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{{short description|2001 Kannada comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu
| image = Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu.jpg
| caption = VCD Cover
| director = [[Rajendra Singh Babu]]
| writer = Rajendra Singh Babu
| producer = [[Jai Jagadish]] <br> [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]] <br> [[Aditya (actor)|Dushyanth Singh]]
| starring = [[Ramesh Aravind]]<br />[[S. Narayan]]<br />[[Mohan Shankar|Mohan]]<br />[[Ananth Nag]]<br />[[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]<br />[[Umashree]]
| music = [[Hamsalekha]]
| language = Kannada
| country = India
| cinematography = [[B. C. Gowrishankar]]
| editing = B. S. Kemparaju
| studio = Lakshmi Creations
| released = {{Film date|2001|03|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
}}

'''''Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu''''' ({{translation| ''Sheep Sir Sheep''}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Kannada-language]] [[comedy film]] directed and written by [[Rajendra Singh Babu]]. The film stars [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[S. Narayan]], [[Mohan Shankar|Mohan]], [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]], Ruchita Prasad, and [[Ananth Nag]], Rani in lead roles. This is the first film in the [[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu (film series)|namesake series]] directed by Babu and was released on 23 March 2001 and received generally positive reviews from the critics and turned out to be box-office hit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kannada-film-industry-bahala-chennagide/articleshow/1101073884.cms|title=Kannada film industry 'Bahala Chennagide'|work=The Times of India|date=27 July 2001|last=Mehu|first=Sowmya Aji}}</ref>

The film won the [[Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film]] and also [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] to [[Umashree]] for the year [[2000–01 Karnataka State Film Awards|2001]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131102014049/http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards]</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/mussanje-adjudged-best-kannada-film/articleshow/1508408299.cms Mussanje adjudged best Kannada film]</ref> The film's title is based on a famous poem on [[herd mentality]] written by acclaimed poet [[K. S. Nissar Ahmed]].

==Plot==
Rummi, Nani and Moni are three inmates who want to remain in jail permanently as they do not want to witness the outside world. A kind-hearted inspector gets them released as he finds goodness in them and wants them to lead a good life. All three get a home thanks to an auto driver with a condition that one of them marries his middle-aged elder sister who is unmarried. Umashree falls in love with Nani assuming him to be Lord Krishna. However he escapes from the forced marriage. All three end up falling in love with other girls. Due to a mix up, they receive a bag of money intended for other robbers. The three witness Srinivasa Murthy's daughter and her lover kill themselves and after saving them, they learn that Srinivasa Murthy is ill and she is forced by her uncle to marry his immature son to take over her property. In the end, the trio, with the help of their lovers (two of them being undercover police), and an inspector teach them a lesson, have them arrested and they marry their partners.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Ramesh Aravind]] as Ramesh alias Rammi
*[[S. Narayan]] as Narayana alias Nani and Nani's father
*[[Mohan Shankar (actor)|Mohan]] as Mohan alias Moni
*[[Ananth Nag]] as Special Investigation Officer
*[[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]] as Ramya
*[[Ruchita Prasad]] as Dr Vijayalakshmi
*Bhavyasree Rai
*NGEF Ramamurthy as lawyer
*[[Umashree]] as Rukmini
*[[Srinivasa Murthy]] as Jail Warden Neelakanthappa
*[[Doddanna]] as Veerappa
*[[Komal Kumar]] as Ice Candy Gopala
*[[Vinayak Joshi]] as Bhavana's brother
*[[Rani (Tamil actress)|Rani]] as Malayali Kutty
*[[Harish Raj]] as Rajesh
*[[Sundar Raj]] as Sundar, Rukmini's brother
*[[Mandeep Roy]] as Tailor Seethapathi
*[[Honnavalli Krishna]] as Sampangi
*Bank Suresh
*Danny
*Ravi Varma
*[[Joe Simon (director)|Joe Simon]]
*Mari Mutthu
*Hulivana Gangadharayya
*Shankar Bhat
*Tharakesh Patel
}}

==Production==
The film was launched at Ramanashri California Resort, near Yelahanka in the outskirts of Bangalore and the film's first shot was also shot there on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2000 |title=''Kurigalu ... Saar Kurigalu'' Rajendra Singh Babu's film on the floors|url=http://www.expressindia.com/screen/20000811/rsets.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001119003500/http://www.expressindia.com/screen/20000811/rsets.htm |archive-date=19 November 2000 |access-date=13 November 2018 |website=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]}}</ref> Ramani who earlier worked in Telugu films and dialogue writer Nanjunda assisted in penning the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210154449/http://movies.indiainfo.com/kannada/onthesets/index.html|archive-date=10 February 2003|title=Indiainfo: Kannada: on the sets|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/kannada/onthesets/index.html|work=India info}}</ref>
==Soundtrack==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Ayyo Hogi Saar" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Hemanth Kumar]], Badri Prasad || [[Hamsalekha]]
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| 2 || "Chori Chakori" || Hemanth Kumar || Hamsalekha
|-
| 3 || "Sondi Sondi" || Hemanth Kumar, [[Rajesh Krishnan]], Badri Prasad || Hamsalekha
|-
| 4 || "Nidire Baradire" || Mano, Hemanth Kumar, Badri Prasad || Hamsalekha
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| 5 || "Kutti Kutti" || Ramesh Chandra, Chitra Sivaraman || Hamsalekha
|-
|}

== Reception ==
A critic from ''Chitraloka'' wrote that "A heavily loaded nonstop silly comedy surrounding the three wayward youths is quite interesting film. Forget the logic and watch this".<ref>[http://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/2351-kurigalu-saar-kurigalu-review.html Movie Review ]</ref> ''Indiainfo'' wrote "The movie basically suffers from a weak storyline; the story seems to be beyond even the director's control. The first half is funny but in the second half, the story loses shape".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/kannada/reviews/kurigalu.html|work=India Info|access-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030214052125/http://movies.indiainfo.com/kannada/reviews/kurigalu.html|title=Kurigalu Sar Kurigalu|archive-date=14 February 2003}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
*[http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/album/K0000009.html Songs at Raaga]

{{Rajendra Singh Babu}}
{{Saar series}}

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[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2001 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:2001 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian film series]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu]]

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