Joke Falls

Joke Falls is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language comedy movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by Atlanta Nagendra. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Neetha, Deepali and Dilip Thadeshwar. Music was composed by Mano Murthy. The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie Chupke Chupke which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie Chhadmabeshi.

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.

Production
Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the Hindi movie Chupke Chupke and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh Aravind 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.

Soundtrack
The music is scored by Mano Murthy and was big hit.

Release and reception
Joke Falls was released on 3 December 2004. The film received a good response, and ran for a hundred days in Bangalore. It was the first Kannada movie to run for twenty five weeks in PVR Cinemas in Bangalore.

Joke Falls received positive reviews from critics as well as audiences. A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "The film is hilarious comedy". A critic from Sify wrote that "If you are looking for a comedy film, go ahead and watch it". A critic from Viggy wrote that if you can forget the film's drawbacks, "its laughter laughter and laughter all the way".

The movie also saw screenings in Australia, Canada, and the United States.