NRI movie]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july112004/enter8.asp |title=Welcome to joke falls |access-date=27 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230725/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july112004/enter8.asp |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_joke_falls03.asp Joke Falls all set for this winter]</ref> Music was composed by [[Mano Murthy]].
<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_joke_falls_website.asp JokeFalls in cyberspace ]</ref><ref>[http://www.viggy.com/jokefalls/gallery.asp Joke falls gallery]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.chitraranga.com/picbase/jokefalls_pmeet.htm Joke falls press meet photos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929131302/http://www.chitraranga.com/picbase/jokefalls_pmeet.htm |date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]'' which itself was based on the 1971 Bengali movie ''[[Chhadmabeshi]]''.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms</ref>

==General background==
Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the [[Hindi]] movie [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]] and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181211021947/http://www.sify.com/movies/kannada/interview.php?id=13608188&cid=2404 Cinema is a team effort]</ref> to act in the film. Newcomer Neethu was chosen to play the female lead.
<ref>[https://archive.today/20130411071751/http://www.mangalorean.com/printarticle.php?arttype=localnews&newsid=754 Journey To Joke Falls]</ref> Deepali who had previously acted in ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' was chosen to play the second female lead.<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_joke_falls01.asp NRI girl for NRI's film Joke Falls!]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130411194120/http://www.sify.com/movies/deepali-is-back-news-kannada-kkfvKIjfbda.html Deepali is back]</ref>

==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==
* [[Ramesh Aravind]] as Anant Patil, [[botany]] professor
* [[Neethu]] as Sulekha
* Deepali as Vasudha
* [[Sudha Belawadi]]
* Dileep as Sukumar
* Pallavi as Kamala
* [[Sharan (actor)|Sharan]] as N. A. Prashanth, Close friend of Ananth
* [[H. G. Dattatreya]] as Raghavendra Joshi, a lawyer
* Jayalakshmi
* Nagarathna
* Lamboo Nagesh
* [[Sanketh Kashi]]
* Nagashekar
* Shivaram (kulla)
* Micheal Madhu
* [[Sihi Kahi Chandru]]
* M. S. Umesh

==Crew==
*Director: Ashok Patil
*Producer: Atlanta Nagendra
*Music: Manomurthy
*Cinematography: Ashok Kashyap
*Editing: Shashi Kumar
*Lyrics: K.Kalyan, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
*Singers: Rajesh, Nandita, Chetan, Kavitha KrishnaMurthy

==Soundtrack==
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| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Mano Murthy]]
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The music is scored by [[Mano Murthy]] and was big hit.<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_joke_falls_cassette.asp Catchy tunes of Joke Falls]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Song title !! Singers
|-
|"Gandhavathi" || [[Rajesh Krishnan]]
|-
|"Swaraga Shrusthi Modala" || Rajesh & [[Chetan Sosca]]
|-
|"Nanna Beladingalu Neenu" || [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
|-
|"O Prema Tangaliye" || [[Nanditha]]
|-
|"Naguvina Loka Idu" || Chetan Sosca & Nanditha
|}

==Reviews==
Joke falls received positive reviews from critics as well as audiences.<ref>[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec052004/mr3.asp The film is hilarious comedy]</ref><ref>[http://viggy.com/english/review_joke_falls.asp Joke Falls - film review]</ref>

==Box-Office==
Joke falls was released on 3 December 2004.<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/wings_joke_falls.asp Experience Joke Falls this Friday]</ref> The film received a good response, and ran for a hundred days in [[Bangalore]].<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_jokefalls_50days.asp Joke Falls - unbeaten half-century]</ref><ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_jokefalls_100days.asp Joke Falls - unbeaten century]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3152-2004-year-round-up.html Joke falls hit movie of 2004]</ref><ref>[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan022005/enter4.asp Joke falls - Hit of 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/hit-percentage-hit-quotient-of-actors.6048/page-2 Joke Falls - Super hit]</ref> It was the first Kannada movie to run for twenty five weeks in [[PVR Cinemas]] in Bangalore.<ref>[http://www.nripulse.com/CityNews/MumBhaiConnection.html Joke Falls went on to celebrate 25 weeks Silver Jubilee in Bangalore.]</ref>

The movie also saw screenings in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], and the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_jokefalls_us_release.asp Joke Falls on US screens]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.chirag-entertainers.com/film/Jokefalls/jf.asp Joke falls schedule in USA and Canada]</ref><ref>[http://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/kannada-movies-usa-overseas-box-office.6659/ Joke falls highest grossing film in USA in 2005]</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Mano Murthy]]
[[Category:Kannada remakes of Bengali films]]

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