Within the cinema of India, the following is a list of Kannada films of 2005.
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 Guinness 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.
Highest grossing films +RankTitleCollectionRef.1.Jogi₹35 crore (₹125.99 crore in 2025)2.Aakash₹17 crore (₹61.19 crore in 2025)3.Ayya₹15 crore (₹53.99 crore in 2025)4.Amrithadhare₹12 crore (₹43.19 crore in 2025)5.Auto Shankar₹9 crore (₹32.39 crore in 2025)
List of released films in 2005
January–June OpeningTitle Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JAN 7th Nanage Neenu Ninage Naanu B Subramanya Rakesh Siddaramaiah, Sangeetha Shetty Praveen D Rao Romance 14th Maharaja Om Sai Prakash Sudeep, Nikita Thukral, Ashok S. A. Rajkumar Action Mahasadhvi Mallamma Renuka Sharma Meena, Rajendra Prasad, Saikumar, Sridhar Sri Shailam Drama 21st Rishi Prakash Shiva Rajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sindhu Tolani Gurukiran Comedy / Drama Zabardast Ram Bharath Devan Bhushan Kumar, Rashmi Kulkarni Gandharva Romance Olave P. H. Vishwanath Vishal Hegde, Harish, Sandhya Hemanth Romance 28th Surya The Great Rushi Ajay Rao, Shivani Samson Action FEB 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 18th Shadyantra Rajesh Murthy Harish Raj, Namratha Prakash Sontakki Drama Udees P. N. Sathya Mayur Patel, Sonali Joshi Venkat Narayan Action MAR 4th Beru P. Sheshadri Suchendra Prasad, Neetha, H. G. Dattatreya, T. N. Seetharam Praveen Kiran Drama / Documentary Aadi M. S. Ramesh Auditya, Ramya, Avinash Gurukiran Action Shanti Baraguru Ramachandrappa Bhavana Hamsalekha Drama Guinness record film Hendathiyobbalu Maneyolagiddare V. Umakanth Krishne Gowda, Sharan, Namratha, Doddanna Abhi Comedy Gadipaar S. S. David Charanraj, Vinod Alva, Bhavya, Rami Reddy M S Maruthi Action 18th Moorkha A. N. Jayaramaiah Kashinath, Namratha, Bhavya, Bank Janardhan, Karibasavaiah V. Manohar Comedy Inspector Jhansi H. Vasu Prema, Anand Dilip Sen - Sameer Sen Action 25th Ranachandi B. R. Keshav Prema, Naveen Mayur, Shobhraj M. S. Maruthi Action Rakshasa Sadhu Kokila Shiva Rajkumar, Gajala, Ruthika, Kishore, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Sadhu Kokila Action APR 1st Jootata N. S. Shankar Dhyan, Richa Pallod, Akash R. P. Patnaik Comedy Remake of Malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi Jootata review Kashi from Village Om Sai Prakash Sudeep, Rakshita, Harsha, Bank Janardhan, Sathya Prakash Koti Action Kashi from village review 8th Preethisu Siddaraju Vishal Hegde, Ashwini Teja Romance 15th Navabharathi K. Ganesh Sourav, Usha Kiran Raj Bhaskar Romance / Drama 22nd Varsha S. Narayan Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Manya, Komal Kumar, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna S. A. Rajkumar Drama Remake of Malayalam film Hitler Varsha movie review 29th Aakash Mahesh Babu Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya, Avinash, Kishore R. P. Patnaik Action / Romance MAY 6th Karnana Sampathu Shantaram Kanagal Ambareesh, Tara, Prakash Rai Guru Action Re-released 13th Gunna Dwarki Mayur Patel, Chaitra Hallikeri, Rangayana Raghu, Sudeep Mahesh Action 20th Mr. Bakra Vasanth Jaggesh, Rohini, Srinivasa Murthy, Mukhyamantri Chandru V. Manohar Comedy Mr. Bakra review 27th Aham Premasmi V. Ravichandran V. Ravichandran, Balaji, Aarti Chabria V. Ravichandran Romance JUN 3rd Gowramma Naganna Upendra, Ramya, Ramesh Bhat, Srinivasa Murthy S. A. Rajkumar Drama Remake of Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav 10th Shastri P. N. Sathya Darshan, Manya, Bullet Prakash Sadhu Kokila Action Shastri film review 17th Nan Love Madthiya Venkatswamy Dileep Raj, Deepa, Ananth Nag Hamsalekha Romance Magic Ajji Dinesh Babu Khushbu, Sudharani, Ramesh Bhat, Master Tejas Aadhi Fantasy / Horror Magic Ajji Yaake V. Rajendra Kumar Raghav, Divya Gowda M N Krupakar Mystery 24th Giri Ravicharan Srinagar Kitty, Preethi, Muni, Shobha Chakri Comedy Ugra Narasimha Surya Mohan Shankar, Madhu Sharma, Sharath Lohitashwa Rajesh Ramanath Action O Gulabiye Narendra Babu Vivek Beedu, Mallika, Suhasini M. N. Krupakar Romance
July – December Opening Title Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JUL 1st Sye Arun Prasad Sudeep, Kanika Subramaniam, Avinash, Pasupathy Gurukiran Action Hudgeeru Saar Hudgeeru Lingaraj Kaggal Mohan Shankar, Sangeetha Shetty S. P. Chandrakanth Comedy 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 Siddu review 29th Valmiki M S Ramesh Shivrajkumar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Lakshmi Rai, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy Gurukiran Action AUG 4th News M. K. Maheshwar Upendra, Renuka Menon, Reemma Sen, Nassar, Avinash Gurukiran Action News review 5th Mental Manja Sai Sagar Arjun, Sheetal Ramachandran, Srinath, Girija Lokesh Sai Sagar Drama 12th Thunta Om Prakash Rao Balaji, Ekta Khosla V. Ravichandran Romance Siri Chandana Rajkishore Suryavardhan, Chethan S. A. Rajkumar Drama Abhinandane N. Ramachandra Rao Ramkumar, Sudharani, Anu, Yeshwanth K. Kalyan Drama 19th Jogi Prem Shiva Rajkumar, Jennifer Kotwal, Arundhati Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Sanket Kashi Gurukiran Action / Drama Green Signal Eeshwar Balegundi Ajay Rao, Ashitha, Vishal Hegde, Ashwini Venkat-Narayan Romance 26th Deadly Soma Ravi Srivatsa Auditya, Rakshita, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash Sadhu Kokila Action Deadly Soma review SEP 2nd Live Band B. R. Keshav Nagesh Mayya, Sneha M. N. Krupakar Adult 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 Yauvana Jayasimha Musuri Nithin, Lakshmi Musuri Gopi Krishna Adult romance 16th Amrithadhare Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Dhyan, Ramya, Bhavya, Avinash, Amitabh Bachchan Mano Murthy Drama / Romance Haseena Girish Kasaravalli Tara, Chandrahasa Alva Isaac Thomas Kottukapally Drama Based on novel by Banu Mushtaq 23rd Boyfriend D. R. Jana Dileep Raj, Rathi, Abhinayasri K M Indra Romance / Drama 30th Swamy M. S. Ramesh Darshan, Gayatri Jayaraman, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran Action OCT 7th Samarasimha Nayaka Lingaraj Kaggal Abhijeeth, Rashmi Kulkarni, Srinath, Tara M. N. Krupakar Action 21st Shambu Dwarki Sri Murali, Manya, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Ramesh Krishnan Romance Shambhu review 24th Hai Chinnu Shivaji Rao Ghorpade Nithin, Mohini Patel Gopi Krishna Romance NOV 4th Anna Thangi Om Sai Prakash Shiva Rajkumar, 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 Nammanna: A wasted effort Lathi Charge B. Ramamurthy Thriller Manju, Mohan Shankar, Dharma Gopi Krishna Action 26th Love Story Bharati Kannan Mayur Patel, Tanu Roy, Komal Kumar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Pramila Joshai S. A. Rajkumar Romance Remake of Hindi film Ek Duuje Ke Liye Good Bad Ugly Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar, Nisha Tiger Prabhakar Adult romance DEC 2nd Nenapirali Ratnaja Prem Kumar, Varsha, Vidhya Venkatesh, Naveen Krishna Hamsalekha Romance 9th Rama Shama Bhama Ramesh Aravind Kamal Haasan, Ramesh Aravind, Shruti, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna, Aniruddha Jatkar Gurukiran Comedy Remake of Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi 16th Sakha Sakhi Dayal Padmanabhan Sunil Raoh, Chaya Singh, Doddanna, Vinayak Joshi, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Comedy / Romance Remake of Tamil film Thiruda Thirudi 23rd Vishnu Sena Naganna Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Ananth Nag, Gurleen Chopra, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Deva Drama Remake of Tamil film Ramanaa 30th Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Sharan Kumar Kabbur Vishnukanth, Tara, Bhavya Abhimann Roy Biopic Pandu Ranga Vittala Dinesh Babu V. Ravichandran, Prema, Rambha, Shruti, Komal Kumar V. Ravichandran Comedy
References
External links Kannada Movies of 2005 at the Internet Movie Database