List of Kannada films of 2009

Last updated June 01, 2024

A list of films produced by the Sandalwood (Kannada language film industry) based in Bangalore in the year 2009.

Aindrita Ray scored 2 big hits with Junglee and Manasaare, Yagna Shetty and Radhika Pandit grabbed all the awards for their performances in Eddelu Manjunatha and Love Guru. Shubha Poonja for Thaakath, Pooja Gandhi for Gokula and Ragini Dwivedi for Veera Madakari had a decent year too. ^[1]

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kannada films released in 2009, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

The rank of the films in the following depends on the worldwide gross.

*	Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide

Highest worldwide gross of 2009
Rank	Title	Production Company	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	Raaj – The Showman	Sri Seethabhaireshwara Productions	₹25 crore (US$3.1 million)	^[2]
2	Ee Shathamaanada Veera Madakari	S. S. Combines	₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)
3	Junglee	Rockline Entertainments	₹6.5 crore (US$810,000)
4	Manasaare	Rockline Entertainments	₹6 crore (US$750,000)
5	Thaakath	—	₹4.5 crore (US$560,000)
6	Ambari	Sri Lambodara Combines	₹4 crore (US$500,000)

Released films

Films are listed based on release dates.

Month	Title	Director	Cast	Music	Genre
January	Gulama	Tushar Ranganath	Prajwal Devaraj, Sonu, Biyanka Desai	Gurukiran	Action Romantic
	Anu	Shiva Ganapathy	Pooja Gandhi, Duniya Rashmi	Shekhar Chandra	Action Thriller
	Chickpete Sachagalu	Nagendra Magadi	S. Narayan, Jaggesh, Ashwini, Manasi, Doddanna	S. Narayan	Comedy
	Kempa	Jagadeesh	Santhosh, Sai Dhanshika	Gurukiran	Action
	Taxi No-1	Prabhakar	Prabhakar, Nikitha Rao	Nataraj Kanagodu	Drama
	Circus	Dayal Padmanabhan	Ganesh, Archana Gupta	Emil Mohammed	Romantic Action
	Shivamani	Amarnath SK	Sri Murali, Sharmiela Mandre	Veer Samarth	Action
	Jolly Days	M. D. Sridhar	Pradeep, Praveen, Vishwas, Spoorthi, Ruthuva, Raghavendra, Aishwarya Nag, Keerthi, Kishori Ballal, Niranjan, Rahul	Mickey J Meyer	Romantic
	Nanda	Anantha Raju	Shivarajkumar, Sandhya, Mythreya	V. Manohar	Action
	Ambari	A. P. Arjun	Yogish, Supreeta	V. Harikrishna	Romantic
	Meghave Meghave	V. Nagendra Prasad	Raam, Gracy Singh, Sudeep	V. Harikrishna
February	Birugaali	Harsha	Chetan Kumar, Sitara Vaidya, Aakanksha Sontalia, Charisma Bharadwaj, Tara	Arjun Janya	Action
	Yodha	Om Prakash Rao	Darshan, Nikita Thukral	Hamsalekha	Action
	Idya Madyar Nagalikke	Yashwant Sardeshpande	Yashwant Sardeshpande, Malathi Sardeshpande, Sunetra Pandit, Poornachandra Tejaswi, Navyashree	Kiran Godkhindi	Comedy
	Junglee	Duniya Soori	Duniya Vijay, Aindrita Ray, Rangayana Raghu	V. Harikrishna	Action
	Kurunadu	G. Murthy	Dattanna, Lakshmi Hegde	Pravin Godkhindi	Drama
	KA-99 B-333	G. Arunkumar	Ajay Rathnam, Deepa Chari	S. Nagu	Action
	Samskaravantha	K. Parthasarathi	Kashi, Ninasam Ashwat	Sadgunaraj	Drama
	Swathanthra Palya	Huccha Venkat	Arjun, Damini, Huccha Venkat, Deepa, C. R. Simha	M. N. Krupakar	Action
	Venkata in Sankata	Ramesh Arvind	Ramesh Arvind, Sharmiela Mandre, Umashree	Ricky Kej	Comedy
	Ee Sambhashane	M. Rajashekar	Sandesh, Hariprriya	V. Manohar	Romantic
	Thabbali	N. Loki	Aakash, Meghashri, Charulatha	A. M. Neel	Drama
	Namyajamanru	T. S. Nagabharana	Vishnuvardhan, Vijay Raghavendra, Navya Nair, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Hamsalekha	Family Drama
March	Rajakumari	S. Govindaraj	V. Ravichandran, Balaji, Ramnitu. Kanika, Nikita Thukral	V. Harikrishna	Romance
	Ninnalle Nanna Hrudaya	Chandrashekar Reddy	Manoj, Chintana Krishna	Aryan Kiran	Romance
	Shankara Punyakoti	G. Murthy	Sharath Babu, Vinaya Prakash	Pravin Godkhindi	Drama
	Anjadiru	R. Janardhan	Prashant, Shubha Poonja	Sundar C. Babu	Drama
	Baaji	S. Shidlaghatta Srinivas	Alok Kashinath, Rani	G. R. Shankar
	Veera Madakari	Sudeep	Sudeep, Ragini Dwivedi	M. M. Keeravani	Action
	Ram Balaram	U. B. Ramamurthy	Adhi Lokesh	S. P. Raj	Drama
	Kannadadda Kiran Bedi	Om Prakash Rao	Malashri, Sayaji Shinde, Ashish Vidyarthi	Hamsalekha	Action
April	Ghauttham	K. Rajeev Prasad	Prem Kumar, Sara Alambara, Kausalya, Sudharani, Kokila Mohan, Vinaya Prasad	Gurukiran	Romantic drama
	Jaaji Mallige	Anantha Raju	Ajay Rao, Gowri Munjal, Komal Kumar	Sadhu Kokila	Romance
	Hrudayagala Vishaya	Vasanth	Prashanth Kumar, Madhupriya	Drums Deva	Romance
	Josh	Shivamani	Rakesh Adiga, Alok, Sneha, Chetana, Poorna, Nithya Menen	Vardhan	Romance
	Nishedhagne	Padmanabha	Adi Lokesh, Priyanka	M. S. Giridhar	Action
	Savaari	Jacob Verghese	Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan	Manikanth Kadri E. S. Murthy	Drama
	Uda	Shashank Raj	Yuvaraj, Sanchita Padukone	Bharanishree	Action
	Yagna	Krishna Brahma	Sri Murali, Priyanka	Murali Krishna	Action
	Auto	Mallikarjuna Muttalageri	Sathya, Roshani, Kruthika	Vijaykrishna Mysore	Action
	Chellidaru Sampigeya	S. Narayan	Prashanth, Biyanka Desai, Vishal Hegde, Shruthi	S. Narayan	Romance
May	Eshtu Nagthi Nagu	Chindodi Madhukesha	Mohan, Roshani	M. S. Maruti	Comedy
	Machchaa	Dhananjaya Kundapura Datthu	Jeevan, Saritha Jain	Arjun Janya	Action
	Minchu	Vishal Raj	Siddhanth, Archana	Rajesh Ramanath	Drama
	Hatrick Hodi Maga	P. N. Sathya	Shivarajkumar, Nicolette Bird, Manju Bhargavi	Jassie Gift	Action
	Seena	Basavaraja Bellary	Tarun Chandra, Priyanka Chandra, Antara Reddy	A. T. Raveesh	Romance
	Dubai Babu	Naganna	Upendra, Nikita Thukral, Saloni Aswani, Kumar Govind	Sridhar V. Sambhram	Comedy
	Thaakath	M. S. Ramesh	Duniya Vijay, Shubha Poonja	Gurukiran	Action
	Jodi No. 1	Abhijeeth	Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar, Amrutha, Sangeetha Shetty	M. N. Krupakar	Drama
	Abhimani	Praveen	Rahul Salanke, Nidhi Subbaiah	Dharmateja	Romance
	Kalaakaar	Harish Raj	Suman Ranganathan, Harish Raj, Radhika Gandhi	Giridhar Diwan	Romance
	Nannedeya Haadu	Guruvendra	Anand, Ramya Barna	A. T. Raveesh	Romance
June	Yuvah	Narendra Babu	Kartik Shetty, Madhu Sharma	Gurukiran	Action
	Kaaranji	M. D. Sridhar	Vijay Raghavendra, Gauri Karnik	Veer Samarth	Drama
	Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar	Radhika Pandit, Srinagar Kitty	Mano Murthy	Comedy drama
	Black	Mahendra	Kishore, Manasi	C. R. Bobby	Action
	Chaitanya	D. K. Shivraj	Master Sachin, Baby Nikshita	Gopikrishna	Drama
	Bande Barthale	Devadas	Surya, Supreetha	Devadas	Romance
	Preethse Preethse	K. Madesh	Yogesh, Udhayathara	Anoop Seelin	Romance
July	Eddelu Manjunatha	Guruprasad	Jaggesh, Yagna Shetty	Anoop Seelin	Comedy
	Chamkaisi Chindi Udaysi	A. R. Babu	Komal Kumar, Nidhi Subbaiah, Umashree,	P. B. Balaji	Comedy
	Kabaddi	Narendra Babu	Praveen, Priyanka	Hamsalekha	Sports
	Kencha	P. N. Sathya	Prajwal Devaraj, Pragna Shetty	Anoop Seelin	Romance
	Love Guru	Shashank	Tarun Chandra, Radhika Pandit, Dileep Raj	Joshua Sridhar	Romance
	Mr. Painter	Dinesh Babu	Yogesh, Ramnitu Chaudhary, Rangayana Raghu	G. R. Shankar	Romance
	House Full	Hemanth Hegde	Diganth, Hemanth Hegde, Girija Oak, Vishaka Singh	Kiran	Comedy
	Muniya	T. Nagachandra	Mayur Patel, Sahitya	Abhimann Roy	Action
	Male Barali Manju Irali	Vijayalakshmi Singh	Srinagar Kitty, Parvathy, Hariprriya Umashree, Naga Kiran	Mano Murthy	Romance
	Venki	S. Madhav	Prashanth, Rashmi	A. M. Neel	Romance
August	Cheluvina Chilipili	S. Narayan	Pankaj Narayan, Roopika, Ananth Nag, Sumalatha	Mickey J. Meyer	Romance
	Raaj the Showman	Prem	Puneeth Rajkumar, Priyanka Kothari	V. Harikrishna	Romance, Action
	Iniya	Mahesh	Balaji, Pooja Gandhi	Sridhar V. Sambhram	Romance
September	Rajani	Thriller Manju	Upendra, Aarthi Chhabria, Mukul Dev, Rangayana Raghu	Hamsalekha	Action comedy
	Manasaare	Yogaraj Bhat	Diganth, Aindrita Ray	Mano Murthy	Romance
	Vayuputra	Kishore Sarja	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aindrita Ray, Ambareesh	V. Harikrishna	Action
	Hushaar	Adarsh	Adarsh, Mallika Kapoor	Adarsh	Thriller
	Bhagyada Balegara	Om Sai Prakash	Shivarajkumar, Navya Nair	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
	Prem Kahani	R. Chandru	Ajay Rao, Sheela	Ilaiyaraaja	Romance
	Bettapurada Ditta Makkalu	Kodlu Ramakrishna	Srinivasa Murthy, Master Shashank	C. R. Bobby	Drama
	Dhanush	Jayanth	Prashanth, Ramanithu Chaudhary	M. S. Maruthi	Romance
October	Abhay	Mahesh Babu	Darshan, Aarthi Thakur, Pradeep Rawat	V. Harikrishna	Action
	Jaala	Naghanath M. Joshi	Chetan Gowda, Deepu, Padmini	Madhan Mohan	Romance
	Salute	B. C. Patil	B. C. Patil, Ashwini	Sai Karthik	Action
	Bellary Naga	Dinesh Babu	Vishnuvardhan, Manasi, Rajesh Nataranga, Avinash	L. N. Shastry	Drama
	Huchhi	Venkatesh Panchangam	Pooja Gandhi, Thilak	Raj Bhaskar	Drama
	Gilli	Raghava Loki	Gururaj Jaggesh, Rakul Preet Singh	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
	Ninagaagi Kaadiruve	Jolly Bastin	Vishal Hegde, Pooja Gandhi	Robin Gurang	Romance
	Mad Love	Teja G	Ramu, Raveena	L. N. Goochi	Romance
	Yaaradu	Srinivas Kaushik	Vinod Raj, Ashwini	Akhil G	Thriller
	Ajantha	Raajpa Ravishankar	Venkatesh, Honey Rose, Sai Kiran	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
	Artha	B. Suresh	Raghunath, Kiran Barkoor	Hamsalekha	Drama
	Banada Neralu	Umashanker Swamy	B. Jayashree, Harish Raj	Pichchalli Srinivas	Drama
	Daatu	K. Shivarudraiah	Roopa Iyer, Dattanna	Hamsalekha	Drama
	Gubbachchigalu	Abhaya Simha	Abhilash, Prakruthi	Anmol Bhave	Drama
	Yogi	Udaya Prakash	Yogish, Biyanka Desai	Emil Mohammed	Action
November	10th Class A Sec	Dil Satya	Naveen, Priyanka	R. N. Abhilash	Drama
	Ivnu Thumbaane Orata	Jyotish
	Mooru Guttu Ondu Sullu Ondu Nija	Dinesh Babu	Ramesh Arvind, Komal Kumar, Nancy, Sharan	Suma Shastry	Comedy
	Parichaya	K. Sanjay	Tarun Chandra, Rekha Vedavyas, Sindhu Lokanath	Jassie Gift	Romance
	Devaru Kotta Thangi	Om Sai Prakash	Shivarajkumar, Meera Jasmine, Monica	Hamsalekha	Family Drama
	IPC Section 300	Shashikanth	Vijay Raghavendra, Priyanka Chandra	Veer Samarth	Crime
	Devru	Sadhu Kokila	Duniya Vijay, Pragna Shetty	Sadhu Kokila	Action
	Gokula	Prakash	Vijay Raghavendra, Yash, Pooja Gandhi, Nakshatra	Mano Murthy	Romance
	Jeeva	Prabhu Srinivas	Prajwal Devraj, Ruthuva	Gurukiran	Romance
December	Male Bille	Mahesh Sukhadhare	Diganth, Akshay, Pragna	Manikanth Kadri	Romance
	Nirudyogi	Nag Hunasod	Chandrakanth, Pushpalatha	A. T. Raveesh	Drama
	Ravana	Yogish Hunsur	Yogish, Sanchita Padukone	G. Abhiman Roy	Drama
	Maleyali Jotheyali	Preetham Gubbi	Ganesh, Anjana Sukhani, Sudharani	V. Harikrishna	Romance
	Kallara Santhe	D. Sumana Kittur	Yash, Hariprriya	V. Manohar	Political drama
	Raam	K. Madesh	Puneeth Rajkumar, Priyamani	V. Harikrishna	Romance
	Shishira	Manju Swaraj	Yashas, Meghana, Prema	B. Ajaneesh Loknath	Drama
	Putaani Party	P. N. Ramchandra	Ranjita Jadhav, Sharad Anchatgiri	Vijay Prakash	Drama

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References

↑ archive, From our online (15 May 2012). "2009: Yet another 'flop' year". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
↑ "Hits and misses 2009 - News". IndiaGlitz.com. 25 December 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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Kannada films of 2009 at the Internet Movie Database

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[1] rchive, From our online (15 May 2012). "2009: Yet another 'flop' year". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[2] "Hits and misses 2009 - News". IndiaGlitz.com. 25 December 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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