A total of six films including the re-release of Tarka will be the Kannada films this week. The new films releasing this week include Chowka, Style Raja, Jalsa, Bannada Neralu and Hai. Among all the new films Chowka is the biggest film in terms of cast and budget.

It also has popular stars in the film. The sudden spurt in the number of films is to do with the expected release of Sudeep's Hebbuli later this month. Smaller films fear that they will not get theatres after the release of the big film.

After that two more big star films like Darshan's Chakravarthy and Puneeth's Raajkumar is lined up for release. So if they do not release now, they will have to wait for a few more months. Therefore there could be more than five films releasing next week also.

After nearly four years after the film was launched, the songs of 'Hai' composed by Jessie Gift was released by lyricist turned music director turned director V Nagendra Prasad on Friday evening in Bangalore.

'Hai' is written and directed by Rudresh, while Raghavendra Katare and C Rajesh have produced the film. The film stars Yash Raj, Sania, Jaijagadish, Sadhu Kokila, Killer Venkatesh and others in prominent roles.

V Nagendra Prasad has written the lyrics for the film and he himself was the chief guest of the event. V Nagendra Prasad released the songs composed by Jessie Gift along with N M Suresh.