Deepavali is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film starring Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Bhavana and Chandini. The film is directed and written by Dinesh Babu. The film became a box-office failure.
The film was originally launched under the title Mela with Mahesh Sukhadare, director of Sambrama being the director. It was launched at Kanteerava studios.
All the songs are composed and scored by M. M. Keeravani.
A critic from indiainfo.com wrote that "The film is certainly worth a dekho (watch) for those on the look out for clean entertainment". go4i wrote "It's a neat and clean film without any vulgarity, senseless action and violence. The film has comedy too. [..] The first and the second half of the film are balanced, a rare quality these days."