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{{Infobox film
| name = ...Re
| image = 2016 Kannada film ...Re poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Sunil Kumar Desai]]
| producer = Lokesh R.
| story = Sunil Kumar Desai
| screenplay = Sunil Kumar Desai
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ramesh Aravind]]<br/>[[Anant Nag]]<br/>[[Harshika Poonacha]]<br/>Suman <br/>Divya Shetty Shridhar
| music = [[Hamsalekha]]
| cinematography = [[G.S. Bhaskar]]
| editing = B. S. Kemparaj
| released = {{film date|2016|03|04|df=yes}}
| studio = Sujana Creations
| distributor = Jayanna Films
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''...Re''''' ({{Langx|en|If}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]]-language [[Comedy|comedy film]] written and directed by [[Sunil Kumar Desai]].<ref name="newindianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Loving-it-with-Re/2015/11/05/article3113663.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021710/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Loving-it-with-Re/2015/11/05/article3113663.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 2015|title=Loving it with Re|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The film has an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of veteran actors: [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Anant Nag]], Master Hirannaiah, [[Loknath]], [[Shivaram]], [[Tennis Krishna]], [[Ramesh Bhat]], [[Vaijanath Biradar]], [[Sharath Lohithaswa]], [[Suman Nagarkar|Suman]], [[G. K. Govinda Rao]] among others.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} [[Harshika Poonacha]] and debutant actress Suman play female leads in the film.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Ananth Nag had revealed that the movie is thematically similar to Badal Sircar's play ''Ballabpurer Roopkatha''.<ref name="dhwanidesai">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Lucky-to-play-challenging-roles-Ananth-Nag/articleshow/51175447.cms|title=Lucky to play challenging roles: Ananth Nag|author=Dhwani Desai|date=28 February 2016|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Ramesh Aravind]] as Papanna "Papu" Rao
* [[Anant Nag]] as Narayan Rao
* [[Harshika Poonacha]] as Parvathi
* Suman as Preethi Bhat
* [[Ramesh Bhat]] as Achyuth Rao
* [[Master Hirannaiah]] as Vasudev Achar
* [[Loknath]] as [[Dewan of Mysore|Dewan]] Bhima Rao
* [[G. K. Govinda Rao]] as Samskrutha's father
* [[Srinivas Prabhu]] as Narayan Rao's great-grandfather
* [[Shivaram]] as Govinda Rao Sharmana "Samskrutha"
* [[Chi. Guru Dutt]] as Dr. Kuju
* [[Sharath Lohithaswa]] as Gangaraja / Shobharaj
* [[Vaijanath Biradar]]
* Divya Shetty Shridhar as Shreya
* Mahesh Nethrekar
* [[P. D. Sathish Chandra]] as ghost
* Prashanth
* [[Tennis Krishna]] as auto rickshaw driver
* [[Mandeep Roy]] as physicist
* Chidanand
* [[Suman Nagarkar]] in a cameo in song "Savi Nenapina"
* [[Sunil Kumar Desai]] as doctor (cameo)
}}

==Production==
Pre-production of the film started in 2013 with the title ''Thandana Thandanaana''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/I-got-offers-but-from-the-wrong-kind-of-people/articleshow/50683462.cms|title=I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> It was revealed that Lokesh R. under Sujana Creations would produce the film and that it would be mostly shot in and around Bengaluru.

Ace cinematographer [[G. S. Bhaskar]] who previously worked for Hollywood technicians such as [[Richard Attenborough]] handled the camera.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/attenborough-as-seen-through-bhaskars-eyes/article6350928.ece|title=Attenborough as seen through Bhaskar's eyes|author=Muralidhara Khajane|work=The Hindu|date=25 August 2014}}</ref> Veteran music director [[Hamsalekha]] was signed to score music for the film. [[Anant Nag]] stated that the film was thematically similar to [[Badal Sircar]]'s play ''Ballabpurer Roopkatha''.<ref name="dhwanidesai">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Lucky-to-play-challenging-roles-Ananth-Nag/articleshow/51175447.cms|title=Lucky to play challenging roles: Ananth Nag|author=Dhwani Desai|date=28 February 2016|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[The New Indian Express]]'', the film's director [[Sunil Kumar Desai]] said that the film revolves around the "'ifs' of our lives".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Re-Revolves-Around-the-ifs-of-our-Lives-Desai/2016/03/03/article3306972.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055048/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Re-Revolves-Around-the-ifs-of-our-Lives-Desai/2016/03/03/article3306972.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title='Re' Revolves Around the 'ifs' of our Lives: Desai|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Lead actor of the film [[Ramesh Aravind]] described the film as "an out of the box love story, which has deep meaning with weird characterisations".<ref name="newindianexpress.com"/> Nag also felt that the film had "serious messages" about Indian cultural heritage and [[Adi Shankara]]'s [[Advaita]] philosophy.<ref name="dhwanidesai"/>

The film was touted as a comeback film for veterans of Kannada cinema such as director Desai, composer Hamsalekha and senior artists [[Loknath]] and [[Shivaram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE/113977/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%87-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF|title=ದೇಸಾಯಿ ರಿಟರ್ನ್ಸ್ ನಾನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದನ್ನೇ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಿ|work=udayavani.com|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033131/http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE/113977/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%87-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF|url-status=dead}}</ref> In an interview with the ''[[Times of India]]'', Ramesh Aravind said that ''...Re'' may seem like a film from the 70s or 80s and that the "old world charm" of the film was intentional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Ananth-Nag-my-chemistry-shows-onscreen/articleshow/51221356.cms|title=Ananth Nag, my chemistry shows onscreen|author=Prathibha Joy|date=2 March 2016|work=The Times of India}}</ref> The film makes a sweeping criticism at the state of open defecation in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gktoday.in/gk/open-defecation-in-india/|title=Open Defecation in India}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{|class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song title !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Nanondu Bilihaale" || Badri Prasad, Hiranmayee || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| 2 || "Savi Nenapina" || Badri Prasad || Hamsalekha
|-
|}

==Reception==
A reviewer of [[Kannada Prabha]] wrote"Sunil Kumar Desai, who weaves a story that takes place almost between the four walls, goes to build a hall of speech, is not a good drama and does not show excellence technically, Sunil Kumar Desai is disappointing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/review/2016/mar/04/-re-kannada-film-review-269953.html |title=ಪ್ರೇ'ತಾತ'ಮಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಮಾತಿನ ಮಂಟಪದ ಆಸ'..ರೆ' |date=4 March 2016|work= [[Kannada Prabha]]|language=kn|access-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204140935/https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/review/2016/mar/04/-re-kannada-film-review-269953.html |archive-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> Sunayana Suresh from [[The Times of India]] says "While the soundtrack from Hamsalekha could have been a tad more contemporary, that can be forgiven given the old-world charm to the entire tale. Watch this for a dose of laughter, with some intelligent witticisms as the bonus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/-re/movie-review/51275960.cms |title=...Re? Movie Review |date=14 May 2016|work= [[The Times of India]] |language=en|access-date=4 December 2023|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204201423/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/-re/movie-review/51275960.cms |archive-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> Shyam Prasad S from [[Bangalore Mirror]] says "Ramesh Aravind delivers another good performance and seems to be growing younger. It can be safely said that Harshika Poonacha is one of the best actresses in Sandalwood".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-re/articleshow/51260765.cms |title=Movie Review ..Re |date=4 March 2016|work= [[Bangalore Mirror]] |language=en|access-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501093748/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-re/articleshow/51260765.cms |archive-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|re-skd.com}}
* {{IMDb title|tt3116888}}

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[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:2016 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sunil Kumar Desai]]
[[Category:2016 comedy films]]

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