Chow Chow Bath

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Chow Chow Bath
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Teaser release poster
Directed byKenja Chethan Kumar
Written byKenja Chethan Kumar
Produced byKamadhenu Films

Sanatanay Pictures

Horizzon Movies
Starring
  • Aruna Balraj
  • Sagar Gowda
  • Sushmitha Bhat
  • Dhanush S Baikampady
  • Sankalp Sharma
  • Prakarsha Shastry
  • Geetha Bangera
CinematographyRudramuni Belagere
Edited byKenja Chethan Kumar
Music byHemanth Jois
Production
company
Horizzon Movies
Release date
  • 15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹10 crore

Chow Chow Bath is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Kenja Chethan Kumar. It is Kannada's first Hyperlink Rom-Com. [1] Hyperlink cinema is one of the very rarely used narrative structures in the industry. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

Chow Chow Bath much like the dish itself, the narrative has a bunch of flavors interspersed. Three stories run parallel in three different locations. [4] The stories meet at a point in the film and come together as one. The six leads of Chow Chow Bath are at various points of life. Sachin and Saanvi meet at a wedding, Sachin proposes to her almost immediately. But she has her reservations as her elder sister is unmarried. The story then follows their journey of finding her a groom. Shashi sees the love of his life when he is at Majestic (Railway station) to pick his mother up. Sathya, up to no good at a medical camp, falls in love with a girl he meets there. [5]

Cast

Release

The film was released on 15 March 2024. [8]

Accolades

AwardYearCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFES)2024Kannada Cinema CompetitionKenja Chethan KumarNominated [9]
Cinibuzz Film Awards2025Best EditorKenja Chethan KumarWon

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