List of Kannada films of 2009 explained

A list of films produced by the Sandalwood (Kannada language film industry) based in Bangalore in the year 2009.

A not so great year for Kannada cinema, with 15% success rate, notable films that were successful include Veera Madakari, Thaakath, Junglee, Ambari, Love Guru, Manasaare, and Eddelu Manjunatha.

Raaj The Showman became the highest-grossing movie of this year marking Puneeth on the top. Duniya Vijay with 2 hits, Sudeep and Jaggesh back with their box office glory, Diganth, Yogi and Ajay rao also had their share of success.

Aindrita Ray scored 2 big hits with Junglee and Manasaare, Yagna Shetty and Radhika Pandit grabbed all the awards for their performances in Eddelu Manjunatha and Love Guru. Shubha Poonja for Thaakath, Pooja Gandhi for Gokula and Ragini Dwivedi for Veera Madakari had a decent year too. [1]

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kannada films released in 2009, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

The rank of the films in the following depends on the worldwide gross.

Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide
Highest worldwide gross of 2009
Rank TitleProduction Company Worldwide gross Ref
1Raaj – The ShowmanSri Seethabhaireshwara Productions[2]
2Ee Shathamaanada Veera MadakariS. S. Combines
3JungleeRockline Entertainments
4Manasaare
5Thaakath
6AmbariSri Lambodara Combines

Released films

Films are listed based on release dates.

Month Title Director Cast Music Genre
January Gulama Prajwal Devaraj, Sonu, Biyanka Desai Action
Romantic
Anu Shiva Ganapathy Shekhar Chandra Action
Thriller
Chickpete Sachagalu Nagendra Magadi Comedy
Kempa Jagadeesh Action
Taxi No-1 Prabhakar Prabhakar, Nikitha Rao Nataraj Kanagodu Drama
Circus Emil Mohammed Romantic
Action
Shivamani Amarnath SK Veer Samarth Action
Jolly Days Pradeep, Praveen, Vishwas, Spoorthi, Ruthuva, Raghavendra, Aishwarya Nag, Keerthi, Kishori Ballal, Niranjan, Rahul Romantic
Nanda Anantha Raju Shivarajkumar, Sandhya, Mythreya Action
Ambari Yogish, Supreeta Romantic
Meghave Meghave
February Birugaali Action
Yodha Action
Idya Madyar Nagalikke Yashwant Sardeshpande, Malathi Sardeshpande, Sunetra Pandit, Poornachandra Tejaswi, Navyashree Kiran Godkhindi Comedy
Junglee Action
Kurunadu G. Murthy Dattanna, Lakshmi Hegde Drama
KA-99 B-333 G. Arunkumar S. Nagu Action
Samskaravantha K. Parthasarathi Kashi, Ninasam Ashwat Sadgunaraj Drama
Swathanthra Palya M. N. Krupakar Action
Venkata in Sankata Comedy
Ee Sambhashane M. Rajashekar Romantic
Thabbali N. Loki A. M. Neel Drama
Namyajamanru Family Drama
March Rajakumari S. Govindaraj Romance
Ninnalle Nanna Hrudaya Chandrashekar Reddy Manoj, Chintana Krishna Aryan Kiran Romance
Shankara Punyakoti G. Murthy Drama
Anjadiru R. Janardhan Drama
Baaji S. Shidlaghatta Srinivas Alok Kashinath, Rani G. R. Shankar
Veera Madakari Action
Ram Balaram U. B. Ramamurthy Adhi Lokesh S. P. Raj Drama
Kannadadda Kiran Bedi Action
April Ghauttham K. Rajeev Prasad Romantic drama
Jaaji Mallige Anantha Raju Romance
Hrudayagala Vishaya Vasanth Prashanth Kumar, Madhupriya Drums Deva Romance
Josh Shivamani Vardhan Romance
Nishedhagne Padmanabha Adi Lokesh, Priyanka M. S. Giridhar Action
Savaari Jacob Verghese Manikanth Kadri
E. S. Murthy
Drama
Uda Yuvaraj, Sanchita PadukoneBharanishree Action
Yagna Krishna Brahma Sri Murali, Priyanka Murali Krishna Action
Auto Mallikarjuna Muttalageri Sathya, Roshani, Kruthika Vijaykrishna Mysore Action
Chellidaru Sampigeya Romance
May Eshtu Nagthi Nagu Chindodi Madhukesha Mohan, Roshani M. S. Maruti Comedy
Machchaa Dhananjaya Kundapura Datthu Jeevan, Saritha Jain Action
Minchu Vishal Raj Drama
Hatrick Hodi Maga Action
Seena Basavaraja Bellary Tarun Chandra, Priyanka Chandra, Antara Reddy A. T. Raveesh Romance
Dubai Babu Comedy
Thaakath M. S. Ramesh Action
Jodi No. 1 Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar, Amrutha, Sangeetha Shetty M. N. Krupakar Drama
Abhimani Praveen Dharmateja Romance
Kalaakaar Suman Ranganathan, Harish Raj, Radhika Gandhi Giridhar Diwan Romance
Nannedeya Haadu Guruvendra A. T. Raveesh Romance
June Yuvah Narendra Babu Kartik Shetty, Madhu Sharma Action
Kaaranji Veer Samarth Drama
Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara Comedy drama
Black Mahendra Kishore, Manasi C. R. Bobby Action
Chaitanya D. K. Shivraj Master Sachin, Baby Nikshita Gopikrishna Drama
Bande Barthale Devadas Surya, Supreetha Devadas Romance
Preethse Preethse K. Madesh Romance
July Eddelu Manjunatha Comedy
Chamkaisi Chindi Udaysi A. R. Babu Komal Kumar, Nidhi Subbaiah, Umashree, P. B. Balaji Comedy
Kabaddi Narendra Babu Praveen, Priyanka Sports
Kencha Prajwal Devaraj, Pragna Shetty Romance
Love Guru Romance
Mr. Painter G. R. Shankar Romance
House Full Hemanth Hegde Diganth, Hemanth Hegde, Girija Oak, Vishaka Singh Kiran Comedy
Muniya T. Nagachandra Mayur Patel, Sahitya Action
Male Barali Manju Irali Vijayalakshmi Singh Srinagar Kitty, Parvathy, Hariprriya Umashree, Naga KiranRomance
Venki S. Madhav Prashanth, Rashmi A. M. Neel Romance
August Cheluvina Chilipili Romance
Raaj the Showman Romance, Action
Iniya Mahesh Romance
September Rajani Action comedy
Manasaare Romance
Vayuputra Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aindrita Ray, AmbareeshAction
Hushaar Adarsh Adarsh Thriller
Bhagyada Balegara Drama
Prem Kahani R. ChandruRomance
Bettapurada Ditta Makkalu Srinivasa Murthy, Master Shashank C. R. Bobby Drama
Dhanush Jayanth Prashanth, Ramanithu Chaudhary M. S. Maruthi Romance
October Abhay Mahesh Babu Action
Jaala Naghanath M. Joshi Chetan Gowda, Deepu, Padmini Madhan Mohan Romance
Salute B. C. Patil, Ashwini Action
Bellary Naga Drama
Huchhi Venkatesh Panchangam Raj Bhaskar Drama
Gilli Raghava Loki Romance
Ninagaagi Kaadiruve Jolly Bastin Robin Gurang Romance
Mad Love Teja G Ramu, Raveena L. N. Goochi Romance
Yaaradu Srinivas Kaushik Vinod Raj, Ashwini Akhil G Thriller
Ajantha Raajpa Ravishankar Drama
Artha B. Suresh Raghunath, Kiran Barkoor Drama
Banada Neralu Umashanker Swamy Pichchalli Srinivas Drama
Daatu K. Shivarudraiah Drama
Gubbachchigalu Abhilash, Prakruthi Anmol Bhave Drama
Yogi Udaya Prakash Yogish, Biyanka Desai Emil Mohammed Action
November 10th Class A Sec Dil Satya Naveen, Priyanka R. N. Abhilash Drama
Ivnu Thumbaane Orata Jyotish
Mooru Guttu Ondu Sullu Ondu Nija Suma Shastry Comedy
Parichaya K. Sanjay Romance
Devaru Kotta Thangi Family Drama
IPC Section 300 Shashikanth Vijay Raghavendra, Priyanka Chandra Veer Samarth Crime
Devru Duniya Vijay, Pragna Shetty Action
Gokula Vijay Raghavendra, Yash, Pooja Gandhi, Nakshatra Romance
Jeeva Prabhu Srinivas Prajwal Devraj, Ruthuva Romance
December Male Bille Mahesh Sukhadhare Diganth, Akshay, Pragna Romance
Nirudyogi Nag Hunasod Chandrakanth, Pushpalatha A. T. Raveesh Drama
Ravana Yogish Hunsur Drama
Maleyali Jotheyali Romance
Kallara Santhe Political drama
Raam K. Madesh Romance
Shishira Manju Swaraj Drama
Putaani Party P. N. Ramchandra Ranjita Jadhav, Sharad Anchatgiri Drama

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: archive . From our online . 2012-05-15 . 2009: Yet another 'flop' year . 2024-03-03 . The New Indian Express . en.
  2. Web site: 2009-12-25 . Hits and misses 2009 - News . 2024-05-29 . IndiaGlitz.com.