Which Kannada movie created a mass change in the industry itself?

 Amoung Kannada gangster genre it was Kariya released in 2003 that created mass change in the industry because of realistic screenplay. It was re-released several times due to demand of the fans. It's songs are wonderful.

Amoung Kannada love story genre it was “ A “ released in 1998 that created mass change in the film land because it was very unique from other world movies.

Amoung Kannada horror and mystery thriller genre it was “ Shhh! “ released in 1993 that created a mass change in the industry because it was very unique from other horror movies in the world.

Amoung sad or tragic genre it was Kasturi Nivasa released in 1971 that created a mass change in the film land.

Amoung comedy movies it was Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh movies like Eddelu Manjunatha (2008), Mr Bakra(2006) and Matha (2004) that created a mass change in the film industry.

What are the best Kamal Hassan Movies that you want to watch again and again?

 Most of the answers here covers Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies acted by him, hence I felt I can write about his Kannada movies.

Kamal Hassan has acted in many Kannada movies too. Out of all his Kannada movies, Rama Shama Bhama is the one movie which I like to watch again and again.

It is a full length comedy movie. Kamal Hassan role is that of a doctor.

His character name is Shama, he is Ramesh’s friend in the movie.

He is a Dharwad man in the movie, his dialogue delivery in Dharwad Kannada is simply brilliant.

His acting as a doctor, as a friend, as a comedian is really appreciable. Especially the climax scene is real fun. One can watch this movie to see his Kannada skills :P

Who is the most handsome Kannada hero of all time?

 There are lot of handsome actors that have graced the silver screen of Karnataka.

However Handsomeness doesn't mean talent.

Dr.Rajkumar (1929–2006) - the greatest Kannada actor and legend was an handsome gentelmen and known for simplicity and down to earth behavior.

Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh(b.1963- ) - India's answer to Charlie Chaplin and the most talented actor/artist in Karnataka’s Kannada film industry ever is decent in appearance, but has bundle of talent. He's one of the greatest Indian actors still active and a versatile actor.

Shashi Kumar (b.1965-) was very handsome before the 1998 car accident. He was a good dancer and skilled actor

People would say Anant nag (b.1948-) but he was a Konkani not a kannadiga at all. So his mother tongue is Konkani and he grew up mostly in Mumbai along with his younger brother late Shankar Nag (b.1954–d.1990).

Tamilian V. Ravichandran was handsome actor in younger years but he isn't a kannadiga and cannot be considered as a Kannada hero because his mother tongue is Tamil. He's one of the tamilians who found huge success in Karnataka and kannada film land.

Late Vishnuvardhan(1950–2010) was handsome in his initial years when he was young but in his 40’s and 50’s he wasn't considered handsome because he got diabetes at very young age.

Ambarish(1952–2018) was tall, dusky and handsome but later he too was aged bad and average looking after aging due to his high consumption of Alcohol.

Remake star Sudeep (b.1971- ) at 54 doesn't look handsome but many of his blind fans consider him handsome.

Upendra Rao (n.1968-) was handsome in his younger days due to his punk hairstyle and signature style. He is the most stylish actor in Karnataka Kannada film industry. At 57 years he's looks decent and correct for his age.

Upendra now at 58

Why are only the Kannada and Malayalam film industries giving off-beat cinemas?

 I'll talk only with respect to Kannada industry was excellent before 2006.

Hindi audiences, Malayalis, Tamilians, Bengalis, Marathigas don't have any knowledge on Kannada film industry and it's history. The problem lies with themselves only , they have watched very few handful of recent kannada movies. The reason being poor popularity and poor promotion of kannada films outside Karnataka.

They are only recently identifying kannada movies with cringe movies like Kgf, Yash movies, Kantara, Darshan movies, Sudeep movies, Shetty movies etc. These movies lack story and content.

Sandalwood or Kannada film land also had a lot of quality movies.However their popularity and audiences are only restricted to Karnataka and kannada audiences. This is main reason why kannada film land is giving a lot of off beat movies that have gone unnoticed.

Kannada film industry has given some of the greatest movies ever in Indian Film Industry. Some of them are very unique and out of box. There is no dearth of good realistic movies in Kannada Film industry.

The list goes below:

Upendra (1999) - The first kannada film to be released in Japan in Yubari International Film Festival, Tokyo. It is regarded as the most weirdest movie ever in not just Indian Film industry but in World cinema. It is one of the greatest kannada movie I have seen.

Accident (1984) - Fantastic thriller by Konkani director Shankar Nag.

Etu Eduretu (1981) - Battle between a black magician and a tantrik in modern setting.

Eddelu Manjunatha (2009) - a fantastic movie starring legend Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh.

Accident (2008) - fantastic mystery thriller by Ramesh Arvind.

Uppi-2/ Upendra - 2 (2015) - Brilliant Psychological thriller.

Babruvahana (1977)

Ade Kannu (1985) - Thriller

Kasturi Nivasa (1971) - very sad movie that shows the value of humans.

Tabarana Kathe(1986) - national award movie

A(1998) - unique love story

UI (2024)

Matha(2006) - Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh’s masterpiece movie

Shhh!!(1993) - fantastic horror-mystery thriller

Kannada film industry was dominated by lot of wonderful senior talented actors - Dr Rajkumar, Sundar Krishna Urs, KS Ashwath, Srinath, Musuri Krishnamurthy, TN Balakrishna, Vajramuni, etc

Legendary Veteran actor Rajkumar dominated Kannada film industry for decades and often was called the face of Kannada Film industry.

Another blow to Kannada film industry is death of Dr Rajkumar, one of the greatest Indian actor Under Construction 2006 after the death of legendary actor Dr Rajkumar ( not to be mistaken with Hindi actor Raajkumar of the same name) whole Kannada film industry collapsed.

Since 2006 after demise of Dr Rajkumar Karnataka is dominated by non-kannada movies.

Sadly now Kannada film industry is spoiled by Tulu nadu artists and less talented overrated artists like Yash, Darshan , Sudeep, Dhruva Sarja, Ganesh and others.

Kannada audiences have changed a lot now they're liking mass overaction commerical movies of overrated actors like Yash, Darshan, Sudeep Ganesh,etc.

Kannada audiences don't support realistic movies nowadays