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]
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N | 1st | Veera Kannadiga | Action / Romance | The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Andhrawala | ||||
| 16th | Kadamba | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Thanga Padakam | |||||
| 23rd | Bisi Bisi | Ramanath Rugvedi | Milind Dharmasena | Comedy | ||||
| 30th | Super Aliya | Rajendra Kumar Arya | Pampa | Comedy | [2] | |||
| F E B | 6th | Abbabba Entha Huduga | Hemanth Hegde | Suresh Kumar | Romance | [3] | ||
| Rowdy Aliya | Rajesh Ramanath Sadhu Kokila Koti K. Kalyan Vandemataram Srinivas Babji-Sandeep Srishailam | Comedy / Romance | [4] | |||||
| 13th | Om Ganesh | M N Krupakar | Action | [5] | ||||
| 18th | Shwetha Naagara | Sanjeevi | Fantasy Thriller | |||||
| 20th | Pandava | Anand P Raj | Gopi Krishna | Action / Drama | [6] | |||
| 27th | Malla | V. Ravichandran, Priyanka Trivedi, Mohan Shankar, Umashree, Tejashree | Romance / Drama | |||||
| Baithare Baithare | Gunakumar | Teja | Comedy | |||||
| M A R | 5th | Dharma | K V Chandranath | Action | ||||
| Avale Nanna Gelathi | Romance | |||||||
| Teenagers | B. Shankar | Nivas, Indranag | M N Krupakar | Romance | ||||
| 12th | Maha Sambhrama | M Ramamurthy | Sangeeta Priya | Romance | ||||
| Ok Saar Ok | Nag – Mahesh | Romance | ||||||
| 19th | Saagari | Victory Vasu | 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 | Drama | ||||
| The City | J. G. Krishna | Sai Kumar, Master Hirannaiah | Drama | |||||
| Poorvapara | Kudavalli Chandrashekar | 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 | Action | |||||
| Monda | Teshi Venkatesh | Sai Kumar, Prashanti, Pavitra Lokesh | Stephen Prayog | Action | ||||
| 16th | Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali | Eshwar Balegundi | Chaitanya | Romance | ||||
| Friendship | B. R. Keshav | Dharma, Shamitha | Mahesh | Drama | ||||
| 23rd | Ranga SSLC | Comedy/ Romance / Drama | ||||||
| Bhagath | Anand P. Raju | Thriller Manju, Swapna | M N Krupakar | Action | ||||
| Kanasina Loka | G. S. Sarasa Kumar | Teja | Romance | |||||
| 30th | Durgi | Action | ||||||
| M A Y | 7th | Monalisa | Valisha – Sandeep | Romance | ||||
| Hendthi Andre Hendthi | Anand P. Raju | Family | ||||||
| Nija | K. V. Raju | Jaggesh, Lahari | Raj Bharath | Drama | ||||
| 14th | Bimba | Issac Thomas Kottukapally | Drama | |||||
| 21st | Srirampura Police Station | J G Krishna | Sai Kumar, Durga Shetty | London Chandru | Action | |||
| 28th | Rama Krishna | Romance | ||||||
| Mellusire Savigana | Ramesh Krishna | Harish, Rashmi Kulkarni | 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 | Sunil Raoh, Ramya Krishnan, Ashitha | Mahesh | Romance | ||||
| Sakhi | Praveen Kumar, Poonam | Chaitanya | Romance | |||||
| 25th | Kanasu | Sushil Mokashi | Sameer Kulkarni | Drama | ||||
| Devasura | A. N. Jayaramaiah | Guna Singh | Action | |||||
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L | 2nd | Kanakambari | Praveen D. Rao | Horror | [8] | |||
| Crime Story | B. R. Keshav | Devaraj, Shobharaj | Maruthi Meerajkar | Action | ||||
| 9th | Love | Anu Malik | Romance / Action | |||||
| Kanti | Bharath | Action | ||||||
| 16th | Gowdru | Drama | [9] | |||||
| 23rd | Target | H. S. Rajashekar | Thriller Manju, Ruchita Prasad | M. N. Krupakar | Action | |||
| 30th | Sarvabhouma | Mahesh Sukhadhare | Action | |||||
| A U G | 6th | Bhagawan | H. Vasu | Action / Romance | ||||
| 13th | Ajju | N. T. Jayarama Reddy | Sri Harsha, Ranjitha | Action | ||||
| Naari Munidare Gandu Parari | G. K. M. Raju | Comedy | ||||||
| 20th | Pakkadmane Hudugi | 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 | 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 | M. N. Krupakar | Horror | |||
| Praana | Prem Kumar, Preethi | Allwyn Fernandes | Romance | |||||
| 18th | Omkara | Shivamani | Drama / Action | |||||
| 24th | Sahukara | Romance / Drama | Remake of Tamil film Muthu | |||||
| Thali Kattuva Shuba Vele | N. R. Vishwanath | Rajan Gurung | Drama | |||||
| O C T | 15th | Kalasipalya | Action | |||||
| Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve | Comedy | [10] | ||||||
| 22nd | Maurya | Gurukiran | Romance | Remake of Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi | ||||
| 29th | Shrushti | Basavaraj | Nagendra Prasad, Vinod Prabhakar, Priyadarshini, Roopa Hassan | Drama | ||||
| N O V | 12th | Nalla | V. Nagendra Prasad | 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 | Suspense Thriller | ||||
| 26th | Aliya Mane Tholiya | Nagendra Magadi | Om Prakash Rao, Ruchita Prasad | Comedy | ||||
| D E C | 3rd | Joke Falls | Ashok Patil | Comedy | ||||
| Sardara | Venkat Narayan | Action | ||||||
| Priya Manase | Madhu Mohana | Uday, Lathashree | Shivasatya | Romance | ||||
| 17th | Jyeshta | S. A. Rajkumar | Action | Remake of Malayalam film Valliettan | ||||
| 24th | Kanchana Ganga | Shivarajkumar, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha, Sadhu Kokila, Arjun | Drama | |||||
| 31st | Chappale | Romance | ||||||