Olu Saar Bari Olu

Olu Saar Bari Olu (transl. Lies sir, just lies) is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by Nagendra Magudi. A remake of the Marathi film Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (1988),^[1] the film stars Jayanthi, Ramesh Aravind, Anu Prabhakar, Mohan, Balaraj and Pramod Chakravarthi. The original story itself is based on Sailesh Dey's Bengali play Joymakali Boarding.

Olu Saar Bari Olu
DVD cover
Directed by	Nagendra Magudi
Written by	Thadoor Keshav (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Nagendra Magadi
Story by	Thadoor Keshav[a]
Produced by	Ananda Apagola
Starring	Jayanthi Ramesh Aravind Anu Prabhakar Mohan Balaraj Pramod Chakravarthy
Cinematography	Anaji Nagaraj
Edited by	Lakshman Sanjeev
Music by	Rajdev
Production company	Sri Sangolli Rayanna Creations
Release date	29 October 2002 (2002-10-29)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Raghupati, a makeup artist for Roja, stays in his homeowner's house with his brother Pammi in Bangalore. His friends Sadanand and Balu want to stay in the house too but the homeowner doesn't let them. They come across Jayanthi Deshpande's house, who only lends her house to couples. Raghupati comes up with a plan where Sadanand and Balu come to the house dressed as Pammi's and Ragupati's wives, respectively. How they hide their identities and how they console their girlfriends forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Jayanthi as Jayanthi Deshpande
• Ramesh Aravind as Raghupati a.k.a. Olu Raghu
• Anu Prabhakar as Roja
• Mohan as Sadanand a.k.a. Chandralekha
• Balaraj as Balu a.k.a. Chitralekha
• Pramod Chakravarthy as Pammi
• Ruchita Prasad
• Hamsa
• Ushakiran
• Bank Janardhan as Raghupati and Pammi's houseowner
• Karibasavaiah
• Tennis Krishna
• Vaijanath Biradar
• M. N. Lakshmi Devi

Production

The film was reported to be similar to Samayakkondu Sullu (1996) and was made with the intention to make the audience laugh for two-and-a-half hours.^[2][3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Rajdev.^[4]

All lyrics are written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mavane Nanna Rajane"	B. Jayashree	4:25
2.	"Ee Jaghave Ondhu Maya"	Rajdev, Hemanth	4:51
3.	"Seereyannu Hudisidare"	Sangeetha Katti, Nanditha	4:11
4.	"Prema Vasantha"	Manu, Sangeetha Katti	5:08
5.	"Olu Sir Idhella"	Hemanth, Nanditha, Rajdev	4:38
Total length:			23:13

Reception

A critic from Viggy praised the performances of the cast and the film's sense of comedy while criticizing the music.^[5]

The film was a box office success.^[6]

Notes

1. Although the film is a remake, Thadoor Keshav takes credit for the story.