Apthamitra is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language horror film directed by P. Vasu and produced by Dwarakish. It stars Vishnuvardhan, Soundarya and Ramesh Arvind in the lead roles, while Prema, Dwarakish and Avinash appear in supporting roles. The film is a remake of Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu with some plot changes. The film was released on 27 August 2004 on Varalakshmi festival to positive reviews.
Pokiri (transl. Rogue/Hooligan) is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film was produced by Jagannadh and Manjula Ghattamaneni by their respective production companies Vaishno Academy and Indira Productions. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Sayaji Shinde. In the film, a local goon whose killer instincts earns him not only his girlfriend's disapproval and a corrupt cop's enmity, but also the attention of a wanted crime boss.
Political Rowdy is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Adi Narayana. The film stars Mohan Babu, Charmme Kaur, Prakash Raj, and Abbas. Mohan Babu produced the film and also plays the lead role. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Adi Thadi.
Azhagiya Theeye is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Radha Mohan that stars Prasanna and Navya Nair. The film was produced by Prakash Raj, who also played a significant character in the film, while Ramesh Vinayagam composed the music. It released to generally positive reviews. However, the film was a commercial failure. The film's name is inspired by the song of the same name from Minnale (2001). The movie was an inspiration for the 2006 Telugu film Happy and the Bengali remake Bolo Na Tumi Aamar.
Jerry is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by S. B. Khanthan, produced by V. Vishwanathan, and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Jithan Ramesh as the titular character, while Shruthi Raj, Mumtaj, and Meera Vasudevan play the female leads. The music was composed by Ramesh Vinayakam with editing done by Krishnakumar. The film released on 19 May 2006.
Ekangi is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of ₹ 80 lakh exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time. It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system.
Kalla Malla Sulla is a 2011 multi-starrer Kannada film in the comedy genre starring V. Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind, Vijay Raghavendra in the lead roles. The film has been directed and written by Udhaya Prakash and produced by K. Manju. Alex Paul has composed the music. This is a remake of the successful 2002 Tamil film Charlie Chaplin.
Gowdru is a 2004 Kannada drama film directed by S. Mahendar. The film features Ambareesh, Devaraj and Shruti in the lead roles. Meena, B. Jaya and Ramesh Pandit feature in supporting roles. The film marks the 200th of Ambareesh and the 100th of Shruti. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The film is an unofficial remake of Tamil film Kizhakku Cheemayile.
Malla is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed, composed and enacted by Ravichandran in dual roles. The film also stars Priyanka Trivedi and Mohan Shankar. The film was produced by Ramu for his home banner Ramu Enterprises making his the first team up with Ravichandran.
O Premave is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Naganna. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Rambha, Doddanna and Srinivasa Murthy in prominent roles. Telugu actor Srihari made his debut in Kannada cinema with this film.
Sahukara is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by K. Manju. It stars V. Ravichandran, Rambha, Shashikumar and Anu Prabhakar. Veteran actor Vishnuvardhan made a special appearance. It was a remake of Tamil film Muthu (1995) which itself remake of the Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath (1994).
Jaana is a 1994 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film written and directed by Shivamani and produced by Sa. Ra. Govindu. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Kasthuri and Shruti among others.
Preethsu Thappenilla is a 2000 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by V. S. Reddy and produced by GVG Raju. The film stars V. Ravichandran, Rachana Banerjee and Nagesh in the leading roles.
Premakke Sai is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy which marked his debut in Kannada films. The film was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt. The film stars V. Ravichandran, Shaheen Khan, Prakash Rai and Kasthuri.
Nee Tata Naa Birla is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed and scripted by Nagendra Magadi. The film has an ensemble cast including V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Pooja Gandhi, Jennifer Kotwal, Nikita Thukral and Keerthi Chawla in the leading roles. It is based on the 1985 Malayalam movie Boeing Boeing.
Crazy Star is a 2014 Indian Kannada language romantic thriller film directed, edited and composed by V. Ravichandran and produced by his home studio Eshwari Dreams. Besides himself in the lead, the other ensemble cast include Priyanka Upendra, Prakash Rai, Bhavana Rao, Raghu Ram, Naveen Krishna, Akul Balaji, Neethu, Ravishankar Gowda among others in the pivotal roles The film is the remake of 2011 Malayalam action-thriller movie Traffic, which has its narrative in a hyperlink format. The film opened on 14 February 2014, coinciding the Valentines day. The film received negative reviews at the box-office.
Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian actor whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was hired for the lead character in the film Makkala Rajya (1960). Since then, he has acted in over 350 feature films renowned for his unique dialogue delivery, facial expressions and comedy timing.
Ravi Shastri is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and M. R. Raghavendra. It is a remake of the Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu (1988) and stars Ravichandran and Sneha, in her Kannada cinema debut.
Aa Drushya is a 2019 Indian Kannada language neo-noir crime thriller written by Karthick Naren and directed by Shiva Ganesh. The film is produced by K. Manju under his banner K Manju Cinemas. It features V. Ravichandran in the lead role The supporting cast includes Achyuth Kumar, Ramesh Bhat and Chaitra Achar. The score and soundtrack for the film is by Gautam Srivastaa and the cinematography is by A. Vinod Bharathi. The editing of the film is done by Suresh Arumugam. The film is a remake of the 2016 Tamil film Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru starring Rahman in the lead role.
Naanga Romba Busy is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language crime comedy film directed by Badri. It is a remake of the Kannada film Mayabazar 2016 (2020) and stars Prasanna, Shaam, Ashwin Kakumanu, Yogi Babu, Shruti Marathe, Rittika Sen, and VTV Ganesh. The film was premiered as a Diwali special on Sun TV on 14 November 2020.
