Hendthighelbedi

Hendthighelbedi
Directed byDinesh Babu
Written byDinesh Babu
Produced byShobha Prakash
StarringAnant Nag
Mahalakshmi
Sundar Krishna Urs
Devaraj
CinematographyDinesh Babu
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byVijayanand
Production
company
Rakshitha Films
Distributed byRajassu Films Pvt. Ltd.
Bhuvaneshwari Pictures
Chandrashekhara Movies
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Hendthighelbedi (pronunciation transl.Don't Tell to Wife) is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language comedy thriller film, written and directed by Dinesh Babu. It stars Anant Nag and Mahalakshmi. The supporting cast features Sundar Krishna Urs, Devaraj, Tara and Bangalore Nagesh. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Vijayanand.

Set in Murnad, in the Kodagu region of Karnataka, the film tells the story of how Anand (Nag), a businessman and a meek husband of Chitra (Mahalakshmi), goes about tackling with double murder that he is wrongly accused of, by his friend and the culprit Srinivas (Urs). The film, upon release, received favorable reviews. At the 37th Filmfare Awards South, Nag was awarded the Best Actor.