Hombale Films is an Indian film production and film distribution company based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in the year 2012, the company producing films across multiple languages, with a special focus on Kannada cinema. It is a production house in the Kannada film industry. Over the years, the company has expanded its reach into other Indian languages, including Telugu and Malayalam.
History Hombale Films was founded in 2012 by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, both from Bengaluru. Hombale Film's first production was the Kannada film Ninnindale in 2014, starring Puneeth Rajkumar. Their next film was Masterpiece, followed by a collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar, Raajakumara in 2017, which became the top grossing Kannada film at the time. It reportedly grossed more than in the Karnataka box office.
Hombale Films' fourth film was K.G.F: Chapter 1 directed by Prashanth Neel and released in five languages across India: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi. K.G.F: Chapter 1 was the first Kannada film to gross worldwide, earning more than . As of 2019 it was the third-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema.
Hombale Films' next film was Yuvarathnaa in 2021, which was their third collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar, and second collaboration with director Santhosh Ananddram. It was released on 1 April 2021 in Kannada and Telugu, and on Amazon Prime Video shortly after due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yuvarathnaa was Hombale Films first effort in music production, under the label Hombale Music.
Their next film was the sequel to K.G.F: Chapter 1, K.G.F: Chapter 2. It was released on 14 April 2022 and grossed more than . It became the highest-grossing film of Kannada cinema.
Their next film was Kantara, was written, directed, and acted by Rishab Shetty. It was released on 30 September 2022 to positive reviews. Made for , it grossed more than worldwide. It became the second-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema, and sold more tickets than any other Kannada film, beating K.G.F: Chapter 2.
Filmography
Production + List of Hombale Films productions Year Film Director Language 2014Ninnindale Jayanth C. Paranjee Kannada2015 Masterpiece Manju Mandavya2017Raajakumara Santhosh Ananddram2018 K.G.F: Chapter 1 Prashanth Neel2021 Yuvarathnaa Santhosh Ananddram2022 K.G.F: Chapter 2 Prashanth Neel Kantara Rishab Shetty2023 Raghavendra Stores Santhosh Ananddram Dhoomam Pawan Kumar Malayalam Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Prashanth Neel Telugu2024Raghu Thatha Suman Kumar TamilYuva Santhosh Ananddram Kannada Bagheera Dr. Suri2025 Kantara: Chapter 1 Rishab Shetty
Distribution + List of films distributed by Hombale Films Year Film Director Language Notes2024The Goat LifeBlessyMalayalam Romeo Vinayak Vaithianathan TamilBoatChimbu DevenPrasanna VadanamArjun Y. KTeluguUtsavamArjun SaiAho VikramaarkaPeta TrikotiARMJithin LaalMalayalamPaniJoju George2025L2: EmpuraanPrithviraj SukumaranVeera ChandrahasaRavi BasrurKannadaMahavatar NarsimhaAshwin KumarHindiKannadaTamilTeluguAlso presenter MiraiKarthik GattamneniTeluguAnacondaTom GormicanEnglish2026The RajaSaabMaruthiTeluguHanuman AnshVishal ChaturvediHindiInternational only
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