Indian film studio
Hombale Films is an Indian film production and film distribution company based in Bengaluru , India. Founded in the year 2012,[ 1] Kannada cinema . It is a leading production house in the Kannada film industry.[ 2] [ 3] [ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
History
Hombale Films was founded in 2012 by Vijay Kiragandur [ 7] [ 8] Chaluve Gowda ,[ 9] [ 10] Bangalore . Hombale Film's first production was the Kannada film Ninnindale [ 11] Puneeth Rajkumar .[ 10] Masterpiece Puneeth Rajkumar , Raajakumara top grossing Kannada film at the time. It reportedly grossed more than ₹ 750,000,000 in the Karnataka box office.[ 12]
Hombale Films' fourth film was K.G.F: Chapter 1 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 ₹ 2,000,000,000 worldwide, earning than ₹ 2,500,000,000. As of 2019 it was the third-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema.[ 13] [ 14]
Hombale Films' next film was Yuvarathnaa 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 .[ 15] Yuvarathnaa was Hombale Films first effort in music production, under the label Hombale Music.[ 16]
Their next film was the sequel to K.G.F: Chapter 1 K.G.F: Chapter 2 [ 17] [ 18] highest-grossing film of Kannada cinema .
President Murmu gives Kiragandur the National Film Award in 2024Their next film was Kantara Rishab Shetty . It was released on 30 September 2022 to positive reviews. Made for ₹ 160,000,000, it grossed more than ₹ 4,000,000,000 worldwide. It became the second-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema,[ 19] K.G.F: Chapter 2 .[ 20]
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References
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