List of Kannada films of 2005

Commercially successful films of year 2005

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
	14th	Mahasadwi 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	Yeshwanth	Dayal Padmanabhan	Sri Murali, Rakshita, Ramesh Bhat	Mani Sharma	Romance
	11th	Ayya	Om Prakash Rao	Darshan, Rakshita	V. Ravichandran	Action
	11th	Encounter Dayanayak	D. Rajendra Babu	Sachin, Spoorthi	R. P. Patnaik	Action / Crime
	18th	Shadyantra	Rajesh Murthy	Harish Raj, Namratha	Prakash Sontakki	Drama
	18th	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
	18th	Inspector Jhansi	H Vasu	Prema, Anand	Dilip Sen - Sameer Sen	Action
	25th	Ranachandi	B R Keshav	Prema, Naveen Mayur, Shobharaj	M S Maruthi	Action
	25th	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, Rangayana Raghu, Sanket Kashi	R. P. Patnaik	Comedy	Remake of Malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi ^[1]
	1st	Kashi From Village	Om Sai Prakash	Sudeep, Rakshita, Harsha, Bank Janardhan, Sathya Prakash	Koti	Action	^[2]
	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 ^[3]
	29th	Aakash	Mahesh Babu	Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya, Avinash, Kishore	R. P. Patnaik	Action / Romance
M A Y	6th	Karnana Sampathu	Shantaram Kanagal	Ambarish, Tara, Prakash Rai	Guru	Action	Re-released
	13th	Gunna	Dwarki	Mayoor Patel, Chaitra Hallikeri, Rangayana Raghu, Sudeep	Mahesh	Action
	20th	Mr. Bakra	Vasanth	Jaggesh, Rohini, Srinivasa Murthy, Mukhyamantri Chandru	V. Manohar	Comedy	^[4]
	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	^[5]
	17th	Nan Love Madthiya	Venkatswamy	Dileep Raj, Deepa, Ananth Nag	Hamsalekha	Romance
		Magic Ajji	Dinesh Babu	Kushboo, Sudharani, Ramesh Bhat, Master Tejas	Aadhi	Fantasy / Horror	^[6]
		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	^[7]
		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
	1st	Hudgeeru Saar Hudgeeru	Lingaraj Kaggal	Mohan Shankar, Sangeetha Shetty	S P Chandrakanth	Comedy
	8th	Masaala	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	^[8]
	29th	Valmiki	M S Ramesh	Shivrajkumar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Lakshmisri, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy	Gurukiran	Action
A U G	4th	News	M K Maheshwar	Upendra, Renuka Menon, Reemma Sen, Nasser, Avinash	Gurukiran	Action	^[9]
	5th	Mental Manja	Sai Sagar	Arjun, Sheetal Ramachandran, Srinath, Girija Lokesh	Sai Sagar	Drama
	12th	Thunta	Om Prakash Rao	Balaji, Ektha 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
	19th	Green Signal	Eeshwar Balegundi	Ajay Rao, Ashitha, Vishal Hegde, Ashwini	Venkat Narayan	Romance
	26th	Deadly Soma	Ravi Shrivatsa	Auditya, Rakshita, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash	Sadhu Kokila	Action	^[10]
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
	16th	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
	30th	Padri	Rajesh Fernandes	Neutron D'souza, Arona, Dr. Kiran Keerkar, Tapan Acharya	Wilfy Remimbus	Drama	Konkani film
O C T	7th	Samarasimha Nayaka	Lingaraj Kaggal	Abhijeeth, Rashmi Kulkarni, Srinath, Tara	M N Krupakar	Action
	21st	Shambhu	Dwarki	Sri Murali, Manya, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu	Ramesh Krishnan	Romance	^[11]
	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	^[12]
	18th	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
	26th	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 Hassan, 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
	30th	Pandu Ranga Vittala	Dinesh Babu	V. Ravichandran, Prema, Rambha, Shruti, Komal Kumar	V. Ravichandran	Comedy

References

External links

Kannada Movies of 2005 at the Internet Movie Database

[1] Jootata review

[2] Kashi from village review

[3] Varsha movie review

[4] Mr. Bakra review

[5] Shastri film review

[6] Magic Ajji

[7] Ugra Narasimha Archived 2013-08-09 at archive.today

[8] Siddu review

[9] News review

[10] Deadly Soma review

[11] Shambhu review

[12] Nammanna: A wasted effort

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