Policena Hendthi

{{Infobox film

| name = Policena Hendthi

| image =

| caption =

| director = Om Sai Prakash

| writer =

| story=Relangi Narasimha Rao

| starring = Shashikumar
Malashri
Devaraj
Vinaya Prasad

| producer = Hariprasad
Raghu Babu
Sudhakar
A. J. V. Prasad

| music = M. Ranga Rao

| cinematography = J.G. Krishna

| editing = K. Narasaiah

| studio = Dynamic Film Makers

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990||}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| language = Kannada

| country = India

| budget =

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Policena Hendthi ({{translation|Policeman's wife}}) is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash and produced under Dynamic Film Makers. The film features Shashikumar, Malashri and Devaraj in the lead roles.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307336/fullcredits/ Film cast and crew] The film's music was composed by M. Ranga Rao. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Police Bharya.

Plot

This a story of Vanaja (Malashree), a television news reader who provides for her brother Avatari Lokayya (Devaraj) and his wife (Vinaya Prasad). The unemployed brother makes his money by putting on various disguises until he is caught trying to masquerade as a lower-caste person in order to obtain state benefits. He later delivers a speech about the evils anti-caste discrimination laws. Vanaja marries a timid cop (Shashikumar) and transforms him into a real man. She also arranges the cop's sister's marriage while herself getting through a tough civil service examination.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. Ranga Rao.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141114142908/http://mio.to/album/Policena+Hendathi+%281990%29 Policena Hendthi songs]

{{track listing

| headline = Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Hari Om Hari Om

| extra1 = Mano

| lyrics1 = R. N. Jayagopal

| length1 =

| title2 = Nee Ondu Saari

| extra2 = Mano, Radhika

| lyrics2 = R. N. Jayagopal

| length2 =

| title3 = Modalane Chumbana