List of Kannada films of 2004

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2004, presented in alphabetical order.

A tough phase for the industry that lost iconic actors Soundarya and Lokesh. 2004 had Soundarya's last film Apthamitra with Vishnuvardhan as the biggest hit becoming the highest grossing kannada film ever at that time with the highest footfalls. Malla marked Ravichandran's comeback with a blockbuster while Sudeep's Ranga SSLC and Darshan's Kalasipalya too became successful. Ramesh Aravind had a decent year with Apthamitra and Joke Falls.

In terms of actresses, Ramya for Ranga SSLC, Rakshita for Kalasipalya, Neethu for Joke Falls, Priyanka Upendra for Malla and Kanti, Anu Prabhakar with 5 movies, had an eventful year.^[1]

Released films

January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes
J A N	1st	Veera Kannadiga	Meher Ramesh	Puneeth Rajkumar, Anita Hassanandani, Riyaz Khan, Avinash	Chakri	Action / Romance	The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Andhrawala
	16th	Kadamba	Suresh Krissna	Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Ramesh Bhat, Naveen Krishna	Deva	Drama	Remake of Tamil film Thanga Padakam
	23rd	Bisi Bisi	Ramanath Rugvedi	Ramesh Aravind, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Anu Prabhakar, Sihi Kahi Chandru	Milind Dharmasena	Comedy
	30th	Super Aliya	Rajendra Kumar Arya	Kashinath, Madhuri, Panchami, Sudhir	Pampa	Comedy	[2]
F E B	6th	Abbabba Entha Huduga	Hemanth Hegde	Arjun, Naaz, Seema Shetty, Avinash	Suresh Kumar	Romance	[3]
		Rowdy Aliya	Om Sai Prakash	Shivrajkumar, Priyanka Trivedi, Jayamala, Chaya Singh, Doddanna	Rajesh Ramanath Sadhu Kokila Koti K. Kalyan Vandemataram Srinivas Babji-Sandeep Srishailam	Comedy / Romance	[4]
	13th	Om Ganesh	Thriller Manju	Saikumar, Swapna, Ambika, Ashok	M N Krupakar	Action	[5]
	18th	Shwetha Naagara	Sanjeevi	Soundarya, Abbas, Sarath Babu, Dwarakish, Kunigal Nagabhushan	Fantasy Thriller
	20th	Pandava	Anand P Raj	Vinod Raj, Charanraj, B. Jayashree	Gopi Krishna	Action / Drama	[6]
	27th	Malla	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Priyanka Trivedi, Mohan Shankar, Umashree, Tejashree	V. Ravichandran	Romance / Drama
		Baithare Baithare	Gunakumar	Anand, Sharan, Shyam, Urvashi Patel, Jyothi Krishna, Sangeeta Shetty, Dwarakish	Teja	Comedy
M A R	5th	Dharma	K V Chandranath	Darshan, Sindhu Menon, Jai Jagadish	Hamsalekha	Action
		Avale Nanna Gelathi	Om Sai Prakash	Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshita, Devaraj	Koti	Romance
		Teenagers	B. Shankar	Nivas, Indranag	M N Krupakar	Romance
	12th	Maha Sambhrama	M Ramamurthy	Murali Krishna, Chaya Singh	Sangeeta Priya	Romance
		Ok Saar Ok	Dayal Padmanabhan	Madan Patel, Anu Prabhakar	Nag – Mahesh	Romance
	19th	Saagari	Victory Vasu	Ramkumar, Bhavana, Bhavya, Sadhu Kokila	Sadhu Kokila	Romance / Drama
		Muni	B. R. Keshava	Dharma, Durga Shetty, Gazar Khan	T. Venkatesh	Action
	26th	Y2K	N. Lokanath	Nagendra Prasad, Mitisha Sharma, Sadhu Kokila, Mimicry Dayanand	Sadhu Kokila	Drama
		The City	J. G. Krishna	Sai Kumar, Master Hirannaiah	Sadhu Kokila	Drama
		Poorvapara	Kudavalli Chandrashekar	Geetha, Srinath, Naveen Mayur, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Vijaya Bhaskar	Drama	Based on a novel by M. K. Indira.[7]
A P R	2nd	Aagodella Olledakke	A. R. Babu	Jaggesh, Abitha, Tara	Raj Bhaskar	Comedy
	9th	Darshan	Ramesh Kitty	Darshan, Navneeth, Chitra Shenoy	Sadhu Kokila	Action
		Monda	Teshi Venkatesh	Sai Kumar, Prashanti, Pavitra Lokesh	Stephen Prayog	Action
	16th	Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali	Eshwar Balegundi	C. P. Yogeshwar, Anu Prabhakar	Chaitanya	Romance
		Friendship	B. R. Keshav	Dharma, Shamitha	Mahesh	Drama
	23rd	Ranga SSLC	Yogaraj Bhat	Sudeep, Ramya, Rangayana Raghu	Sandeep Chowta	Comedy/ Romance / Drama
		Bhagath	Anand P. Raju	Thriller Manju, Swapna	M N Krupakar	Action
		Kanasina Loka	G. S. Sarasa Kumar	Vasu, Gopika	Teja	Romance
	30th	Durgi	P. Ravi Shankar	Malashri, Ashish Vidyarthi, Avinash, Raghuvaran, Kalabhavan Mani	Hamsalekha	Action
M A Y	7th	Monalisa	Indrajit Lankesh	Dhyan, Sadha, Bhavya, Ramakrishna, Darshan	Valisha – Sandeep	Romance
		Hendthi Andre Hendthi	Anand P. Raju	Shashikumar, Shruti	V. Manohar	Family
		Nija	K. V. Raju	Jaggesh, Lahari	Raj Bharath	Drama
	14th	Bimba	Kavita Lankesh	Daisy Bopanna, Raksha, Sampath Kumar	Issac Thomas Kottukapally	Drama
	21st	Srirampura Police Station	J G Krishna	Sai Kumar, Durga Shetty	London Chandru	Action
	28th	Rama Krishna	Om Sai Prakash	V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Laila Mehdin, Kaveri	S. A. Rajkumar	Romance
		Mellusire Savigana	Ramesh Krishna	Harish, Rashmi Kulkarni	V. Manohar	Romance
		Samudra	Kushal Babu	Kushal Babu, Thriller Manju	M. N. Krupakar	Action
J U N	4th	Pathi Patni Avalu	Vijay Gujjar	Adarsh, Amritha	Shyam Sunder	Comedy
	18th	Baa Baaro Rasika	Dayal Padmanabhan	Sunil Raoh, Ramya Krishnan, Ashitha	Mahesh	Romance
		Sakhi	S. Mahendar	Praveen Kumar, Poonam	Chaitanya	Romance
	25th	Kanasu	Sushil Mokashi	Sushil Mokashi, Sanjjanaa	Sameer Kulkarni	Drama
		Devasura	A. N. Jayaramaiah	Devaraj, B. C. Patil	Guna Singh	Action

July – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes
J U L	2nd	Kanakambari	Dinesh Babu	Anu Prabhakar, Vijayalakshmi, Om Prakash Rao, Bank Janardhan	Praveen D. Rao	Horror	[8]
		Crime Story	B. R. Keshav	Devaraj, Shobharaj	Maruthi Meerajkar	Action
	9th	Love	Rajendra Singh Babu	Auditya, Rakshita, Mohanlal, Amrish Puri	Anu Malik	Romance / Action
		Kanti	Bharath	Sri Murali, Ramya, Mumtaj	Gurukiran	Action
	16th	Gowdru	S. Mahendar	Ambareesh, Shruti, Devaraj, Meena	Hamsalekha	Drama	[9]
	23rd	Target	H. S. Rajashekar	Thriller Manju, Ruchita Prasad	M. N. Krupakar	Action
	30th	Sarvabhouma	Mahesh Sukhadhare	Shivrajkumar, Shilpa Anand	Hamsalekha	Action
A U G	6th	Bhagawan	H. Vasu	Darshan, Daisy Bopanna, Bhavana	Rajesh Ramanath	Action / Romance
	13th	Ajju	N. T. Jayarama Reddy	Sri Harsha, Ranjitha	Rajesh Ramanath	Action
		Naari Munidare Gandu Parari	G. K. M. Raju	Kashinath, Varsha, Tara, Doddanna	Rajesh Ramanath	Comedy
	20th	Pakkadmane Hudugi	M. S. Rajashekar	Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ranjitha, Ananth Nag, Mohan Shankar	Rajesh Ramanath	Comedy	Remake of Hindi film Padosan
		Bidalaare	Ramana	Anil Kalyan, Keerthi Chawla	K. M. Indra	Romance
		Real Rowdy	Bhavani Shankar	Charanraj, Yashaswini	Layendra Madan	Action
	27th	Apthamitra	P. Vasu	Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Soundarya, Prema, Dwarakish, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash	Gurukiran	Horror / Thriller / Drama	Remake of Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu
		Shuklambharadaram	Mastaan	Mohan Shankar, Durga Shetty	S P Chandrakanth	Comedy
S E P	10th	Yahoo	Seetaram Karanth	Saurav, Neethu, H. G. Dattatreya	M. N. Krupakar	Horror
		Praana	Prakash	Prem Kumar, Preethi	Allwyn Fernandes	Romance
	18th	Omkara	Shivamani	Upendra, Preeti Jhangiani, Shweta Menon, Rangayana Raghu	Gurukiran	Drama / Action
	24th	Sahukara	Om Prakash Rao	V. Ravichandran, Vishnuvardhan, Shashikumar, Rambha, Rangayana Raghu, Sumithra	Rajesh Ramanath	Romance / Drama	Remake of Tamil film Muthu
		Thali Kattuva Shuba Vele	N. R. Vishwanath	Kumar Bangarappa, Sudharani, Anu Prabhakar, Rajesh	Rajan Gurung	Drama
O C T	15th	Kalasipalya	Om Prakash Rao	Darshan, Rakshita, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila	Sadhu Kokila	Action
		Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve	Kashinath	Kashinath, Lakshmi Musuri, Varna, Bank Janardhan	V. Manohar	Comedy	[10]
	22nd	Maurya	S. Narayan	Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine, Roja, Devaraj	Gurukiran	Romance	Remake of Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
	29th	Shrushti	Basavaraj	Nagendra Prasad, Vinod Prabhakar, Priyadarshini, Roopa Hassan	S. A. Rajkumar	Drama
N O V	12th	Nalla	V. Nagendra Prasad	Sudeep, Sangeetha, Tara, Srinath	Venkat Narayan	Romance / Drama
		Santhosha	M. R. Ramesh	Siddharth, Rajesh Krishnan, Pranathi, Anitha	Stephen Prayog	Romance	[11]
		Jennifer	Y. S. Balaraj	Y. S. Balaraj, Neetha	A T Raveesh	Romance
		Dharma Yodharu		Samarth, Roopa Ravindran		Documentary
	19th	Trin Trin	T. Chikkanna	Dharma, Ruthika	Rajesh Ramanath	Suspense Thriller
	26th	Aliya Mane Tholiya	Nagendra Magadi	Om Prakash Rao, Ruchita Prasad	Rajesh Ramanath	Comedy
D E C	3rd	Joke Falls	Ashok Patil	Ramesh Aravind, Neethu, Deepali, Dattanna	Mano Murthy	Comedy
		Sardara	P. N. Sathya	Darshan, Gurleen Chopra, Srinivasa Murthy	Venkat Narayan	Action
		Priya Manase	Madhu Mohana	Uday, Lathashree	Shivasatya	Romance
	17th	Jyeshta	Suresh Krissna	Vishnuvardhan, Ashima Bhalla, Ramesh Bhat, Aniruddh, Devaraj, Sindhu Menon	S. A. Rajkumar	Action	Remake of Malayalam film Valliettan
	24th	Kanchana Ganga	Rajendra Singh Babu	Shivarajkumar, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha, Sadhu Kokila, Arjun	S. A. Rajkumar	Drama
	31st	Chappale	Naganna	Sunil Raoh, Richa Pallod, Sihi Kahi Chandru	R. P. Patnaik	Romance

References

1. "2004 - Yearly roundup of Kannada Film Industry". www.viggy.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
2. Super Aliya
3. Abbabba Entha Huduga
4. Rowdy Aliya Movie Review
5. Om Ganesh
6. "Movie Reviews News - Deccan Herald". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016.
7. Poorvapara review
8. Kanakambari
9. Gowdru movie review
10. Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve – Kashinath is back to acting and direction
11. Santhosha movie review

External links

• Kannada Movies of 2004 at the Internet Movie Database