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.

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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 Guiness 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]

List of released films in 2005

January–June

OpeningTitleDirectorCastMusic DirectorGenreNotes
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7thNanage Neenu Ninage NaanuAnitha SubramanyaRakesh Praveen D Rao Romance
14th Maharaja Om Sai Prakash Sudeep, Nikita Thukral, Ashok S. A. Rajkumar Action
Mahasadhvi Mallamma Renuka Sharma Saikumar, Meena Sri SailamDrama
21st Rishi Prakash Shivarajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sindhu Tolani Gurukiran Comedy / Drama
ZabardastRam Bharath DevanBhushan Kumar, Rashmi KulkarniGandharvaRomance
OlaveP. H. VishwanathVishal Hegde, SandhyaB R HemanthRomance
28thSurya The GreatRushi Ajay Rao, ShivaniSamsonAction
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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
18thShadyantraRajesh Murthy Harish Raj, NamrathaPrakash SontakkiDrama
Udees P. N. Sathya Mayur Patel, Sonali JoshiVenkat NarayanAction
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4th Beru P. Sheshadri Suchendra Prasad, Neetha, H. G. Dattatreya, T. N. Seetharam Praveen KiranDrama / Documentary
Aadi M. S. Ramesh Auditya, Ramya, Avinash Gurukiran Action
Shanti Baraguru Ramachandrappa Bhavana Hamsalekha DramaGuinness record film
Hendathiyobbalu ManeyolagiddareV. UmakanthKrishne Gowda, Sharan, Namratha, Doddanna AbhiComedy
GadipaarS. S. David Charanraj, Vinod AlvaM S MaruthiAction
18thMoorkhaA. N. Jayaramaiah Kashinath, Namratha, Bhavya, Bank Janardhan, Karibasavaiah V. Manohar Comedy
Inspector JhansiH. Vasu Prema, AnandDilip Sen - Sameer SenAction
25thRanachandiB. R. Keshav Prema, Naveen Mayur, ShobharajM. S. MaruthiAction
Rakshasa Sadhu Kokila Shivrajkumar, Gajala, Ruthika, Kishore, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Sadhu Kokila Action
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1st Jootata N. S. Shankar Dhyan, Richa Pallod, Akash R. P. Patnaik ComedyRemake of Malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi [2]
Kashi from Village Om Sai Prakash Sudeep, Rakshita, Harsha, Bank Janardhan, Sathya Prakash Koti Action [3]
8thPreethisuSiddarajuVishal Hegde, AshwiniTejaRomance
15thNavabharathiK. GaneshSourav, Usha KiranRaj BhaskarRomance / Drama
22ndVarsha S. Narayan Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Manya, Komal Kumar, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna S. A. Rajkumar DramaRemake of Malayalam film Hitler [4]
29th Aakash Mahesh Babu Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya, Avinash, Kishore R. P. Patnaik Action / Romance
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6thKarnana SampathuShantaram Kanagal Ambareesh, Tara, Prakash Rai GuruActionRe-released
13th Gunna Dwarki Mayur Patel, Chaitra Hallikeri, Rangayana Raghu, Sudeep MaheshAction
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
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3rd Gowramma Naganna Upendra, Ramya, Ramesh Bhat, Srinivasa Murthy S. A. Rajkumar DramaRemake of Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
10th Shastri P. N. Sathya Darshan, Manya, Bullet Prakash Sadhu Kokila Action [6]
17thNan Love MadthiyaVenkatswamyDileep Raj, Deepa, Ananth Nag Hamsalekha Romance
Magic Ajji Dinesh Babu Khushbu, Sudharani, Ramesh Bhat, Master TejasAadhiFantasy / Horror [7]
YaakeV. Rajendra KumarRaghav, Divya GowdaM N KrupakarMystery
24thGiriRavicharan Srinagar Kitty, Preethi, Muni, Shobha Chakri Comedy
Ugra NarasimhaSurya Mohan Shankar, Madhu Sharma, Sharath Lohitashwa Rajesh Ramanath Action [8]
O GulabiyeNarendra BabuVivek Beedu, Mallika, Suhasini M. N. KrupakarRomance

July – December

OpeningTitleDirectorCastMusic DirectorGenreNotes
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1st Sye Arun Prasad Sudeep, Kanika Subramaniam, Avinash, Pasupathy Gurukiran Action
Hudgeeru Saar Hudgeeru Lingaraj Kaggal Mohan Shankar, Sangeetha ShettyS. P. ChandrakanthComedy
8th Masala Dayal Padmanabhan Sunil Raoh, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Vishal Hegde, Ramesh Bhat Sadhu Kokila Romance / Comedy
22nd Siddu Mahesh Sukhadhare Sri Murali, Deepu, Tara, Sihi Kahi Chandru R. P. Patnaik Action [9]
29th Valmiki M S Ramesh Shivrajkumar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Lakshmi Rai, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy Gurukiran Action
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U
G
4th News M. K. Maheshwar Upendra, Renuka Menon, Reemma Sen, Nassar, Avinash Gurukiran Action [10]
5th Mental Manja Sai SagarArjun, Sheetal Ramachandran, Srinath, Girija LokeshSai SagarDrama
12thThunta Om Prakash Rao Balaji, Ekta Khosla V. Ravichandran Romance
Siri ChandanaRajkishoreSuryavardhan, Chethan S. A. Rajkumar Drama
AbhinandaneN. Ramachandra Rao Ramkumar, Sudharani, Anu, Yeshwanth K. Kalyan Drama
19th Jogi Prem Shivrajkumar, Jennifer Kotwal, Arundhati Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Sanket Kashi Gurukiran Action / Drama
Green SignalEeshwar Balegundi Ajay Rao, Ashitha, Vishal Hegde, AshwiniVenkat NarayanRomance
26th Deadly Soma Ravi Srivatsa Auditya, Rakshita, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash Sadhu Kokila Action [11]
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2ndLive BandB. R. KeshavNagesh Mayya, SnehaM. N. KrupakarAdult drama
9th Auto Shankar D. Rajendra Babu Upendra, Shilpa Shetty, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sudharani Gurukiran Action
Namma Basava Veera Shankar Puneeth Rajkumar, Gowri Munjal, Sudharani, Tara, Kota Srinivasa Rao Gurukiran Action
YauvanaJayasimha MusuriNithin, Lakshmi MusuriGopi KrishnaAdult romance
16th Amrithadhare Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Dhyan, Ramya, Bhavya, Avinash, Amitabh Bachchan Mano Murthy Drama / Romance
Haseena Girish Kasaravalli Tara, Chandrahasa AlvaIssac Thomas KottukapallyDramaBased on novel by Banu Mushtaq
23rdBoyfriendD. R. JanaDileep Raj, Rathi, Abhinayasri K M IndraRomance / Drama
30th Swamy M. S. Ramesh Darshan, Gayatri Jayaraman, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran Action
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7thSamarasimha NayakaLingaraj Kaggal Abhijeeth, Rashmi Kulkarni, Srinath, Tara M. N. KrupakarAction
21st Shambu Dwarki Sri Murali, Manya, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Ramesh KrishnanRomance [12]
24thHai ChinnuShivaji Rao GhorpadeNithin, Mohini PatelGopi KrishnaRomance
N
O
V
4th Anna Thangi Om Sai Prakash Shivrajkumar, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sudharani, Deepu, Vishal Hegde, Doddanna Hamsalekha Family Drama
18th Nammanna N. Shankar Sudeep, Anjala Zhaveri, Asha Saini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kota Srinivasa Rao Gurukiran Action [13]
Lathi ChargeB. RamamurthyThriller Manju, Mohan Shankar Gopi KrishnaAction
26th Love Story Bharati KannanMayoor Patel, Tanu Roy, Komal Kumar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Pramila Joshai S. A. Rajkumar RomanceRemake of Hindi film Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Good Bad Ugly Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar, Nisha Tiger Prabhakar Adult romance
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E
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2nd Nenapirali Ratnaja Prem Kumar, Varsha, Vidya Venkatesh, Naveen Krishna Hamsalekha Romance
9th Rama Shama Bhama Ramesh Aravind Kamal Haasan, Ramesh Aravind, Shruti, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna, Aniruddh Gurukiran ComedyRemake of Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi
16thSakha Sakhi Dayal Padmanabhan Sunil Raoh, Chaya Singh, Doddanna, Vinayak Joshi, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Comedy / RomanceRemake of Tamil film Thiruda Thirudi
23rd Vishnu Sena Naganna Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Ananth Nag, Gurleen Chopra, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Deva DramaRemake of Tamil film Ramanaa
30th Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Sharan Kumar KabburVishnukanth, Tara, Bhavya Abhimann Roy Biopic
Pandu Ranga Vittala Dinesh Babu V. Ravichandran, Prema, Rambha, Shruti, Komal Kumar V. Ravichandran Comedy

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