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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 2012 |
Founder | Vijay Kiragandur |
Headquarters | Bengaluru, Karnataka , India |
Key people | |
Products | Films |
Divisions | |
Website | hombalefilms |
Hombale Films is an Indian film production and film distribution company based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in the year 2012, [1] the company producing films across multiple languages, with a special focus on Kannada cinema. It is a leading production house in the Kannada film industry. [2] Over the years, the company has expanded its reach into other Indian languages, including Telugu and Malayalam. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]
Hombale Films was founded in 2012 by Vijay Kiragandur [7] [8] and Chaluve Gowda, [9] [10] both from Bangalore. Hombale Film's first production was the Kannada film Ninnindale in 2014, [11] starring Puneeth Rajkumar. [10] Their next film was Masterpiece , followed by a collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar, Raajakumara in 2017, which became the top grossing Kannada film at the time. It reportedly grossed more than ₹750,000,000 in the Karnataka box office. [12]
Hombale Films' fourth film was K.G.F: Chapter 1 directed by Prashanth Neel and released in five languages across India: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi. K.G.F: Chapter 1 was the first Kannada film to gross ₹2,000,000,000 worldwide, earning than ₹2,500,000,000. As of 2019 it was the third-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema. [13] [14]
Hombale Films' next film was Yuvarathnaa in 2021, which was their third collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar, and second collaboration with director Santhosh Ananddram. It was released on 1 April 2021 in Kannada and Telugu, and on Amazon Prime Video shortly after due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15] Yuvarathnaa was Hombale Films first effort in music production, under the label Hombale Music. [16]
Their next film was the sequel to K.G.F: Chapter 1 , K.G.F: Chapter 2 . It was released on 14 April 2022 and grossed more than ₹12,000,000,000 crores. [17] [18] It became the highest-grossing film of Kannada cinema.
Their next film was Kantara , was written, directed, and acted by Rishab Shetty. It was released on 30 September 2022 to positive reviews. Made for ₹160,000,000, it grossed more than ₹4,000,000,000 worldwide. It became the second-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema, [19] and sold more tickets than any other Kannada film, beating K.G.F: Chapter 2. [20]
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Director | Language | Notes |
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2014 | Ninnindale | Jayanth C. Paranjee | Kannada | |
2015 | Masterpiece | Manju Mandavya | ||
2017 | Raajakumara | Santhosh Ananddram | ||
2018 | K.G.F: Chapter 1 | Prashanth Neel | ||
2021 | Yuvarathnaa | Santhosh Ananddram | ||
2022 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Prashanth Neel | ||
Kantara | Rishab Shetty | |||
2023 | Raghavendra Stores | Santhosh Ananddram | ||
Dhoomam | Pawan Kumar | Malayalam | ||
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire | Prashanth Neel | Telugu | Distribution in Karnataka | |
2024 | Raghu Thatha | Suman Kumar | Tamil | |
Yuva | Santhosh Ananddram | Kannada | ||
Bagheera | Dr. Suri | [21] | ||
2025 | Kantara: Chapter 1 † | Rishab Shetty | Post-production [22] | |
TBA | Richard Antony: Lord of the Sea† | Rakshit Shetty | Pre-production [23] | |
Salaar: Part 2 – Shouryaanga Parvam† | Prashanth Neel | Telugu | Pre-production [24] | |
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Director | Language | Notes |
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2024 | The Goat Life | Blessy | Malayalam | [25] |
Romeo | Vinayak Vaithianathan | Tamil | ||
Boat | Chimbu Deven | |||
Prasanna Vadanam | Arjun Y. K | Telugu | [26] | |
Utsavam | Arjun Sai | [27] | ||
Aho Vikramaarka | Peta Trikoti | [28] | ||
ARM | Jithin Laal | Malayalam | [29] | |
Pani | Joju George | [30] | ||
2025 | L2: Empuraan | Prithviraj Sukumaran | [31] | |
Veera Chandrahasa | Ravi Basrur | Kannada | [32] | |
Mahavatar Narsimha | Ashwin Kumar | Hindi Kannada Tamil Telugu | Also presenter [33] |