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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Policena Hendthi<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Om Sai Prakash]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| story=[[Relangi Narasimha Rao]]<br />
| starring = [[Shashikumar]] <br />[[Malashri]] <br />[[Devaraj]] <br />[[Vinaya Prasad]]<br />
| producer = Hariprasad <br />Raghu Babu <br />Sudhakar <br />A. J. V. Prasad<br />
| music = [[M. Ranga Rao]]<br />
| cinematography = [[J.G. Krishna]]<br />
| editing = K. Narasaiah<br />
| studio = Dynamic Film Makers<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990||}}<br />
| runtime = 135 minutes<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| country = India<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''Policena Hendthi''''' ({{lang-kn|ಪೋಲೀಸ್ನ ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ}}; English: ''Policeman's wife'') is a 1990 Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[drama film|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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307336/fullcredits/ Film cast and crew]</ref> The film's music was composed by [[M. Ranga Rao]]. The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Police Bharya]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
This propaganda attack on lower-caste people tells 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. The woman's achievements are connected with her devotion to her husband and family, exemplifying Brahminical morality.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Shashikumar]]<br />
* [[Malashri]] as Vanaja<br />
* [[Devaraj]] <br />
* [[Vinaya Prasad]]<br />
* [[Jai Jagadish]]<br />
* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]<br />
* Anjana<br />
* [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]]<br />
* [[M. S. Umesh]]<br />
* [[Srinivasa Murthy]]<br />
* Kaminidharan<br />
* [[Sudha Narasimharaju]]<br />
* [[Bank Janardhan]]<br />
* [[Mysore Lokesh]]<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[M. Ranga Rao]].<ref>[http://mio.to/album/Policena+Hendathi+%281990%29 Policena Hendthi songs]</ref><br />
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{{track listing <br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| collapsed = no<br />
| title1 = Hari Om Hari Om<br />
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]<br />
| lyrics1 = [[R. N. Jayagopal]]<br />
| length1 = <br />
| title2 = Nee Ondu Saari<br />
| extra2 = Mano, Radhika<br />
| lyrics2 = R. N. Jayagopal<br />
| length2 = <br />
| title3 = Modalane Chumbana<br />
| extra3 = Mano, [[Manjula Gururaj]]<br />
| lyrics3 =R. N. Jayagopal<br />
| length3 = <br />
| title4 = Karthika Masadali Hunnime Deepa<br />
| extra4 = Manjula Gururaj<br />
| lyrics4 = R. N. Jayagopal<br />
| length4 = <br />
| title5 = Ammamma Medamma<br />
| extra5 = Mano, Radhika<br />
| lyrics5 = R. N. Jayagopal<br />
| length5 = <br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0307336}}<br />
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{{Sai Prakash}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Policena Hendthi}}<br />
[[Category:1990 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990 comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. Ranga Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sai Prakash]]<br />
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