Hombale Films (pronunciation: Hom-Baa-Lay) is an Indian film production company mainly known for the K.G.F franchise, Kantara and Salaar. It was founded by Vijay Kiragandur and named by Puneeth Rajkumar, who collaborated with the company on 3 films.

History

Hombale Films was founded by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, entrepreneurs from Bangalore. Hombale Film's first production endeavour was the Kannada film ''Ninnindale'' in 2014, starring Puneeth Rajkumar. Their next venture was ''Masterpiece'', starring Yash, in 2015. Their third venture ''Raajakumara'' was directed by Santhosh Ananddram, and became the top grossing Kannada film at the time. It reportedly grossed more than Rs. 75 crores in the Karnataka box office and was an industry hit.Hombale Films' fourth film was ''K.G.F: Chapter 1'' directed by Prashanth Neel of ''Ugramm'' 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 200 crore club worldwide and collected more than 250 crores. It is now the third-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema.Hombale Films' next venture was ''Yuvarathnaa'' in 2021, which marked their third collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar, and second collaboration with director Santhosh Ananddram. ''Yuvarathnaa'' released on 1 April 2021 in Kannada and Telugu, and was made available on Amazon Prime Video shortly after due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ''Yuvarathnaa'' marked Hombale Films' first foray into music production, under the label Hombale Music.Their next film was the sequel to ''K.G.F: Chapter 1'', ''K.G.F: Chapter 2''. Yash reprised his lead role from the first film and Hindi actor Sanjay Dutt enacted the antagonist, Adheera, marking his debut in Kannada and South Indian cinema. It released on 14 April 2022, barely 3 weeks after ''RRR'', and grossed more than ₹1200 crores worldwide. ''Yuvarathnaa'' marked Hombale Films' first foray into music production, under the label Hombale Music.Their next film was the sequel to ''K.G.F: Chapter 1'', ''K.G.F: Chapter 2''. Yash reprised his lead role from the first film and Hindi actor Sanjay Dutt enacted the antagonist, Adheera, marking his debut in Kannada and South Indian cinema. It released on 14 April 2022, barely 3 weeks after ''RRR'', and grossed more than ₹1200 crores worldwide. It became the highest-grossing film of Kannada cinema.Their next film of the year was ''Kantara'', which was written, directed, and acted by Rishab Shetty. It released on 30 September 2022 to positive reviews. Made with a budget of It became the highest-grossing film of Kannada cinema.Their next film of the year was ''Kantara'', which was written, directed, and acted by Rishab Shetty. It released on 30 September 2022 to positive reviews. Made with a budget of 16 crores, it ended up grossing more than 400 crores worldwide. It ended up becoming the second-highest grossing film of Kannada cinema, however, it had the highest amount of footfalls for any Kannada film, beating ''K.G.F: Chapter 2''.