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]
This year sought good numbers for many movies, some of the top movies includes Gaalipata, Gaja, Gulabi Talkies, Moggina Manasu, Mussanje Maatu, Navagraha, Taj Mahal 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
| Month | Title | Director | Cast | Music | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Shambulinga | B. R. Keshav | Chidananda, Jahangir | M. 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, Megha Ghosh, Alisha, Ananth Nag | Hamsalekha | ||
| Hogi Baa Magale | U. H. Rajanna | Athin, Deepa Chari | L. N. Shastri | ||
| Inthi Ninna Preethiya | Soori | Srinagar Kitty, Sonu, Bhavana | Sadhu Kokila | ||
| Shivani | Vishal Raj | Suraj, Shivani | Jamesh Sakaleshpur | ||
| March | Marujanma | A. R. Babu | Naga Kiran, Priyanka, Dimple Chopade | Sri Murali | |
| Manasugula Mathu Madhura | Manju Maskal Matti | Anand, Hariprriya | K. Kalyan | ||
| Varasdhaara | Guru Deshpande | Sandeep, Ashwini, Sanjjanaa, Ravi Belagere | Rajesh Ramanath | ||
| Nanda Loves Nanditha | B. N. Vijayakumar | Yogesh, Shwetha | Emil Mohammed | ||
| Gooli | P. N. Sathya | Sudeep, Mamta Mohandas | Anoop Seelin | ||
| Ondu Koleya Sutha | Om Prakash Nayak | Om Prakash Nayak | NA | ||
| Satya In Love | Raghava Loki | Shivrajkumar, Genelia, Komal Kumar | Gurukiran | ||
| April | Accident | Ramesh Aravind | Ramesh Aravind, Pooja Gandhi, Mohan Shankar, Rekha, Thilak, Pathi Iyer | Ricky Kej | |
| Happy New Year 00:45PM | Gunakumar Patnayak | Vikram, Harshitha, Chandru, Kamal | A. T. Raveesh | ||
| Chili Pili Hakkigalu | Kodlu Ramakrishna | Girish Karnad, Diganth | V. Manohar | ||
| Mr. Garagasa | Dinesh Baboo | Komal Kumar, Ananth Nag | Manikanth Kadri | ||
| Malenada Mallige | Hanchhilli Shivkumar | Nitin, Daksha | Maruthi | ||
| Moggina Jade | P. R. Ramadas Naidu | Baby Shreesha, Master Anirudh, Pavitra Lokesh, Rajesh | NA | ||
| Satya Harischandra (color) | Hunsur Krishnamurthy | Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Pandari Bai | Pendyala | Re-released | |
| Aramane | Nagashekhar | Ganesh, Roma, Ananth Nag | Gurukiran | ||
| May | Gange Baare Thunge Baare | Sadhu Kokila | Prajwal Devaraj, Gayathri, Sunaina, Sadhu Kokila | Sadhu Kokila | |
| Jnanajyothi Sri Siddaganga | Omkar | Sridhar, Srinivasa Murthy, Tara | NA | ||
| Thaayi | Baraguru Ramachandrappa | Pramila Joshai, Sunder Raj | Hamsalekha | ||
| Baba | Trishul | Karthick, Pragnya | Arjun Janya | ||
| Super Jodi | B. Sathyanarayana | Ananth Nag, Chidananda, Jahangir, Dharma | M. S. Maruthi | ||
| Mussanje Maathu | Mahesh | Sudeep, Ramya, Anu Prabhakar | Sridhar V. Sambhram | ||
| Chellatada Hudugaru | Jyotish, Ram Chandra | Sandeep, Jyothi | AT Raveesh | ||
| Prachanda Ravana | Srinivas Prasad | Devaraj, Bharat Bhagavathar, Sudharani | Gopi Krishna | ||
| Sundari Ganda Sadananda | V. Umakanth | Sharan, Apoorva, Sanjana Rao, Kashi | NA | ||
| Athmeeya | Govindaraj | Akul Balaji, Smitha | Manoj George | ||
| Indra | H. Vasu | Darshan, Namitha, Sanghavi | V. Harikrishna | ||
| June | Bandhu Balaga | Naganna | Shivrajkumar, Shashikumar, Tejaswini Prakash, Poonam Kaur | Hamsalekha | |
| Neene Neene | Shivadwaj | Dhyan, Aishwarya Nag | Srimurali | ||
| Darode | Uday Jadugar | Vinod Kamat, Aishwarya Nag | Hamsalekha | ||
| Chenna | S. Umesh | Deepak | Venkat Narayan | ||
| Akasha Gange | Dinesh Baboo | Mithun Tejaswi, Chaya Singh | Deva | ||
| Huttidare Kannada Nadali Huttabeku | Mahadev | 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) | |
| Citizen | Saiprakash | Saikumar, Ashish Vidyarthi | Srinivas | ||
| Apaharana | B. R. Keshava | Meghana, Dharma, Thriller Manju | Maruti | ||
| Moggina Manasu | Shashank Raj | Shubha Poonja, Radhika Pandit, Yash, Sangeetha Shetty, Manasi | Mano Murthy | ||
| Zindagi | Mugil | Rajeev, Kishore, Priyanka | Mysore Mohan | ||
| Taj Mahal | R. Chandru | Ajay Rao, Pooja Gandhi, Ananth Nag | Abhimann Roy | ||
| Hrudaya I Miss U | Sathya | Maithreyi, Shivani, Shreyas | Ram Shankar | ||
| August | Nandadeepa | Shivu Hiremata | Shruthi, Devaraj | Gururaja Hoskote | |
| Namma Preethi Shashwatha | Kitti | Sathya | Mahesh Patel | ||
| Belura Baale | Halkere Naganna | Rajeshkumar, 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 Malleshi | Mastan | Chidananda (3 roles), Meghana, Dharma | |||
| Kodagana Koli Nungitha | Vaasu | Jaggesh, Pooja Gandhi | Sadhu Kokila | ||
| Madesha | Ravi Srivatsa | Shivrajkumar, 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 | |||
| Dheemaku | Magesh Kumar G. | Naveen Krishna, Flora Saini | Arjun Janya | ||
| Patre Loves Padma | Chandrashekar Srivatsav | Patre Ajith, Kruthika, Deepika, Pavitra, Supritha | Arjun Janya | ||
| Buddhivanta | Ramnath Rigvedhi | Upendra, Pooja Gandhi, Nathanya, 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 | |
| PUC | SR Brothers | Chetan Chandra, Harshika Poonacha, Charishma | J. Raviraj | ||
| Chikkamagaloora Chikka Mallige | Channagangappa E. | Shravanth, Jagadish, Radhika Gandhi | K. Kalyan | ||
| Baa Bega Chandamama | H. G. Murali | Deepak, Suhasini | H. G. Murali | ||
| Manmatharu | NA | Chidananda | NA | ||
| Mandakini | Ramesh Surve | Rashmi, Chetan | K. Kalyan | [4] | |
| Payana | Kiran Govi | Ravishankar Gowda, Ramnitu Chaudhary | V. Harikrishna | ||
| Premigagi Naa | Snehapriya | Shankar, Vandhana | Rajesh Ramanath | ||
| Sangaathi | Nandini Srinivasa Raju | Chethan, Aishwarya | Hamsalekha | ||
| Heegu Unte | Madan Patel | Madan Patel, Susheelkumar, Divya Sridhar, Madhu | Aadi Mahesh Patel | [5] | |
| Sangama | Sanjay V. Babu | Ganesh, Vedhika | Devi Sri Prasad | ||
| Psycho | Devadutta | Dhanush, Anita | Raghu Dixit | ||
| Nannusire | Santosh-Velupriyan | Rahul, Keerthi | Premji Amaran | ||
| November | Navagraha | Dinakar Toogudeepa | 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 Gowda | Master Likith, Sundar Raj, Prameela Joshai | V. Manohar | ||
| Maharshi | Krishna Brahma | Prashanth, Pooja Gandhi | Srimurli | ||
| Bidda | D. Vishwa | Adhi Lokesh, Yamini Sharma, Vanitha, Jai Jagadish, Umashree | Venkat-Narayan | [6] | |
| Ganga Kaveri | Vishnukant | Akshay, 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 | Shivarajkumar, Surveen Chawla, Sonu | V. Harikrishna | ||
| Pallavi Illada Charana | Shivaprabhu | Naga Kiran, Charulatha | Babji-Sandeep | [7] | |
| Sanchu | M. D. Kaushik | Charanraj, Veda Prada | Raveesh A. T. | ||
| Mast Maja Maadi | Anantha Raju | Sudeep, Jennifer Kotwal, Vijay Raghavendra, Komal Kumar, Diganth, Naga Kiran, Umashree | P. B. Balaji | ||
| Murane Class Manja B.Com Bhagya | Sai Sagar | Arya, Archana, Ananth Nag | Venkat-Narayan | [8] | |
| Neenyare | Sindesh | Suraj, Ramya Barna | V. Manohar | [9] | |
| Rocky | S. K. Nagendra Urs | Yash, Bianca Desai, Santhosh, Jai Jagadish | Venkat-Narayan | ||
| Haage Summane | Preetam Gubbi | Kiran Srinivas, Suhaasi | Mano Murthy |
References
- ^ "Top 2008 Kannada Movies List".
- ^ archive, From our online (16 May 2012). "Umashree rejoices in national award glory". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "rediff.com: The Top Kannada Films, 2008". specials.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Mandakini: Porn or what?". Bangalore Mirror. 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Heegu Unte: Nonsense". Bangalore Mirror. 25 October 2008.
- ^ "Bidda: Character assassination". Bangalore Mirror. 28 November 2008.
- ^ "Pallavi Illada Charana: Illada story, no film". Bangalore Mirror. 12 December 2008.
- ^ "3ne Class Manja, BCom Bhagya: Try taking the risk". Bangalore Mirror. 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Neenyare?: A total let down". Bangalore Mirror. 19 December 2008.
External links
- Kannada Movies of 2008 at the Internet Movie Database
