List of Kannada films of 2004

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The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2004, presented in alphabetical order.

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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]

Highest grossing films

RankTitleCollectionRef.
1. Apthamitra ₹28 crore (₹106.5 crore in 2025)
2. Malla ₹16 crore (₹60.85 crore in 2025)
3. Kalasipalya ₹14 crore (₹53.25 crore in 2025)
4. Maurya ₹13 crore (₹50.44 crore in 2025)
5. Ranga (S.S.L.C) ₹10 crore (₹38.8 crore in 2025)

Released films

January–June

OpeningTitleDirectorCastMusic DirectorGenreNotes
J
A
N		1st Veera Kannadiga Meher Ramesh Puneeth Rajkumar, Anita Hassanandani, Riyaz Khan, Avinash Chakri Action / RomanceThe film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Andhrawala
16th Kadamba Suresh Krissna Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Ramesh Bhat, Naveen Krishna Deva DramaRemake of Tamil film Thanga Padakam
23rd Bisi Bisi Ramanath Rugvedi Ramesh Aravind, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Anu Prabhakar, Sihi Kahi Chandru Milind DharmasenaComedy
30th Super Aliya Rajendra Kumar Arya Kashinath, Madhuri, Panchami, Sudhir PampaComedy [2]
F
E
B		6thAbbabba Entha HudugaHemanth HegdeArjun, Naaz, Seema Shetty, Avinash Suresh KumarRomance [3]
Rowdy Aliya Om Sai Prakash Shivrajkumar, Priyanka Trivedi, Jayamala, Chaya Singh, Doddanna Rajesh Ramanath
Sadhu Kokila
Koti
K. Kalyan
Vandemataram Srinivas
Babji-Sandeep
Srishailam		Comedy / Romance [4]
13thOm Ganesh Thriller Manju Saikumar, Swapna, Ambika, Ashok M N KrupakarAction [5]
18th Shwetha Naagara Sanjeevi Soundarya, Abbas, Sarath Babu, Dwarakish, Kunigal Nagabhushan Fantasy Thriller
20thPandavaAnand P Raj Vinod Raj, Charanraj, B. Jayashree Gopi KrishnaAction / Drama [6]
27th Malla V. Ravichandran V. Ravichandran, Priyanka Trivedi, Mohan Shankar, Umashree, Tejashree V. Ravichandran Romance / Drama
Baithare BaithareGunakumarAnand, Sharan, Shyam, Urvashi Patel, Jyothi Krishna, Sangeeta Shetty, Dwarakish TejaComedy
M
A
R		5th Dharma K V Chandranath Darshan, Sindhu Menon, Jai Jagadish Hamsalekha Action
Avale Nanna Gelathi Om Sai Prakash Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshita, Devaraj Koti Romance
TeenagersB. ShankarNivas, IndranagM N KrupakarRomance
12thMaha SambhramaM RamamurthyMurali Krishna, Chaya Singh Sangeeta PriyaRomance
Ok Saar Ok Dayal Padmanabhan Madan Patel, Anu Prabhakar Nag – MaheshRomance
19thSaagariVictory Vasu Ramkumar, Bhavana, Bhavya, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Romance / Drama
MuniB. R. KeshavaDharma, Durga Shetty, Gazar KhanT. VenkateshAction
26th Y2K N. Lokanath Nagendra Prasad, Mitisha Sharma, Sadhu Kokila, Mimicry Dayanand Sadhu Kokila Drama
The CityJ. G. Krishna Sai Kumar, Master Hirannaiah Sadhu Kokila Drama
Poorvapara Kudavalli Chandrashekar Geetha, Srinath, Naveen Mayur, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Vijaya Bhaskar DramaBased on a novel by M. K. Indira. [7]
A
P
R		2ndAagodella OlledakkeA. R. Babu Jaggesh, Abitha, Tara Raj BhaskarComedy
9th Darshan Ramesh Kitty Darshan, Navneeth, Chitra Shenoy Sadhu Kokila Action
MondaTeshi Venkatesh Sai Kumar, Prashanti, Pavitra LokeshStephen PrayogAction
16thPreethi Nee Illade Naa HegiraliEshwar BalegundiC. P. Yogeshwar, Anu Prabhakar ChaitanyaRomance
Friendship B. R. KeshavDharma, ShamithaMaheshDrama
23rd Ranga SSLC Yogaraj Bhat Sudeep, Ramya, Rangayana Raghu Sandeep Chowta Comedy/ Romance / Drama
BhagathAnand P. RajuThriller Manju, SwapnaM N KrupakarAction
Kanasina Loka G. S. Sarasa KumarVasu, Gopika TejaRomance
30th Durgi P. Ravi Shankar Malashri, Ashish Vidyarthi, Avinash, Raghuvaran, Kalabhavan Mani Hamsalekha Action
M
A
Y		7th Monalisa Indrajit Lankesh Dhyan, Sadha, Bhavya, Ramakrishna, Darshan Valisha – SandeepRomance
Hendthi Andre HendthiAnand P. Raju Shashikumar, Shruti V. Manohar Family
NijaK. V. Raju Jaggesh, LahariRaj BharathDrama
14th Bimba Kavita Lankesh Daisy Bopanna, Raksha, Sampath Kumar Issac Thomas KottukapallyDrama
21stSrirampura Police StationJ G Krishna Sai Kumar, Durga ShettyLondon ChandruAction
28th Rama Krishna Om Sai Prakash V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Laila Mehdin, Kaveri S. A. Rajkumar Romance
Mellusire SaviganaRamesh KrishnaHarish, Rashmi Kulkarni V. Manohar Romance
SamudraKushal BabuKushal Babu, Thriller ManjuM. N. KrupakarAction
J
U
N		4thPathi Patni AvaluVijay GujjarAdarsh, AmrithaShyam SunderComedy
18th Baa Baaro Rasika Dayal Padmanabhan Sunil Raoh, Ramya Krishnan, AshithaMaheshRomance
Sakhi S. Mahendar Praveen Kumar, PoonamChaitanyaRomance
25thKanasuSushil MokashiSushil Mokashi, Sanjjanaa Sameer KulkarniDrama
DevasuraA. N. Jayaramaiah Devaraj, B. C. Patil Guna SinghAction

July – December

OpeningTitleDirectorCastMusic DirectorGenreNotes
J
U
L		2nd Kanakambari Dinesh Babu Anu Prabhakar, Vijayalakshmi, Om Prakash Rao, Bank Janardhan Praveen D. RaoHorror [8]
Crime StoryB. R. Keshav Devaraj, ShobharajMaruthi MeerajkarAction
9th Love Rajendra Singh Babu Auditya, Rakshita, Mohanlal, Amrish Puri Anu Malik Romance / Action
Kanti Bharath Sri Murali, Ramya, Mumtaj Gurukiran Action
16th Gowdru S. Mahendar Ambareesh, Shruti, Devaraj, Meena Hamsalekha Drama [9]
23rdTargetH. S. RajashekarThriller Manju, Ruchita PrasadM. N. KrupakarAction
30th Sarvabhouma Mahesh Sukhadhare Shivrajkumar, Shilpa Anand Hamsalekha Action
A
U
G		6th Bhagawan H. Vasu Darshan, Daisy Bopanna, Bhavana Rajesh Ramanath Action / Romance
13thAjjuN. T. Jayarama ReddySri Harsha, Ranjitha Rajesh Ramanath Action
Naari Munidare Gandu ParariG. K. M. Raju Kashinath, Varsha, Tara, Doddanna Rajesh Ramanath Comedy
20th Pakkadmane Hudugi M. S. Rajashekar Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ranjitha, Ananth Nag, Mohan Shankar Rajesh Ramanath ComedyRemake of Hindi film Padosan
BidalaareRamanaAnil Kalyan, Keerthi ChawlaK. M. IndraRomance
Real RowdyBhavani Shankar Charanraj, YashaswiniLayendra
Madan		Action
27th Apthamitra P. Vasu Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Soundarya, Prema, Dwarakish, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash Gurukiran Horror / Thriller / DramaRemake of Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu
ShuklambharadaramMastaan Mohan Shankar, Durga ShettyS P ChandrakanthComedy
S
E
P		10th Yahoo Seetaram KaranthSaurav, Neethu, H. G. Dattatreya M. N. KrupakarHorror
Praana Prakash Prem Kumar, PreethiAllwyn FernandesRomance
18th Omkara Shivamani Upendra, Preeti Jhangiani, Shweta Menon, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran Drama / Action
24th Sahukara Om Prakash Rao V. Ravichandran, Vishnuvardhan, Shashikumar, Rambha, Rangayana Raghu, Sumithra Rajesh Ramanath Romance / DramaRemake of Tamil film Muthu
Thali Kattuva Shuba VeleN. R. Vishwanath Kumar Bangarappa, Sudharani, Anu Prabhakar, Rajesh Rajan GurungDrama
O
C
T		15th Kalasipalya Om Prakash Rao Darshan, Rakshita, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Action
Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve Kashinath Kashinath, Lakshmi Musuri, Varna, Bank Janardhan V. Manohar Comedy [10]
22nd Maurya S. Narayan Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine, Roja, Devaraj Gurukiran RomanceRemake of Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
29th Srusti Basavaraj Nagendra Prasad, Vinod Prabhakar, Priyadarshini, Roopa Hassan S. A. Rajkumar Drama
N
O
V		12th Nalla V. Nagendra Prasad Sudeep, Sangeetha, Tara, Srinath Venkat NarayanRomance / Drama
SanthoshaM. R. RameshSiddharth, Rajesh Krishnan, Pranathi, AnithaStephen PrayogRomance [11]
JenniferY. S. BalarajY. S. Balaraj, NeethaA T RaveeshRomance
Dharma YodharuSamarth, Roopa RavindranDocumentary
19thTrin TrinT. ChikkannaDharma, Ruthika Rajesh Ramanath Suspense Thriller
26thAliya Mane TholiyaNagendra Magadi Om Prakash Rao, Ruchita Prasad Rajesh Ramanath Comedy
D
E
C		3rd Joke Falls Ashok Patil Ramesh Aravind, Neethu, Deepali, Dattanna Mano Murthy Comedy
Saradara P. N. Sathya Darshan, Gurleen Chopra, Srinivasa Murthy Venkat NarayanAction
Priya ManaseMadhu MohanaUday, LathashreeShivasatyaRomance
17th Jyeshta Suresh Krissna Vishnuvardhan, Ashima Bhalla, Ramesh Bhat, Aniruddh, Devaraj, Sindhu Menon S. A. Rajkumar ActionRemake of Malayalam film Valliettan
24th Kanchana Ganga Rajendra Singh Babu Shivarajkumar, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha, Sadhu Kokila, Arjun S. A. Rajkumar Drama
31st Chappale Naganna Sunil Raoh, Richa Pallod, Sihi Kahi Chandru R. P. Patnaik Romance

References

  1. ↑ "2004 - Yearly roundup of Kannada Film Industry". www.viggy.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Super Aliya
  3. ↑ Abbabba Entha Huduga
  4. ↑ Rowdy Aliya Movie Review
  5. ↑ Om Ganesh
  6. ↑ "Movie Reviews News - Deccan Herald". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Poorvapara review
  8. ↑ Kanakambari
  9. ↑ Gowdru movie review
  10. ↑ Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve – Kashinath is back to acting and direction
  11. ↑ Santhosha movie review
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