In 2013, a brand new production house backed Puneeth Rajkumar-starrer Ninnindale, a US-set love story. They gave it their all — roping in a good cast and a sound technical crew, but ended up losing 30 percent of their investment when the film tanked. Cut to 2022, and that same production house has had two films that have raked in combined box office earnings pegged at Rs 1,600 crore as per trade estimates. The films are KGF 2 and Kantara, and the production house is the Bengaluru-based Hombale Films.