5 Kannada Comedy Classics To Enjoy On A Sunday

The 90s and 2000s decade had Kannada cinema producing amazing comedy content films which have been evergreen classics and having a huge cult following. These comedy films never fail to make us laugh whenever they are watched. Here are some of the classic comedy films to enjoy on a Sunday with your family:

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This hilarious comedy entertainer stars Ramesh Aravind, S Narayan and Mohan. It is directed by Rajendra Singh Babu. This comedy film is 'keep-your-brains-at-home' genre, and only focusses on getting you into ROFL mode, through the performances, situations and dialogues. The central theme is used as a tool to stage the comic scenes, and this works really well.

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'Yarigu Helbedi' is one of the many films that failed at the box office, but later developed a cult following. This is a film had great performers — Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Girija Lokesh, Doddanna, Satyabhama and Kunigal Nagabhushan — but the real star in the housing society is the character who says, "Chennagi Helidri" ("you said it very well"). Set in the 90s, the movie follows the middle class dream of owning a house. The film is well dated today as this middle class problem continues even today.

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Debut film of Upendra as director, had the then upcoming Jaggesh and Anjali Sudhakar. The film ticked all the boxes for a rip roaring comedy. It can be called crass and cringe-worthy, but it brings in the laughs. The film follows a simple plot: a boy, whose parents are angling for a girl who will bring in a fat dowry, marries a girl from a simple background and tries to change his parents' outlook. There are a lot of situations that today's generation will wince seeing!

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The second of the 'Ganesha series', 'Gauri Ganesha' reunited Anant Nag and director Phani Ramachandra. The film had Anant Nag play Lambodhara, a conman who accidentally receives the diary of a dead woman named Gauri. On learning about the three men in Gauri's life, Lambodhara decides to blackmail them, falsely implicating them in Gauri's pregnancy. The film has received a few State Awards and stars Master Anand as Ganesha. The film was remade in Telugu also.

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This film is the first of the 'Ganesha series' from the combo of actor Anant Nag and director Phani Ramachandra. Set in a middle class housing complex where fights between the tenants and the owner are all too common, the movie also has several subplots involving a beer-loving roommate, a cricket-crazy mom and the lead pair who exchange letters without revealing their true identities. The movie set the box office on fire with audience thronging the theatres. 'Ganeshana Maduve' is one of the finest comedies from the Kannada industry.

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