List of Kannada films of 2005
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Within the cinema of India, the following is a List of Kannada films of 2005.
A good year for Kannada films, Shivanna's Jogi clinches the top spot with smashing box office records and a cult status.
Puneeth's big hit, Aakash sharing alongside Ramya whose another film Amrithadhare bought in good numbers. Critically, Beru that started H.G Dattatreya and Neethu won the National Film Award for Best Kannada Film, Tara bringing the National Award for Best Actress for Haseena and Shanti starring Bhavana making it to the Guiness Book of World Records had the industry proud with major recognitions.
However, new talents from the refreshing super hit film, Nenapirali made Prem an overnight star with leading ladies Vidhya Venkatesh and Varsha getting their big break. [1]
List of released films in 2005
January–June
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N | 7th | Nanage Neenu Ninage Naanu | Anitha Subramanya | Rakesh | Praveen D Rao | Romance | |
| 14th | Maharaja | Om Sai Prakash | Sudeep, Nikita Thukral, Ashok | S. A. Rajkumar | Action | ||
| Mahasadhvi Mallamma | Renuka Sharma | Saikumar, Meena | Sri Sailam | Drama | |||
| 21st | Rishi | Prakash | Shivarajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sindhu Tolani | Gurukiran | Comedy / Drama | ||
| Zabardast | Ram Bharath Devan | Bhushan Kumar, Rashmi Kulkarni | Gandharva | Romance | |||
| Olave | P. H. Vishwanath | Vishal Hegde, Sandhya | B R Hemanth | Romance | |||
| 28th | Surya The Great | Rushi | Ajay Rao, Shivani | Samson | Action | ||
| F E B | 4th | Yashwanth | Dayal Padmanabhan | Sri Murali, Rakshita, Ramesh Bhat | Mani Sharma | Romance | |
| 11th | Ayya | Om Prakash Rao | Darshan, Rakshita | V. Ravichandran | Action | ||
| Encounter Dayanayak | D. Rajendra Babu | Sachin, Spoorthi | R. P. Patnaik | Action / Crime | |||
| 18th | Shadyantra | Rajesh Murthy | Harish Raj, Namratha | Prakash Sontakki | Drama | ||
| Udees | P. N. Sathya | Mayoor Patel, Sonali Joshi | Venkat Narayan | Action | |||
| M A R | 4th | Beru | P. Sheshadri | Suchendra Prasad, Neetha, H. G. Dattatreya, T. N. Seetharam | Praveen Kiran | Drama / Documentary | |
| Aadi | M. S. Ramesh | Auditya, Ramya, Avinash | Gurukiran | Action | |||
| Shanti | Baraguru Ramachandrappa | Bhavana | Hamsalekha | Drama | Guinness record film | ||
| Hendathiyobbalu Maneyolagiddare | V. Umakanth | Krishne Gowda, Sharan, Namratha, Doddanna | Abhi | Comedy | |||
| Gadipaar | S. S. David | Charanraj, Vinod Alva | M S Maruthi | Action | |||
| 18th | Moorkha | A. N. Jayaramaiah | Kashinath, Namratha, Bhavya, Bank Janardhan, Karibasavaiah | V. Manohar | Comedy | ||
| Inspector Jhansi | H. Vasu | Prema, Anand | Dilip Sen - Sameer Sen | Action | |||
| 25th | Ranachandi | B. R. Keshav | Prema, Naveen Mayur, Shobharaj | M. S. Maruthi | Action | ||
| Rakshasa | Sadhu Kokila | Shivrajkumar, Gajala, Ruthika, Kishore, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu | Sadhu Kokila | Action | |||
| A P R | 1st | Jootata | N. S. Shankar | Dhyan, Richa Pallod, Akash | R. P. Patnaik | Comedy | Remake of Malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi [2] |
| Kashi from Village | Om Sai Prakash | Sudeep, Rakshita, Harsha, Bank Janardhan, Sathya Prakash | Koti | Action | [3] | ||
| 8th | Preethisu | Siddaraju | Vishal Hegde, Ashwini | Teja | Romance | ||
| 15th | Navabharathi | K. Ganesh | Sourav, Usha Kiran | Raj Bhaskar | Romance / Drama | ||
| 22nd | Varsha | S. Narayan | Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Manya, Komal Kumar, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna | S. A. Rajkumar | Drama | Remake of Malayalam film Hitler [4] | |
| 29th | Aakash | Mahesh Babu | Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya, Avinash, Kishore | R. P. Patnaik | Action / Romance | ||
| M A Y | 6th | Karnana Sampathu | Shantaram Kanagal | Ambareesh, Tara, Prakash Rai | Guru | Action | Re-released |
| 13th | Gunna | Dwarki | Mayur Patel, Chaitra Hallikeri, Rangayana Raghu, Sudeep | Mahesh | Action | ||
| 20th | Mr. Bakra | Vasanth | Jaggesh, Rohini, Srinivasa Murthy, Mukhyamantri Chandru | V. Manohar | Comedy | [5] | |
| 27th | Aham Premasmi | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran, Balaji, Aarti Chabria | V. Ravichandran | Romance | ||
| J U N | 3rd | Gowramma | Naganna | Upendra, Ramya, Ramesh Bhat, Srinivasa Murthy | S. A. Rajkumar | Drama | Remake of Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav |
| 10th | Shastri | P. N. Sathya | Darshan, Manya, Bullet Prakash | Sadhu Kokila | Action | [6] | |
| 17th | Nan Love Madthiya | Venkatswamy | Dileep Raj, Deepa, Ananth Nag | Hamsalekha | Romance | ||
| Magic Ajji | Dinesh Babu | Khushbu, Sudharani, Ramesh Bhat, Master Tejas | Aadhi | Fantasy / Horror | [7] | ||
| Yaake | V. Rajendra Kumar | Raghav, Divya Gowda | M N Krupakar | Mystery | |||
| 24th | Giri | Ravicharan | Srinagar Kitty, Preethi, Muni, Shobha | Chakri | Comedy | ||
| Ugra Narasimha | Surya | Mohan Shankar, Madhu Sharma, Sharath Lohitashwa | Rajesh Ramanath | Action | [8] | ||
| O Gulabiye | Narendra Babu | Vivek Beedu, Mallika, Suhasini | M. N. Krupakar | Romance | |||
July – December
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L | 1st | Sye | Arun Prasad | Sudeep, Kanika Subramaniam, Avinash, Pasupathy | Gurukiran | Action | |
| Hudgeeru Saar Hudgeeru | Lingaraj Kaggal | Mohan Shankar, Sangeetha Shetty | S. P. Chandrakanth | Comedy | |||
| 8th | Masala | Dayal Padmanabhan | Sunil Raoh, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Vishal Hegde, Ramesh Bhat | Sadhu Kokila | Romance / Comedy | ||
| 22nd | Siddu | Mahesh Sukhadhare | Sri Murali, Deepu, Tara, Sihi Kahi Chandru | R. P. Patnaik | Action | [9] | |
| 29th | Valmiki | M S Ramesh | Shivrajkumar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Lakshmi Rai, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy | Gurukiran | Action | ||
| A U G | 4th | News | M. K. Maheshwar | Upendra, Renuka Menon, Reemma Sen, Nassar, Avinash | Gurukiran | Action | [10] |
| 5th | Mental Manja | Sai Sagar | Arjun, Sheetal Ramachandran, Srinath, Girija Lokesh | Sai Sagar | Drama | ||
| 12th | Thunta | Om Prakash Rao | Balaji, Ekta Khosla | V. Ravichandran | Romance | ||
| Siri Chandana | Rajkishore | Suryavardhan, Chethan | S. A. Rajkumar | Drama | |||
| Abhinandane | N. Ramachandra Rao | Ramkumar, Sudharani, Anu, Yeshwanth | K. Kalyan | Drama | |||
| 19th | Jogi | Prem | Shivrajkumar, Jennifer Kotwal, Arundhati Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Sanket Kashi | Gurukiran | Action / Drama | ||
| Green Signal | Eeshwar Balegundi | Ajay Rao, Ashitha, Vishal Hegde, Ashwini | Venkat Narayan | Romance | |||
| 26th | Deadly Soma | Ravi Srivatsa | Auditya, Rakshita, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash | Sadhu Kokila | Action | [11] | |
| S E P | 2nd | Live Band | B. R. Keshav | Nagesh Mayya, Sneha | M. N. Krupakar | Adult drama | |
| 9th | Auto Shankar | D. Rajendra Babu | Upendra, Shilpa Shetty, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sudharani | Gurukiran | Action | ||
| Namma Basava | Veera Shankar | Puneeth Rajkumar, Gowri Munjal, Sudharani, Tara, Kota Srinivasa Rao | Gurukiran | Action | |||
| Yauvana | Jayasimha Musuri | Nithin, Lakshmi Musuri | Gopi Krishna | Adult romance | |||
| 16th | Amrithadhare | Nagathihalli Chandrashekar | Dhyan, Ramya, Bhavya, Avinash, Amitabh Bachchan | Mano Murthy | Drama / Romance | ||
| Haseena | Girish Kasaravalli | Tara, Chandrahasa Alva | Issac Thomas Kottukapally | Drama | Based on novel by Banu Mushtaq | ||
| 23rd | Boyfriend | D. R. Jana | Dileep Raj, Rathi, Abhinayasri | K M Indra | Romance / Drama | ||
| 30th | Swamy | M. S. Ramesh | Darshan, Gayatri Jayaraman, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu | Gurukiran | Action | ||
| O C T | 7th | Samarasimha Nayaka | Lingaraj Kaggal | Abhijeeth, Rashmi Kulkarni, Srinath, Tara | M. N. Krupakar | Action | |
| 21st | Shambu | Dwarki | Sri Murali, Manya, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu | Ramesh Krishnan | Romance | [12] | |
| 24th | Hai Chinnu | Shivaji Rao Ghorpade | Nithin, Mohini Patel | Gopi Krishna | Romance | ||
| N O V | 4th | Anna Thangi | Om Sai Prakash | Shivrajkumar, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sudharani, Deepu, Vishal Hegde, Doddanna | Hamsalekha | Family Drama | |
| 18th | Nammanna | N. Shankar | Sudeep, Anjala Zhaveri, Asha Saini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kota Srinivasa Rao | Gurukiran | Action | [13] | |
| Lathi Charge | B. Ramamurthy | Thriller Manju, Mohan Shankar | Gopi Krishna | Action | |||
| 26th | Love Story | Bharati Kannan | Mayoor Patel, Tanu Roy, Komal Kumar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Pramila Joshai | S. A. Rajkumar | Romance | Remake of Hindi film Ek Duuje Ke Liye | |
| Good Bad Ugly | Tiger Prabhakar | Tiger Prabhakar, Nisha | Tiger Prabhakar | Adult romance | |||
| D E C | 2nd | Nenapirali | Ratnaja | Prem Kumar, Varsha, Vidya Venkatesh, Naveen Krishna | Hamsalekha | Romance | |
| 9th | Rama Shama Bhama | Ramesh Aravind | Kamal Haasan, Ramesh Aravind, Shruti, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna, Aniruddh | Gurukiran | Comedy | Remake of Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi | |
| 16th | Sakha Sakhi | Dayal Padmanabhan | Sunil Raoh, Chaya Singh, Doddanna, Vinayak Joshi, Sadhu Kokila | Sadhu Kokila | Comedy / Romance | Remake of Tamil film Thiruda Thirudi | |
| 23rd | Vishnu Sena | Naganna | Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Ananth Nag, Gurleen Chopra, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy | Deva | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Ramanaa | |
| 30th | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | Sharan Kumar Kabbur | Vishnukanth, Tara, Bhavya | Abhimann Roy | Biopic | ||
| Pandu Ranga Vittala | Dinesh Babu | V. Ravichandran, Prema, Rambha, Shruti, Komal Kumar | V. Ravichandran | Comedy | |||
References
- ^ "2005 - Yearly roundup of Kannada Film Industry". www.viggy.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Jootata review
- ^ Kashi from village review
- ^ Varsha movie review
- ^ Mr. Bakra review
- ^ Shastri film review
- ^ Magic Ajji
- ^ "Ugra Narasimha". Rediff. 28 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013.
- ^ Siddu review
- ^ News review
- ^ Deadly Soma review
- ^ Shambhu review
- ^ Nammanna: A wasted effort
External links
- Kannada Movies of 2005 at the Internet Movie Database
