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{{Infobox film
| name = Bomma Borusa
| image = Bomma Borusa.jpg

| caption = Official poster
| director = [[K. Balachander]]
| producer = [[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar]]
| writer = K. Balachander
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]|[[S. Varalakshmi]]|[[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]]|[[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Rama Krishna]]|[[Venniradai Nirmala]]|[[Allu Rama Lingaiah]]|[[Mukkamala (actor)|Mukkamala]]|[[Rama Prabha]]|[[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]]}}
| music = R. Goverdhanam
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = [[A. V. M. Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|1971|08|28|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Bomma Borusa''''' ({{translation|Heads or Tails?}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[K. Balachander]].
It is a remake of the Tamil film ''[[Poova Thalaiya (1969 film)|Poova Thalaiya]]'', directed by K. Balachander himself.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |last2=Willeman| first2=Paul |publisher=Routledge |year=1999 |isbn=1-57958-146-3 |edition=2nd |pages=51, 235}}</ref> The film stars [[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Rama Krishna]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[S. Varalakshmi]], [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]], [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]], [[Allu Ramalingaiah]], [[Mukkamala (actor)|Mukkamala]], [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]] and [[Ramaprabha]].<ref name="BM1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharatmovies.com/telugu/info/Bomma_Borusa.htm |title=Bomma Borusa |publisher=Bharat Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331193248/http://bharatmovies.com/telugu/info/Bomma_Borusa.htm |archive-date=31 March 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=26 December 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
It was produced by [[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar]] and distributed by [[AVM Productions]]. The film music was composed by R. Goverdhanam and lyrics were written by [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah]].
<ref name="CM1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chimatamusic.com/searchlyr.php?st=Kosaraju%20Raghavaiah%20Chowdary |title=All Songs of Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chowdary |publisher=Chinmata Music |access-date=23 December 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="CM2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chimatamusic.com/chandraMohan.php |title=Chandra Mohan's Best Songs – 70's |publisher=Chinmata Music |access-date=23 December 2008}}</ref>

== Plot ==

It is an old classical family drama. Sundaram (Ramakrishna) is a rich businessman and he has an younger brother Sekhar (Chandra Mohan), a college going guy who loves his brother so much. Sundaram's mother-in-law Parvatham (S. Varalakshmi) who cares for his assets, shows her dominating character on Sekhar and Sundaram. She bets with Sekhar that she would separate him from his brother and puts some conditions that he should not tell his brother about the bet to prove his strength. Parvatham's second son-in-law (Chalam) identifies that his mother-in-law has moved to Sundaram's house. Soon the second son-in-law comes to the house and places a bet with Parvatham that she only should reveal that he is the son-in-law of her. Since then, both of them start proving their capacity to win the bet. The film revolves around who wins the bet and how it brings about a change in Parvathamma's beliefs.

== Cast ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Actor !! Character
|-
| [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] || Shekhar
|-
| [[S. Varalakshmi]] || Parvatamma
|-
| [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]] || Ranga
|-
| [[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Rama Krishna]] || Sundaram
|-
| [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] || Rekha
|-
| [[Allu Ramalingaiah]] || Chidambaramsetty
|-
| [[Mukkamala (actor)|Mukkamala]] ||
|-
| [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]] || Appula Appa Rao
|-
| [[Ramaprabha]] || Ammaji
|-
| [[Vijaya Nirmala]] ||
|}

== Soundtrack ==
# "Vesukunta Chempalu Vesukunta" (male)
# "Vesukunta Chempalu Vesukunta" (female)
# "Bomma Borusa Pandem Veyyi Needo Naado Paicheyi"
# "Vallu Jhillan Tunnadi"
# "Sarile Pove Vagaladi"
Soundtrack for this [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] film was composed by R. Goverdhanam and lyrics were written by [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah]].
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0154245|Bomma Borusa}}
* [http://www.omdb.si/index.php/ofilm/?i=44184 ''Bomma Borusa'' at Open Movie Database]
* [http://www.citwf.com/film41869.htm ''Bomma Borusa'' at CITWF]
* [https://archive.today/20130119052704/http://www.chakpak.com/movie/bomma-borusa/1952 ''Bomma Borusa'' at Chak Pak]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728044452/http://www.spicebrisbane.org/showMovie.php?m=14594 ''Bomma Borusa'' at Spice]
* [http://hollywood.premiere.com/movie-cast-Bomma+Borusa ''Bomma Borusa'' at Hollywood Upclose]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.filmweb.pl/f335653/Bomma+Borusa,1971/obsada ''Bomma Borusa'' at Film Web]

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[[Category:1971 Indian films]]
[[Category:1971 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:AVM Productions films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. Govardhanam]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films]]

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