Hombale Films (pronunciation: Hom-Baa-Lay) is an

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production company mainly known for the ''K.G.F'' franchise and blockbuster film Kantara. It was founded by Vijay Kiragandur.

History

Hombale Films was founded by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, entrepreneurs from

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. Hombale Films' first production endeavour was the Kannada film ''

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'' in 2014, starring

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. Their next venture was ''

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'', starring Yash, in 2015. Their third venture ''

Raajakumara ''Raajakumara'' () is a 2017 Indian Kannada language action drama film written and directed by Santhosh Ananddram and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the Hombale Films banner. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand in lead roles. Apart fro ...

'' was directed by

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, and became the top grossing Kannada film at the time. It reportedly grossed more than Rs. 75 crores in the

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box office and was an industry hit. Hombale Films' fourth film was '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' directed by

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of ''

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'' fame. This film was released in five languages across India: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi. ''K.G.F: Chapter 1'' was very successful at the box office, becoming the first Kannada film to enter the Rs. 200 crore club worldwide, and collected more than 250 crores. Hombale Films' next venture was ''

Yuvarathnaa ''Yuvarathnaa'' () is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Santhosh Ananddram. produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner Hombale Films, it stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Sayyeshaa, Dhananjay, Prakash Raj, Diganth ...

'' in 2021, which marked their third collaboration with

, and second collaboration with director Santhosh Ananddram. ''Yuvarathnaa'' released on 1 April 2021 in Kannada and Telugu, and was made available on

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shortly after due to the

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. ''Yuvarathnaa'' marked Hombale Films' first foray into music production, under the label Hombale Music. Hombale Films' next film was '' K.G.F: Chapter 2'' directed by

, which is the sequel to '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'', which was released in 2018. Yash reprised his lead role from the first film and

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actor

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was the antagonist, marking his debut in Kannada. The film released on 14 April 2022 in 5 languages with extraordinary reports and collected more than ₹1200 Crore (₹12 Billion) from worldwide box-office. Hombale Films produced Kantara, directed by Rishabh Shetty, on September 30, 2022. It has currently grossed 400 crores in Kannada.

Upcoming films

* ''Raghavendra Stores - Since 1972'', directed by

and starring

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, movie is releasing on August 5, 2022. * Hombale Films is producing the Malayalam film ''Tyson'' starring

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, written by

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and directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran himself. * As of 2022, Hombale Films are also working with Prashant Neel for ''

Salaar ''Salaar'' is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. It stars Prabhas in a dual role and as the titular charecter, along with Prithv ...

'', an upcoming Indian film starring

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and

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. * They are also working with Dr. Suri for ''Bagheera'', starring Sriimurali and written by Prashant Neel. * Hombale Films's fourth collaboration with

was supposed to be marked by ''Dvitva'', which was to be directed by Pawan Kumar of '' Lucia'' fame. * Another film titled as ''Richard Anthony - Lord of the Sea'' written and directed by

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was announced, serving as a prequel and sequel to Rakshith's directorial debut film ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

*{{Official website, hombalefilms.com Film production companies based in Bangalore Mass media companies established in 2014 2014 establishments in Karnataka Indian companies established in 2014