''Bombat Hendthi'' is a 1992 Indian

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-language

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film directed by P. N. Ramachandra Rao and produced by R. Sriramulu. A remake of Rao's

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film, '' Chitram Bhalare Vichitram'' (1991), the film featured an ensemble cast including Shridhar,

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Sihi Kahi Chandru Chandrashekar (born 1962 23 July), known by his stage name Sihi Kahi Chandru, which literally means "sweet and bitter" Chandru, is an Indian Kannada film and television actor. Career His wife ''Sihi Kahi Geetha'' and he were the main protagoni ...

, Shruti, Abhinaya, Anjali and

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. The film's music was composed by

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and cinematography is by Babji. The same story was remade in Tamil and released in 1995 as '' Aanazhagan''.

Plot

Sridhar, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Ramesh Bhat and Tennis Krishna are good friends and stay together as tenants at Dhirendra Gopal's residence. After being thrown out of the house they start searching new house for rent but no one are ready to give their house for bachelors. Finally, they land up in a place where the landlady insists on having a family as her tenants. The four bachelors dress up to be a man (Ramesh Bhat), his retarded brother (Tennis Krishna), his father (Sihi Kahi Chandru) and his wife (Shridhar). Later, Sridhar falls in love with the landlady's daughter and all hell breaks loose.

Cast

* Shridhar *

* Shruti * Manju Malini * Abhinaya * Anjali *

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* Mysore Lokesh *

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* Atthili Lakshmi * Shanthamma *

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* Srishailan * Neegro Johnny

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal.

References

1992 films 1990s Kannada-language films Indian comedy-drama films 1992 comedy-drama films Kannada remakes of Telugu films Cross-dressing in Indian films Films scored by Upendra Kumar {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub