The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2004, presented in alphabetical order.
Actors Soundarya and Lokesh both passed away during the year. Soundarya's last film, Apthamitra with Vishnuvardhan, was released and became the highest grossing Kannada film at the time with the highest footfalls. Malla marked Ravichandran's comeback while Sudeep's Ranga SSLC and Darshan's Kalasipalya also became successful. Ramesh Aravind had a decent year with Apthamitra and Joke Falls.
In terms of actresses, Ramya for Ranga SSLC and Kanti, Rakshita for Kalasipalya, Neethu for Joke Falls, Priyanka Upendra for Malla, Anu Prabhakar with 5 movies, had an eventful year.
Highest grossing films +RankTitleCollectionRef.1.Apthamitra₹28 crore (₹106.5 crore in 2025)2.Malla₹16 crore (₹60.85 crore in 2025)3.Kalasipalya₹14 crore (₹53.25 crore in 2025)4.Maurya₹13 crore (₹50.44 crore in 2025)5.Ranga (S.S.L.C)₹10 crore (₹38.8 crore in 2025)
Released films
January–June OpeningTitle Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JAN 1st Veera Kannadiga Meher Ramesh Puneeth Rajkumar, Anita Hassanandani, Riyaz Khan, Avinash Chakri Action / Romance The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Andhrawala 16th Kadamba Suresh Krissna Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Ramesh Bhat, Naveen Krishna Deva Drama Remake of Tamil film Thanga Padakam 23rd Bisi Bisi Ramanath Rugvedi Ramesh Aravind, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Anu Prabhakar, Sihi Kahi Chandru Milind Dharmasena Comedy 30th Super Aliya Rajendra Kumar Arya Kashinath, Madhuri, Panchami, Sudhir Pampa Comedy FEB 6th Abbabba Entha Huduga Hemanth Hegde Arjun, Naaz, Seema Shetty, Avinash Suresh Kumar Romance Rowdy Aliya Om Sai Prakash Shiva Rajkumar, Priyanka Trivedi, Jayamala, Chaya Singh, Doddanna Rajesh Ramanath Sadhu KokilaKoti K. KalyanVandemataram SrinivasBabji-Sandeep Srishailam Comedy / Romance 13th Om Ganesh Thriller Manju Saikumar, Swapna, Ambika, Ashok M N Krupakar Action 18th Shwetha Naagara Sanjeevi Soundarya, Abbas, Sarath Babu, Dwarakish, Kunigal Nagabhushan Fantasy Thriller 20th Pandava Anand P Raj Vinod Raj, Charanraj, B. Jayashree Gopi Krishna Action / Drama 27th Malla V. Ravichandran V. Ravichandran, Priyanka Trivedi, Mohan Shankar, Umashree, Tejashree V. Ravichandran Romance / Drama Baithare Baithare Gunakumar Anand, Sharan, Shyam, Urvashi Patel, Jyothi Krishna, Sangeeta Shetty, Dwarakish Teja Comedy MAR 5th Dharma K V Chandranath Darshan, Sindhu Menon, Jai Jagadish Hamsalekha Action Avale Nanna Gelathi Om Sai Prakash Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshita, Devaraj Koti Romance Teenagers B. Shankar Nivas, Indranag M N Krupakar Romance 12th Maha Sambhrama M Ramamurthy Murali Krishna, Chaya Singh Sangeeta Priya Romance Ok Saar Ok Dayal Padmanabhan Madan Patel, Anu Prabhakar Nag – Mahesh Romance 19th Saagari Victory Vasu Ramkumar, Bhavana, Bhavya, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Romance / Drama Muni B. R. Keshava Dharma, Durga Shetty, Gazar Khan T. Venkatesh Action 26th Y2K N. Lokanath Nagendra Prasad, Mitisha Sharma, Sadhu Kokila, Mimicry Dayanand Sadhu Kokila Drama The City J. G. Krishna Sai Kumar, Master Hirannaiah Sadhu Kokila Drama Poorvapara Kudavalli Chandrashekar Geetha, Srinath, Naveen Mayur, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Vijaya Bhaskar Drama Based on a novel by M. K. Indira. APR 2nd Aagodella Olledakke A. R. Babu Jaggesh, Abitha, Tara Raj Bhaskar Comedy 9th Darshan Ramesh Kitty Darshan, Navaneeth, Srujan Lokesh, Chitra Shenoy Sadhu Kokila Action Monda Teshi Venkatesh Sai Kumar, Prashanti, Pavithra Lokesh Stephen Prayog Action 16th Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali Eshwar Balegundi C. P. Yogeshwar, Anu Prabhakar Chaitanya Romance Friendship B. R. Keshav Dharma, Shamitha Mahesh Drama 23rd Ranga SSLC Yogaraj Bhat Sudeep, Ramya, Rangayana Raghu Sandeep Chowta Comedy/ Romance / Drama Bhagath Anand P. Raju Thriller Manju, Swapna M N Krupakar Action Kanasina Loka G. S. Sarasa Kumar Vasu, Gopika Teja Romance 30th Durgi P. Ravi Shankar Malashri, Ashish Vidyarthi, Avinash, Raghuvaran, Kalabhavan Mani Hamsalekha Action MAY 7th Monalisa Indrajit Lankesh Dhyan, Sadha, Bhavya, Ramakrishna, Darshan Valisha – Sandeep Romance Hendthi Andre Hendthi Anand P. Raju Shashikumar, Shruti V. Manohar Family Nija K. V. Raju Jaggesh, Lahari Raj Bharath Drama 14th Bimba Kavita Lankesh Daisy Bopanna, Raksha, Sampath Kumar Isaac Thomas Kottukapally Drama 21st Srirampura Police Station J G Krishna Sai Kumar, Durga Shetty London Chandru Action 28th Rama Krishna Om Sai Prakash V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Laila Mehdin, Kaveri S. A. Rajkumar Romance Mellusire Savigana Ramesh Krishna Harish, Rashmi Kulkarni V. Manohar Romance Samudra Kushal Babu Kushal Babu, Thriller Manju M. N. Krupakar Action JUN 4th Pathi Patni Avalu Vijay Gujjar Adarsh, Amritha Shyam Sunder Comedy 18th Baa Baaro Rasika Dayal Padmanabhan Sunil Raoh, Ramya Krishnan, Ashitha Mahesh Romance Sakhi S. Mahendar Praveen Kumar, Poonam Chaitanya Romance 25th Kanasu Sushil Mokashi Sushil Mokashi, Sanjjanaa Sameer Kulkarni Drama Devasura A. N. Jayaramaiah Devaraj, B. C. Patil Guna Singh Action
July – December Opening Title Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JUL 2nd Kanakambari Dinesh Babu Anu Prabhakar, Vijayalakshmi, Om Prakash Rao, Bank Janardhan Praveen D. Rao Horror Kanakambari Crime Story B. R. Keshav Devaraj, Monisha Sagar, Shobhraj Maruthi Meerajkar Action 9th Love Rajendra Singh Babu Auditya, Rakshita, Mohanlal, Amrish Puri Anu Malik Romance / Action Kanti Bharath Sri Murali, Ramya, Mumtaj Gurukiran Action 16th Gowdru S. Mahendar Ambareesh, Shruti, Devaraj, Meena Hamsalekha Drama 23rd Target H. S. Rajashekar Thriller Manju, Ruchita Prasad M. N. Krupakar Action 30th Sarvabhouma Mahesh Sukhadhare Shiva Rajkumar, Shilpa Anand Hamsalekha Action AUG 6th Bhagawan H. Vasu Darshan, Daisy Bopanna, Bhavana Rajesh Ramanath Action / Romance 13th Ajju N. T. Jayarama Reddy Sri Harsha, Ranjitha Rajesh Ramanath Action Naari Munidare Gandu Parari G. K. M. Raju Kashinath, Varsha, Tara, Doddanna Rajesh Ramanath Comedy 20th Pakkadmane Hudugi M. S. Rajashekar Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ranjitha, Ananth Nag, Mohan Shankar Rajesh Ramanath Comedy Remake of Hindi film Padosan Bidalaare Ramana Anil Kalyan, Keerthi Chawla K. M. Indra Romance Real Rowdy Bhavani Shankar Charanraj, Yashaswini Layendra Madan Action 27th Apthamitra P. Vasu Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Soundarya, Prema, Dwarakish, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash Gurukiran Horror / Thriller / Drama Remake of Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu Shuklambharadaram Mastaan Mohan Shankar, Durga Shetty S P Chandrakanth Comedy SEP 10th Yahoo Seetaram Karanth Saurav, Neethu, H. G. Dattatreya M. N. Krupakar Horror Praana Prakash Prem Kumar, Preethi Allwyn Fernandes Romance 18th Omkara Shivamani Upendra, Preeti Jhangiani, Shweta Menon, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran Drama / Action 24th Sahukara Om Prakash Rao V. Ravichandran, Vishnuvardhan, Shashikumar, Rambha, Rangayana Raghu, Sumithra Rajesh Ramanath Romance / Drama Remake of Tamil film Muthu Thali Kattuva Shuba Vele N. R. Vishwanath Kumar Bangarappa, Sudharani, Anu Prabhakar, Rajesh Rajan Gurung Drama OCT 15th Kalasipalya Om Prakash Rao Darshan, Rakshita, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila Sadhu Kokila Action Aaha Nanna Thangi Maduve Kashinath Kashinath, Lakshmi Musuri, Varna, Bank Janardhan V. Manohar Comedy 22nd Maurya S. Narayan Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine, Roja, Devaraj Gurukiran Romance Remake of Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi 29th Srusti Basavaraj Nagendra Prasad, Vinod Prabhakar, Priyadarshini, Roopa Hassan S. A. Rajkumar Drama NOV 12th Nalla V. Nagendra Prasad Sudeep, Sangeetha, Tara, Srinath Venkat Narayan Romance / Drama Santhosha A. M. R. Ramesh Siddharth, Rajesh Krishnan, Anita, Pranathi Stephen Prayog Romance Jennifer Y. S. Balaraj Y. S. Balaraj, Neetha A T Raveesh Romance Dharma Yodharu Sudhakar A Bannanje Samarth, Roopa Ravindran V. Manohar Documentary 19th Trin Trin T. Chikkanna Dharma, Ruthika Rajesh Ramanath Suspense Thriller 26th Aliya Mane Tholiya Nagendra Magadi Om Prakash Rao, Ruchita Prasad Rajesh Ramanath Comedy Aliya Mane Tholiya review DEC 3rd Joke Falls Ashok Patil Ramesh Aravind, Neethu, Deepali, Dattanna Mano Murthy Comedy Saradara P. N. Sathya Darshan, Gurleen Chopra, Srinivasa Murthy Venkat Narayan Action Priya Manase Madhu Mohana Uday, Lathashree Shivasatya Romance 17th Jyeshta Suresh Krissna Vishnuvardhan, Ashima Bhalla, Ramesh Bhat, Aniruddha Jatkar, Devaraj, Sindhu Menon S. A. Rajkumar Action Remake of Malayalam film Valliettan 24th Kanchana Ganga Rajendra Singh Babu Shiva Rajkumar, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha, Sadhu Kokila, Arjun S. A. Rajkumar Drama 31st Chappale Naganna Sunil Raoh, Richa Pallod, Sihi Kahi Chandru R. P. Patnaik Romance
References
External links Kannada Movies of 2004 at the Internet Movie Database