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{{Infobox film
|name = Kappu Bilupu
|image =
|caption =
|director = [[Puttanna Kanagal]]
|producer = Ravikumar
|writer = Aryamba Pattabhi
|screenplay = Puttanna Kanagal
|based_on = {{Based on|''Kappu Bilupu''|[[Aryamba Pattabhi]]}}
|starring = [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]<br>[[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]]
|music = R. Rathna
|cinematography = D. V. Rajaram
|editing = G. Veluswamy
|released = 1969
|runtime =
|country = India
|language = Kannada
}}

'''''Kappu Bilupu''''' ({{lang-kn|ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಿಳುಪು, which means Black and White}}) is a 1969 Indian [[Kannada language]] film directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal]]. Based on a novel of the same name by [[Aryamba Pattabhi]], this movie revolves around the contrasting behaviors of an identical, yet distinct pair of twins. The film starred [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] in dual roles. Puttanna himself remade the movie in Tamil as ''[[Irulum Oliyum]]'' and in Telugu as ''Iddaru Ammayilu''.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Irulum-Oliyum-1971/article16078778.ece|title=Irulum Oliyum (1971)|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 October 2016|accessdate=13 July 2021}}</ref>

Puttanna used the movie as a medium for speaking to the youth of the ideals he derived from Vivekananda. The settings are simple and mostly rural. The story is about how domestic peace was better than a glamorously consumptive lifestyle. The juxtaposition of the two sisters played by Kalpana in a black and white background was a clever trick.{{According to whom|date=May 2016}} [[H R Shastry]] and [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] play dignified elders who in many ways are sympathetic but helpless. There were a couple of simple but moving melodies.

==Characters==
Placeholder1 ([[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]): A docile, well-mannered girl, ill-treated by her step-mother <br />
Placeholder2 ([[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]): Brash, licentious sister of Placeholder1 who cares nigh for others <br />
Placeholder3 ([[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]]): Eligible bachelor<br />
Placeholder4 ([[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]]): Placeholder2's father/Placeholder1's uncle (Placeholder1's dad's brother)

==Story==
A Cinderella-inspired story. A commentary on the ultimate triumph of good character over situational advantages. Kalpana in her first role is a well-mannared girl who is being ill-treated by her stepmother. Her second character indulges in a wanton lifestyle bereft of kindness.

==Soundtrack==
R. Rathna composed the music for the soundtrack.

{|class="wikitable"
!Sl No!!Song Title!!Singers!!Lyrics
|-
|1||"Amma Ninna Tholinalli"||[[P. Susheela]]||[[R. N. Jayagopal]]
|-
|2||"Bhale Brahmachari"||[[L. R. Eswari]]||R. N. Jayagopal
|-
|3||"Cheluvina Kenneye"||L. R. Eswari||R. N. Jayagopal
|-
|4||"Indina Hindu Deshada"||[[P. B. Srinivas]]||R. N. Jayagopal
|-
|5||"Ee Chandada Maneyalli"||P. Susheela||R. N. Jayagopal
|-
|6||"Ide Roopa Ade Nota"||[[P. B. Srinivas]]||R. N. Jayagopal
|-
|}

==Remakes==
The film was remade in 1971 by Puttanna in two languages - in Tamil as ''[[Irulum Oliyum]]'' and in Telugu as ''Iddaru Ammayilu''.<ref name=hindu/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0231872}}

{{Puttanna Kanagal}}

[[Category:1960s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Puttanna Kanagal]]
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]

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