List of Kannada films of 2008

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This is a list of films produced by the Sandalwood (Kannada language film industry) based in Bangalore in 2008. [1]

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This year sought good numbers for many movies, some of the top movies includes Gaalipata , Gaja, Gulabi Talkies , Moggina Manasu , Mussanje Maatu, Navagraha, TajMahal and Accident , however Buddhivanta became the highest grossing film of the year.

Umashree clinched the National Award for Best Actress this year. Pooja Gandhi became the golden girl with back to back superhits while Ganesh continued his success with Gaalipata. Sudeep, Darshan, Upendra, Ramya reprised their success streak as usual. [2]

This year also witnessed a breakthrough for actors, Diganth, Shubha Poonja and Neethu and new talents like Radhika Pandit and Yash who went on becoming the biggest stars of the industry. [3]

List of Kannada films released

MonthTitleDirectorCastMusicNotes
January Gaja K. Madhesh Darshan, Navya Nair V. Harikrishna
Gaalipata Yogaraj Bhat Ganesh, Daisy Bopanna, Rajesh Krishnan, Bhavana Rao, Diganth, Neethu, Ananth Nag V. Harikrishna
Honganasu Ratnaja Prem Kumar, Anuradha Mehta, Anjali, Ananth Nag Hamsalekha
Singapuradali ShambulingaB. R. KeshavChidananda, JahangirM. S. Maruthi
February Beladingalagi Baa M. S. Ramesh Chandrashekhara Kambara, Vijay Raghavendra, Ramnitu Chaudari, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran
Navashakti Vaibava Om Sai Prakash Shruthi, Radhika, Ramkumar Hamsalekha
Hani Hani Sharan Tarun Chandra, Pooja Gandhi S. Chinna
Avva Kavita Lankesh Shruthi, Duniya Vijay, Smitha Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Bindaas D. Rajendra Babu Puneeth Rajkumar, Hansika Motwani Gurukiran
Yuga Yugagale Saagali Shashank Raj Yashas Surya, Megha Ghosh, Alisha, Ananth Nag Hamsalekha
Hogi Baa MagaleU. H. RajannaAthin, Deepa Chari L. N. Shastri
Inthi Ninna Preethiya Duniya Soori Srinagar Kitty, Sonu, Bhavana Sadhu Kokila
ShivaniVishal RajSuraj, ShivaniJamesh Sakaleshpur
MarchMarujanmaA. R. Babu Naga Kiran, Priyanka, Dimple Chopade Sri Murali
Manasugula Mathu Madhura Manju Maskal MattiAnand, Hariprriya K. Kalyan
Varasdhaara Guru Deshpande Sandeep, Ashwini, Sanjjana, Ravi Belagere Rajesh Ramanath
Nanda Loves Nanditha B. N. Vijayakumar Yogesh, ShwethaEmil Mohammed
Gooli P. N. Sathya Sudeep, Mamta Mohandas Anoop Seelin
Ondu Koleya SuthaOm Prakash NayakOm Prakash NayakNA
Satya In Love Raghava Loki Shiva Rajkumar, Genelia, Komal Kumar Gurukiran
April Accident Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind, Pooja Gandhi, Mohan Shankar, Rekha, Thilak, Pathi Iyer Ricky Kej
Happy New Year 00:45PMGunakumar PatnayakVikram, Harshitha, Chandru, KamalA. T. Raveesh
Chili Pili Hakkigalu Kodlu Ramakrishna Girish Karnad, Diganth V. Manohar
Mr. Garagasa Dinesh Baboo Komal Kumar, Ananth Nag Manikanth Kadri
Malenada MalligeHanchhilli ShivkumarNitin, DakshaMaruthi
Moggina Jade P. R. Ramadas NaiduBaby Shreesha, Master Anirudh, Pavitra Lokesh, Rajesh Nataranga L. Vaidyanathan Released in film festivals [4]
Satya Harischandra (color) Hunsur Krishnamurthy Dr. Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Pandari Bai Pendyala Re-released
Aramane Nagashekar Ganesh, Roma, Ananth Nag Gurukiran
May Gange Baare Thunge Baare Sadhu Kokila Prajwal Devaraj, Gayathri, Sunaina, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila
Jnanajyothi Sri SiddagangaOmkar Sridhar, Srinivasa Murthy, Tara NA
Thaayi Baraguru Ramachandrappa Pramila Joshai, Sunder Raj Hamsalekha
BabaTrishulKarthick, Pragnya Arjun Janya
Super JodiB. Sathyanarayana Ananth Nag, Chidananda, Jahangir, DharmaM. S. Maruthi
Mussanje Maathu Mahesh Sudeep, Ramya, Anu Prabhakar Sridhar V. Sambhram
Chellatada HudugaruJyotish, Ram ChandraSandeep, JyothiAT Raveesh
Prachanda RavanaSrinivas Prasad Devaraj, Bharat Bhagavathar, Sudharani Gopi Krishna
Sundari Ganda SadanandaV. Umakanth Sharan, Apoorva, Sanjana Rao, KashiNA
AthmeeyaGovindaraj Akul Balaji, Smitha Manoj George
Indra H. Vasu Darshan, Namitha, Sanghavi V. Harikrishna
June Bandhu Balaga Naganna Shiva Rajkumar, Shashikumar, Tejaswini Prakash, Poonam Kaur Hamsalekha
Neene Neene Shivadwaj Dhyan, Aishwarya Nag Srimurali
DarodeUday JadugarVinod Kamat, Aishwarya Nag Hamsalekha
ChennaS. UmeshDeepakVenkat Narayan
Akasha Gange Dinesh Baboo Mithun Tejaswi, Chaya Singh Deva
Huttidare Kannada Nadali HuttabekuMahadev Ajay Rao, Master Anand, Ramakrishna, Bhavya K. M. Indra
Kaamannana Makkalu Chi Guru Dutt Sudeep, Doddanna, Rockline Venkatesh Vidyasagar
Vasanthakala V. Srinivas Hariprriya, Naga Kiran, Sharan V. Manohar
Nee Tata Naa Birla Nagendra Magadi V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Jennifer Kotwal, Pooja Gandhi, Keerthi Chawla, Urvashi, Nikita Thukral Gurukiran
Meravanige Mahesh Babu Prajwal Devraj, Aindrita Ray V. Manohar
July Minchina Ota A. M. R. Ramesh Vijay Raghavendra, Sri Murali, Lakshmi Rai, Umashree V. Manohar / Dharma Vish (background score)
CitizenSaiprakash Saikumar, Ashish Vidyarthi Srinivas
ApaharanaB. R. KeshavaMeghana, Dharma, Thriller Manju Maruti
Moggina Manasu Shashank Raj Shubha Poonja, Radhika Pandit, Yash, Sangeetha Shetty, Manasi Mano Murthy
ZindagiMugilRajeev, Kishore, PriyankaMysore Mohan
Taj Mahal R. Chandru Ajay Rao, Pooja Gandhi, Ananth Nag Abhimann Roy
Hrudaya I Miss USathyaMaithreyi, Shivani, ShreyasRam Shankar
AugustNandadeepaShivu Hiremata Shruthi, Devaraj Gururaja Hoskote
Namma Preethi ShashwathaKittiSathyaMahesh Patel
Belura BaaleHalkere NagannaRajeshkumar, Kalpanasri
Bombaat D. Rajendra Babu Ganesh, Ramya Mano Murthy
Arjun Shahuraj Shinde Darshan, Meera Chopra V. Harikrishna
Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu Veera Shankar Aditya Babu, Ramya Yuvan Shankar Raja
Gurukiran
Kalleshi MalleshiMastanChidananda (3 roles), Meghana, Dharma
Kodagana Koli NungithaVaasu Jaggesh, Pooja Gandhi Sadhu Kokila
Madesha Ravi Srivatsa Shiva Rajkumar, Sonam Bhatia, Ravi Belagere Mano Murthy
September Chaitrada Chandrama S. Narayan Pankaj, Amoolya S. Narayan
Ganesha Matte Banda HS Phani Ramachandra Vijay Raghavendra, Pragnya, Vishal, Neethu, Ananth Nag, Vinaya Prasad V. Manohar
Gulabi Talkies Girish Kasaravalli Umashree, M. D. Pallavi Arun Isaac Thomas Kottukapally Released in film festivals [4]
DheemakuMagesh Kumar G. Naveen Krishna, Flora Saini Arjun Janya
Patre Loves Padma Chandrashekar SrivatsavPatre Ajith, Kruthika, Deepika, Pavitra, Supritha Arjun Janya
Buddhivanta Ramnath Rigvedhi Upendra, Pooja Gandhi, Natanya Singh, Saloni Aswani, Suman Ranganathan, Brinda Vijay Antony Remake of Tamil film Naan Avan Illai
October Vamshi Prakash Puneeth Rajkumar, Nikita Thukral, Lakshmi R. P. Patnaik
PUCSR Brothers Chetan Chandra, Harshika Poonacha, CharishmaJ. Raviraj
Chikkamagaloora Chikka Mallige Channagangappa E.Shravanth, Jagadish, Radhika Gandhi K. Kalyan
Baa Bega Chandamama H. G. MuraliDeepak, SuhasiniH. G. Murali
ManmatharuNAChidanandaNA
MandakiniRamesh Surve Rashmi, Chetan K. Kalyan [5]
Payana Kiran Govi Ravishankar Gowda, Ramnitu Chaudhary V. Harikrishna
Premigagi Naa SnehapriyaShankar, Vandhana Rajesh Ramanath
SangaathiNandini Srinivasa RajuChethan, Aishwarya Hamsalekha
Heegu Unte Madan Patel Madan Patel, Jai Akash, Susheelkumar, Madhu Gomathi, HarshitaAadi Mahesh Patel [6]
Sangama Sanjay V. Babu Ganesh, Vedhika Devi Sri Prasad
Psycho DevaduttaDhanush, Anita Raghu Dixit
Nannusire Santosh-Velupriyan Rahul, Keerthi Premji Amaran
November Navagraha Dinakar Thoogudeepa Darshan, Tarun Chandra, Varsha, Sharmila Mandre, Vinod Prabhakar, Srujan Lokesh, Nagendra Urs, Dharma, Giri Dinesh V. Harikrishna
Slum Bala D. Sumana Kittur Duniya Vijay, Shuba Poonja, Umashree Arjun Janya
Naanu Gandhi Nanjunde GowdaMaster Likith, Sundar Raj, Pramila Joshai V. Manohar
Maharshi Krishna BrahmaPrashanth, Pooja Gandhi Srimurli
BiddaD. Vishwa Adi Lokesh, Yamini Sharma, Vanitha, Jai Jagadish, Umashree Venkat-Narayan [7]
Ganga Kaveri VishnukantAkshay, Mallika Kapoor, Mahhi Vij, Tara K. Kalyan
December Akka Thangi S. Mahendar Shruthi, Rashmi V. Manohar
Janumada Gelathi Dinesh Baboo Srinagar Kitty, Pooja Gandhi V. Manohar
Paramesha Panwala Mahesh Babu Shiva Rajkumar, Surveen Chawla, Sonu V. Harikrishna
Pallavi Illada CharanaShivaprabhu Naga Kiran, Charulatha Babji-Sandeep [8]
Sanchu M. D. Kaushik Charanraj, Veda PradaRaveesh A. T.
Mast Maja Maadi Anantha Raju Sudeep, Jennifer Kotwal, Vijay Raghavendra, Komal Kumar, Diganth, Naga Kiran, Nagashekar P. B. Balaji
Murane Class Manja B.Com BhagyaSai SagarArya, Archana, Ananth Nag Venkat-Narayan [9]
Neenyare SindeshSuraj, Ramya Barna V. Manohar [10]
Rocky S. K. Nagendra Urs Yash, Bianca Desai, Santhosh, Jai Jagadish Venkat-Narayan
Haage Summane Preetam Gubbi Kiran Srinivas, Suhaasi Mano Murthy

References

  1. "Top 2008 Kannada Movies List".
  2. "Umashree rejoices in national award glory". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. "rediff.com: The Top Kannada Films, 2008". specials.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Art scovers over popualrity". Bangalore Mirror . 12 January 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2004.
  5. "Mandakini: Porn or what?". Bangalore Mirror . 10 October 2008.
  6. "Heegu Unte: Nonsense". Bangalore Mirror . 25 October 2008.
  7. "Bidda: Character assassination". Bangalore Mirror . 28 November 2008.
  8. "Pallavi Illada Charana: Illada story, no film". Bangalore Mirror . 12 December 2008.
  9. "3ne Class Manja, BCom Bhagya: Try taking the risk". Bangalore Mirror . 19 December 2008.
  10. "Neenyare?: A total let down". Bangalore Mirror . 19 December 2008.

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