A list of films produced by the Sandalwood (Kannada language film industry) based in Bangalore in the year 2009.
A not so great year for Kannada cinema, with 15% success rate, notable films that were successful include Veera Madakari, Thaakath, Junglee, Ambari, Love Guru, Manasaare, and Eddelu Manjunatha.
Raaj The Showman became the highest-grossing movie of this year marking Puneeth on the top. Duniya Vijay with 2 hits, Sudeep and Jaggesh back with their box office glory, Diganth, Yogesh and Ajay Rao also had their share of success.
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]
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 |
| Rank | Title | Production Company | Worldwide gross | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raaj – The Showman | Sri Seethabhaireshwara Productions | [2] | |
| 2 | Ee Shathamaanada Veera Madakari | S. S. Combines | ||
| 3 | Junglee | Rockline Entertainments | ||
| 4 | Manasaare | |||
| 5 | Thaakath | |||
| 6 | Ambari | Sri Lambodara Combines |
Films are listed based on release dates.
| Month | Title | Director | Cast | Music | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Gulama | Action Romantic | ||||
| Anu | Shiva Ganapathy | Shekhar Chandra | Action Thriller | |||
| Chickpete Sachagalu | Nagendra Magadi | Comedy | ||||
| Kempa | Jagadeesh | Action | ||||
| Taxi No-1 | Prabhakar | Prabhakar, Nikitha Rao | Nataraj Kanagodu | Drama | [3] | |
| Circus | Emil Mohammed | Romantic Action | ||||
| Shivamani | Amarnath SK | Veer Samarth | Action | |||
| Jolly Days | Pradeep, Praveen, Vishwas, Spoorthi, Ruthuva, Raghavendra, Aishwarya Nag, Keerthi, Kishori Ballal, Niranjan, Rahul | Romantic | ||||
| Nanda | Anantha Raju | Shivarajkumar, Sandhya, Mythreya | Action | |||
| Ambari | Yogish, Supreeta | Romantic | ||||
| Meghave Meghave | ||||||
| February | Birugaali | Action | ||||
| Yodha | Action | |||||
| Idya Madyar Nagalikke | Yashwant Sardeshpande, Malathi Sardeshpande, Sunetra Pandit, Poornachandra Tejaswi, Navyashree | Kiran Godkhindi | Comedy | |||
| Junglee | Action | |||||
| Kurunadu | G. Murthy | Dattanna, Lakshmi Hegde | Drama | [4] | ||
| KA-99 B-333 | G. Arunkumar | S. Nagu | Action | |||
| Samskaravantha | K. Parthasarathi | Kashi, Ninasam Ashwat | Sadgunaraj | Drama | ||
| Swathanthra Palya | M. N. Krupakar | Action | ||||
| Venkata in Sankata | Comedy | |||||
| Ee Sambhashane | M. Rajashekar | Romantic | ||||
| Thabbali | N. Loki | A. M. Neel | Drama | |||
| Namyajamanru | Family drama | |||||
| March | Rajakumari | S. Govindaraj | Romance | |||
| Ninnalle Nanna Hrudaya | Chandrashekar Reddy | Manoj, Chintana Krishna | Aryan Kiran | Romance | ||
| Shankara Punyakoti | G. Murthy | Drama | [5] | |||
| Anjadiru | R. Janardhan | Drama | ||||
| Baaji | S. Shidlaghatta Srinivas | Alok Kashinath, Rani | G. R. Shankar | [6] | ||
| Veera Madakari | Action | |||||
| Ram Balaram | U. B. Ramamurthy | Adhi Lokesh | S. P. Raj | Drama | ||
| Kannadadda Kiran Bedi | Action | |||||
| April | Ghauttham | K. Rajeev Prasad | Romantic drama | |||
| Jaaji Mallige | Anantha Raju | Romance | ||||
| Hrudayagala Vishaya | Vasanth | Prashanth Kumar, Madhupriya | Drums Deva | Romance | [7] | |
| Josh | Shivamani | Vardhan | Romance | |||
| Nishedhagne | Padmanabha | Adi Lokesh, Priyanka | M. S. Giridhar | Action | [8] | |
| Savaari | Jacob Verghese | Manikanth Kadri E. S. Murthy | Drama | |||
| Uda | Yuvaraj, Sanchita Padukone | Bharanishree | Action | |||
| Yagna | Krishna Brahma | Sri Murali, Priyanka | Murali Krishna | Action | ||
| Auto | Mallikarjuna Muttalageri | Sathya, Roshani, Kruthika | Vijaykrishna Mysore | Action | [9] | |
| Chellidaru Sampigeya | Romance | |||||
| May | Eshtu Nagthi Nagu | Chindodi Madhukesha | Mohan, Roshani | M. S. Maruti | Comedy | [10] |
| Machchaa | Dhananjaya Kundapura Datthu | Jeevan, Saritha Jain | Action | [11] | ||
| Minchu | Vishal Raj | Drama | [12] | |||
| Hatrick Hodi Maga | Action | |||||
| Seena | Basavaraja Bellary | Tarun Chandra, Priyanka Chandra, Antara Reddy | A. T. Raveesh | Romance | ||
| Dubai Babu | Comedy | |||||
| Thaakath | M. S. Ramesh | Action | ||||
| Jodi No. 1 | Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar, Amrutha, Sangeetha Shetty | M. N. Krupakar | Drama | |||
| Abhimani | Praveen | Dharmateja | Romance | |||
| Kalaakaar | Harish Raj, Suman Ranganathan, Radhika Gandhi | Giridhar Diwan | Romance | [13] | ||
| Nannedeya Haadu | Guruvendra | A. T. Raveesh | Romance | |||
| June | Yuvah | Narendra Babu | Kartik Shetty, Madhu Sharma | Action | ||
| Kaaranji | Veer Samarth | Drama | ||||
| Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara | 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 | [14] | |
| Preethse Preethse | K. Madesh | Romance | ||||
| July | Eddelu Manjunatha | Comedy | ||||
| Chamkaisi Chindi Udaysi | A. R. Babu | Komal Kumar, Nidhi Subbaiah, Umashree, | P. B. Balaji | Comedy | ||
| Kabaddi | Narendra Babu | Praveen, Priyanka | Sports | |||
| Kencha | Prajwal Devaraj, Pragna Shetty | Romance | ||||
| Love Guru | Romance | |||||
| Mr. Painter | G. R. Shankar | Romance | ||||
| House Full | Hemanth Hegde | Diganth, Hemanth Hegde, Girija Oak, Vishaka Singh | Kiran | Comedy | ||
| Muniya | T. Nagachandra | Mayur Patel, Sahitya | Action | |||
| Male Barali Manju Irali | Vijayalakshmi Singh | Srinagar Kitty, Parvathy, Hariprriya Umashree, Naga Kiran | Romance | |||
| Venki | S. Madhav | Prashanth, Rashmi | A. M. Neel | Romance | ||
| August | Cheluvina Chilipili | Romance | ||||
| Raaj the Showman | Romance, Action | |||||
| Iniya | Mahesh | Romance | ||||
| September | Mussanjeya Gelathi | B P Srinivas | B P Srinivas, Shalini Srinivas | A M Neel | Romance | |
| Rajani | Action comedy | |||||
| Manasaare | Romance | |||||
| Vayuputra | Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aindrita Ray, Ambareesh | Action | ||||
| Hushaar | Adarsh | Adarsh | Thriller | |||
| Bhagyada Balegara | Drama | |||||
| Prem Kahani | R. Chandru | Romance | ||||
| Bettapurada Ditta Makkalu | Srinivasa Murthy, Master Shashank | C. R. Bobby | Drama | |||
| Dhanush | Jayanth | Prashanth, Ramanithu Chaudhary | M. S. Maruthi | Romance | ||
| October | Abhay | Mahesh Babu | Action | |||
| Jaala | Naghanath M. Joshi | Chetan Gowda, Deepu, Padmini | Madhan Mohan | Romance | ||
| Salute | B. C. Patil, Ashwini | Action | ||||
| Bellary Naga | Drama | |||||
| Huchchi | Venkatesh Panchangam | Pooja Gandhi, Anant Nag, Soundaraya | Raj Bhaskar | Drama | ||
| Gilli | Raghava Loki | Romance | ||||
| Ninagaagi Kaadiruve | Jolly Bastin | 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 | Drama | ||||
| Artha | Raghunath, Kiran Barkoor | Drama | ||||
| Banada Neralu | Umashanker Swamy | Pichchalli Srinivas | Drama | |||
| Daatu | K. Shivarudraiah | Drama | ||||
| Gubbachchigalu | Abhilash, Prakruthi | Anmol Bhave | Drama | [15] | ||
| Yogi | Udaya Prakash | 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 | Suma Shastry | Comedy | ||||
| Parichaya | K. Sanjay | Romance | ||||
| Devaru Kotta Thangi | Family drama | |||||
| IPC Section 300 | Shashikanth | Vijay Raghavendra, Priyanka Chandra | Veer Samarth | Crime | ||
| Devru | Duniya Vijay, Pragna Shetty | Action | ||||
| Gokula | Vijay Raghavendra, Yash, Pooja Gandhi, Nakshatra | Romance | ||||
| Jeeva | Prabhu Srinivas | Prajwal Devraj, Ruthuva | Romance | |||
| December | Male Bille | Mahesh Sukhadhare | Diganth, Akshay, Pragna | Romance | ||
| Nirudyogi | Nag Hunasod | Chandrakanth, Pushpalatha | A. T. Raveesh | Drama | ||
| Ravana | Yogish Hunsur | Drama | ||||
| Maleyali Jotheyali | Romance | |||||
| Kallara Santhe | Political drama | |||||
| Raam | K. Madesh | Romance | ||||
| Shishira | Manju Swaraj | Drama | ||||
| Putaani Party | P. N. Ramchandra | Ranjita Jadhav, Sharad Anchatgiri | Drama |