Kittu Puttu

Kittu Puttu is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Manjula, K. Vijaya and Vaishali Kasaravalli. The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs tuned by Rajan–Nagendra 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 was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi version and by Dwarakish 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
 * Dwarakish as Puttu and Kutti (double role)
 * Manjula as Roopa, Kittu's lover
 * K. Vijaya as Deepa, Puttu's Lover
 * Vaishali Kasaravalli 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
 * 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 Rajan–Nagendra and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song "Nille Gowramma" and "Kaalvannu Thadeyoru" were received extremely well. The latter song was reused retaining the same lyrics and tune in the film Apthamitra (2004) by music director Gurukiran.