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 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 Guinness 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]
Highest grossing films
| Rank | Title | Collection | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jogi | ₹35 crore (₹125.99 crore in 2025) | |
| 2. | Aakash | ₹17 crore (₹61.19 crore in 2025) | |
| 3. | Ayya | ₹15 crore (₹53.99 crore in 2025) | |
| 4. | Amrithadhare | ₹12 crore (₹43.19 crore in 2025) | |
| 5. | Auto Shankar | ₹9 crore (₹32.39 crore in 2025) |
List of released films in 2005
January–June
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N |
7th | Nanage Neenu Ninage Naanu | B Subramanya | Rakesh Siddaramaiah, Sangeetha Shetty | Praveen D Rao | Romance | |
| 14th | Maharaja | Om Sai Prakash | Sudeep, Nikita Thukral, Ashok | S. A. Rajkumar | Action | ||
| Mahasadhvi Mallamma | Renuka Sharma | Meena, Rajendra Prasad, Saikumar, Sridhar | Sri Shailam | Drama | |||
| 21st | Rishi | Prakash | Shiva Rajkumar, 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, Harish, Sandhya | 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 | Mayur 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, Bhavya, Rami Reddy | 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, Shobhraj | M. S. Maruthi | Action | ||
| Rakshasa | Sadhu Kokila | Shiva Rajkumar, 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 | |||