Bombaat

Shalini, the daughter of a police commissioner Ananthakrishnan, lands in the city only to find that a street rowdy Anand alias Ganesha is on a rampage. But little does she know that Anand is a Good Samaritan at heart.

Meanwhile, Shalini comes across a sadist who wants to marry her at any cost. He is also the son of a big mafia don. The mafia group goes to Shalini's father's house to force the marriage. Shalini's father seeks the help of Anand and makes his daughter stay with him for a month in his den. How Anand saves Shalini and what happens to the bad guys make up the rest of the story.

• Ganesh as Anand alias Ganesha[2]
• Ramya as Shalini
• Avinash as Ananthakrishnan, Shalini's father[2]
• Mukesh Rishi as Mafia Don
• Vinaya Prasad
• Rahul Dev[6]
• Adi Lokesh as Sadist
• Shobh Raaj
• Guru Dutt

Ganesh worked out to play a tough guy in the film.[8] Ramya was cast as a non-resident Indian.[9] The songs were shot in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.[9][10][11][12] Ramya shot for this film at the same time as the unreleased Bhimoo's Bang Bang Kids and Mussanje Maathu.[13] Ganesh got injured while doing the splits.[14] Shooting finished in March 2008.[10]

The music of Bombaat was composed by Mano Murthy who previously worked with Ganesh in Mungaru Male and Cheluvina Chittara.[7] Lyrics were by Jayanth Kaikini and Kaviraj. Bangalore Mirror opined that "Amid high expectations from Mano, for a Ganesh starrer, Bombaat’s soundtrack just about manages to stay afloat.[15]

Bombaat was released around the same time as Ramya-starrer Antu Intu Preeti Bantu.[16] A critic from Sify called the story "water thin" and opined that "Added to it is the mother sentiment plus Mano Murthy’s rehashed tunes from his earlier films, makes it messy."[17] R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and opined that "All this might just appeal to Ganesh's fans despite the poor script".[18] Deccan Herald said, "Bombaat is better left alone for a quickest burial at the boxoffice and one’s money better spent at bhel-puris, badushahs, chais, cappuccinos, and Cafe au Laits than let Bombaat make bheja-fry of you brains and mincemeat of your mindspace".[2] The audience criticised Ganesh's characterisation.[19] Rajendra Babu cast Ramya in Aryan (2014) after he liked her performance in this film.[20]

The initial collections were high,[21] but the film later became a box office failure after the collections dipped.[22][23][24][25] The film flopped along with Ramya's Antu Intu Preeti Bantu.[26]

• Bombaat at IMDb