# List of Kannada films of 2002

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2002, presented in alphabetical order.

## List of released films

| Title | Director | Cast | Music | Notes |
| Artha | B. Suresha | Rangayana Raghu, Kiran Barkur, Megha Nadiger, Arundhathi Jathkar | Hamsalekha | |
| Aathma | Sushil Mokashi | Charan Raj, Kumar Govind, Sharan, Jhansi Subbayya, Varna | Prashanth Raj | |
| Annayya Thammayya | S. Umesh | Charan Raj, Shruti, Anu Prabhakar | Prashanth Raj | |
| Appu | Puri Jagannadh | Puneeth Rajkumar, Rakshita, Avinash, Ashok | Gurukiran | 26 April release |
| Atithi | P. Sheshadri | Prakash Raj, H. G. Dattatreya, Lakshmi Chandrashekar | V. Manohar | 9 August release |
| Bala Navika | Shivaji Rao Watker | Ramesh Bhat, Sneha, Bank Janardhan | Peter Selvaraj | |
| Balagalittu Olage Baa | Dinesh Babu | S. Narayan, Chaya Singh, Ramesh Bhat, Mukhyamantri Chandru, B. Jayashree | Hamsalekha | 15 November release |
| Balarama | S. Mahendar | Rockline Venkatesh, Prema, Avinash, Doddanna, Tara | Hamsalekha | Remake of Telugu film Yerra Mandaram 2 August release |
| Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene | S. Narayan | S. Narayan, Shashikumar, Divya Unni, Rekha, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Prashanth Raj | Remake of Tamil film Veetla Visheshanga |
| Boothayyana Makkalu | G. K. Mudduraj | Sourav, Chaitra, Ananth Nag, Lokesh, Shruti, Darshan | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| Chandu | V. Arun Prasad | Sudeep, Sonia Agarwal, Srinath, Avinash, Chitra Shenoy, Lohithaswa | Gurukiran | 10 May release |
| Chelvi | Dinesh Gandhi | B. C. Patil, Prema, Bhavana, Damini, Sunil Ghode | Hamsalekha | 4 October release |
| Cheluve Ondu Heltheeni | Saigopal | Sourav, Chaitra, Karibasavaiah | Hamsalekha | |
| Commissioner Narasimha | G K Mudduraj | Charan Raj, Shwetha, Sridhar | Shivamaya | 13 December release |
| Daddy No.1 | Akash Babu | Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Vijayalakshmi, Tara | V. Manohar | |
| Dakota Express | M. S. Rajashekar | Om Prakash Rao, Amrutha, Rockline Venkatesh, Doddanna, Lokanath | Hamsalekha | Remake of Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika 11 April release |
| Devaru Varavanu Kotre | M. D. Sridhar | Vasu, Amrutha, Master Anand, Sharan | K. Kalyan | |
| Dharma Devathe | Nagendra Magadi | Devaraj, Shilpa, Jayanthi, Bank Janardhan | Upendra Kumar | 11 January release |
| Dheera | Om Sai Prakash | Rockline Venkatesh, Sanghavi, Jayanthi, Mohan Shankar | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| Dhruva | M. S. Ramesh | Darshan, Sherin, Om Puri, Sadhu Kokila | Gurukiran | 13 September release |
| Dhumm | M. S. Ramesh | Sudeep, Rakshita, Nassar, Srinath, Rangayana Raghu | Gurukiran | 27 September release |
| Dil | P. N. Sathya | Vinod Prabhakar, Sridevi, Avinash, Darshan | M. N. Krupakar | |
| Dweepa | Girish Kasaravalli | Soundarya, Avinash, Vasudeva Rao, Harish Raj | Isaac Thomas Kottukapally | 27 December release |
| Ekangi | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran, Ramya Krishna, Prakash Raj, Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar | V. Ravichandran | 28 March release |
| Friends | M. D. Sridhar | Sharan, Vasu, Master Anand, Ruthika | K. Kalyan | |
| Galaate Maduve | B. Ramamurthy | Shashikumar, Deepthi, Tara, Sihi Kahi Chandru | N. Govindan | |
| H2O | Lokanath Rajaram | Upendra, Prabhu Deva, Priyanka Trivedi, Babu Mohan, Bank Janardhan | Sadhu Kokila | 29 March release |
| Hatthoora Odeya | B. C. Patil | B. C. Patil, Sanghavi, Damini, Karibasavaiah | K. Kalyan | 30 August release |
| Hollywood | Dinesh Babu | Upendra, Felicity Mason, Ananth Nag | Gurukiran | 6 December release |
| Jamindaru | S. Narayan | Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Raasi, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna | M. M. Keeravani | 3 April release |
| Joot | S. Govind | Saurav, Monika, Dhruv Sharma, Vanitha Vasu, B. V. Radha | Hamsalekha | 13 September release |
| Kambalahalli | Senthil Nathan | Devaraj, Prema, Radhika Chaudhari, Yogeshwar, Balaraj | Hamsalekha | 1 November release |
| Karmugilu | Venkatesh Prasad | Avinash, Tara, Ushakiran | | |
| Kitty | G. K. Mudduraj | Darshan, Navya, Bhavya, Avinash | Sadhu Kokila | 29 November release |
| Kodanda Rama | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran, Shivarajkumar, Sakshi Shivanand, Asha Saini, Mohan Shankar | V. Ravichandran | Remake of Malayalam film Thenkasipattanam 17 May release |
| Kogile O Kogile | Vijay Venkatesh | Balaraj, Ramya, Srividya, Bank Janardhan | M N Krupakar | |
| Kullara Loka | Sharan Davangere | Vinod Alva, Niharika, Vasudev Shanbag | | |
| Law and Order | Shivamani | Sai Kumar, Sharath Babu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prathima Devi, Sadhu Kokila | Rajesh Ramanath | 11 January release |
| Love You | Shivamani | Shivamani, Chandini, Damini, Rami Reddy, Nirmal Pandey | Gurukiran | 29 November release |
| Majestic | P. N. Sathya | Darshan, Rekha, Jai Jagadish, Vanitha Vasu | Sadhu Kokila | 8 February release |
| Make Up | Singeetham Srinivasa Rao | Jaggesh, Laila Patel, Shakti Kapoor, Komal Kumar, Mimicry Dayanand | John | 8 November release |
| Manasella Neene | Mugur Sundar | Nagendra Prasad, Gayathri Raguram, Prabhu Deva, Karibasavaiah, M. Sundaram, Raju Sundaram, Ananth Nag | Ravi Raj | Remake of Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve 21 June release |
| Manase O Manase | M. S. Rajashekar | Ramkumar, Shruti, Ananth Nag | V. Manohar | |
| Marma | Sunil Kumar Desai | Anand, Prema, Arun Sagar | Guna Singh | 15 November release |
| Mutthu | H. Vasu | Ramesh Aravind, Ambareesh, Prema, Shruti, Kumar Govind | Rajesh Ramanath | Remake of Tamil film Kunguma Pottu Gounder 21 February release |
| Naanu Naane | D. Rajendra Babu | Upendra, Sakshi Shivanand, Ananth Nag, Pavitra Lokesh, Sadhu Kokila | Deva | Remake of Hindi film Raja Hindustani 11 October release |
| Nagarahavu | Murali Mohan | Upendra, Jyothika, Rockline Venkatesh, Sadhu Kokila | Hamsalekha | Remake of Hindi film Baazigar 22 August release |
| Nammoora Yejamana | K. Venkatsamy | Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Shobharaj | Muthuraj | |
| Nandhi | D. Rajendra Babu | Sudeep, Sindhu Menon, Radhika Chaudhari, Ambika, Ashish Vidyarthi | Gurukiran | 27 December release |
| Nata | Sudharshan | Tarakesh Patel, Rashmi, K. S. Ashwath | Gurukiran | |
| Neela Megha Shyama | Raj Kishore | Ravishankar Gowda, Radhika, Srujan Lokesh | Prashanth Raj | |
| Ninagagi | S. Mahendar | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Tara, Ramakrishna | Gurukiran | Remake of Telugu film Nuvve Kavali |
| Ninagoskara | Yogesh Hunsur | Darshan, Ruchita Prasad, Naveen Mayur, Bhavna Pani | Chaitanya | 27 September release |
| Ninne Preethisuve | Om Prakash Rao | Shivarajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Raasi, Sharan, Lokesh | Rajesh Ramanath | Remake of Tamil film Nee Varuvai Ena 9 August release |
| Olu Sir Bari Olu | Nagendra Magadi | Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Anu Prabhakar, Ruchita Prasad, Balaraj | Rajdev | 29 November release |
| Parva | Sunil Kumar Desai | Vishnuvardhan, Roja, Prema, Radharavi, Rekha | Hamsalekha | 18 January release |
| Police Officers | Anand P. Raju | Thriller Manju, Charan Raj, Madan Mallu, Shailaja Somashekar | Shivamaya | 3 May release |
| Preethi Mado Hudugarigella | B. C. Ranga | V. Ravichandran, Naveen Mayur, Rajani, Sripriya | Hamsalekha | 8 February release |
| Prema | Suresh Raj | Prema, Vijaykumar, Lakshmi | K. Kalyan | 25 October release |
| Prema Qaidi | Naganna | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Doddanna, Sadhu Kokila | Prashanth Raj | 2 August release |
| Punjabi House | V. R. Bhaskar | Ramkumar, Vinod Alva, Damini, Shwetha | Rajan Ananth | |
| Putti | B. R. Keshav | Abhijeeth, Karibasavaiah, Vasudeva Rao, Deepa | Nagesh | |
| Roja | H. Vasu | Alankar, Urmila Shrivastav, Abhijeeth | Hamsalekha | 15 November release |
| Romeo Juliet | Guna Kumar | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Ritu Singh, Doddanna | Hamsalekha | 11 October release |
| Saadhu | Thriller Manju | Thriller Manju, Sridevi, Rami Reddy | V. Manohar | 20 September release |
| Sainika | Mahesh Sukhadhare | Yogeshwar, Sakshi Shivanand, Radhika Verma, Doddanna, Ashish Vidyarthi | Deva | 14 June release |
| Simhadriya Simha | S. Narayan | Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Meena, Ruchita Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat, Abhijeeth, Umashree | Deva | Remake of Tamil film Nattamai 7 June release |
| Sri Krishna Sandhana | Annayya | Venkatadri, Tara, Doddanna | V. Manohar | |
| Super Police | H S Rajashekar | Sai Kumar, Bhavana, Tennis Krishna | | |
| Super Star | Nagathihalli Chandrashekar | Upendra, Keerthi Reddy, V. Manohar | Hamsalekha | 21 June release |
| Surya IPS | B. C. Patil | B. C. Patil, Usha Kiran, Keerthi Raj | Sadhu Kokila | 1 March release |
| Tapori | B. Suresha | Alankar, Anitha, Prema | Hamsalekha | |
| Thavarige Baa Thangi | Om Sai Prakash | Shivarajkumar, Radhika, Anu Prabhakar, Komal Kumar | Hamsalekha | 1 November release |
| Thuntata | Indrajit Lankesh | Aniruddh, Chaya Singh, Rekha Vedavyas, Umashree, Komal Kumar, Sudeep | Gurukiran | 24 May release |
| Vamshakobba | Balaji Singh Babu | Jaggesh, Sujitha, Manichandana, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Sadhu Kokila | 1 March release |