# List of Kannada films of 2021

A list of Kannada language films produced in the Kannada cinema in India in the year 2021.

## Box office collection

Highest worldwide gross of 2022 :
| Rank | Title | Gross | Production company |
| 1 | Roberrt | ₹57.97 crore (equivalent to ₹65 crore or US$7.6 million in 2023) | Umapathy Films |
| 2 | Kotigobba 3 | ₹45.32 crore (equivalent to ₹51 crore or US$6.0 million in 2023) | Rambabu Productions |
| 3 | Pogaru | ₹45 crore (equivalent to ₹50 crore or US$5.9 million in 2023) | Sri Jagadguru Movies |
| 4 | Yuvarathnaa | ₹32.41 crore (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$4.3 million in 2023) | Hombale Films |
| 5 | Madhagaja | ₹25.7 crore (equivalent to ₹29 crore or US$3.4 million in 2023) | Umapathy Films |
| 6 | Salaga | ₹25 crore (equivalent to ₹28 crore or US$3.3 million in 2023) | Venus Enterrtainer |
| 7 | Badava Rascal | ₹16 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$2.1 million in 2023) | Daali Pictures |

## January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| J A N U A R Y | 1 | Rajatantra | PVR Swamy | Raghavendra Rajkumar, Bhavya, Doddanna, Srinivasa Murthy, Shankar Ashwath, Ranjan Hassan | Produced by Wishvam Digital Media |
| J A N U A R Y | 8 | Amruthavahini | K. Narendra Babu | H. S. Venkateshamurthy, Vaidya Shimogga, Jagadish, Tyagaraju | Produced by Sampath Kumar and Akshay Rao |
| J A N U A R Y | 8 | Mahishasura | Uday Prasanna | Raj Manju, Arjun Rao, Bindhu Shree, Thushhar. M | Produced by Melekote Touring Talkies |
| J A N U A R Y | 15 | Vikky | S. Ramesh | Aryan Gowda, Ridhi Rao | Produced by Sri Banashankari Movie Creations |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | Kathle Kaadu | Raju Devasandra | Sanjeev, Shivajinagara Lal, Kiran, Samhitha Shah, Sindhu Rao, Sinchana | Produced by Sagar King Production |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | Laddu | R. Ramanand | Sameer Nagarad, Bindhushree, Harshith, Rockline Sudhakar, Pavithra | Produced by Sri Madhamma Creations |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | Pantru | Milaan Dhanu | Prashanth Siddhi, Shivamogga Santhosh, Sunil Kumar, Meghashree, Rockline Sudhakar | Produced by SNLNS Entertainers |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | Talaq Talaq Talaq | Milaan Dhanu | Suchethan Vaidyanath, RJ Nethra, Shamanth Vaidya, Ravi Bhat, Srinivasa Murthy | Produced by Suchethana Enterprises |
| J A N U A R Y | 29 | Naanu Nan Jaanu | Shri Hari | Manu Basavaraj, Ruthvika Shetty, Srujan Lokesh, 'Majabharatha' JK | Produced by Charlie Studio's |
| J A N U A R Y | 29 | Ramarjuna | Anish Tejeshwar | Anish Tejeshwar, Nishvika Naidu, Rangayana Raghu, Bala Rajwadi, Ravi Kale, Sharath Lohitashwa | Produced by Winkwhistle Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Gattu | Firoz H. Khan | Govind Rathod, Sahana, Ayub Khan | Produced by N. N. R. Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Inspector Vikram | Sri Narasimha | Prajwal Devaraj, Bhavana Menon, Raghu Mukherjee, Harish Raj, Rangayana Raghu, Darshan | Produced by Vikhyath Chithra Production |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Mangalavara Rajaadina | Yuvin | Chandan Achar, Lasya Nagaraj, Gopalakrishna Deshpande, Harini Shreekanth, M S Jahangir | Produced by Trivarga Films |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Manjra | Mutthuraj Reddy | Ranjeet Singh, Nithya Raj, Ranjan Pangutti, Jai Krishna Sarja | Produced by Sri Durgaparameshwari Cine Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Shadow | Ravi Gowda | Vinod Prabhakar, Shobhita Rana, Sharath Lohitashwa, Satya Dev, Giresham | Remake of Napoleon Produced by Sri Kanakadurga Chalana Chitra |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Annthamma | K. Anbu Aras | Rakesh, Varsha Rajpurohit | Produced by Golden Dream Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Kalavida | Shivananda H. D. | Pradeep Kumaar, Sambrama Gowda, Manjunath Hegde, Lokesh Gowda, Geetha Bhat | Produced by Padmaraj Films |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Kanasu Maratakkide | Smitesh S. Barya | Prajnesh Shetty, Swasthika Poojary, Navya Poojary, K. S. Shridhar | Produced by Shree Pashana Murthy Cine Creations |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Nimmuru | Vijay S. | Lucky Raam, Veena Gangaram | Produced by Hatavadi Films |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Preethi Endarenu | Manju Sagar | Manju Sagar, Ramnitu Chaudhary, Sharath Lohitashwa, Dharma | Produced by Manju Movies |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Ra? | Rajesh Gowda | Rajesh Gowda, Saana Naik, Sujith Nayak | Produced by Ra Film Factory |
| F E B R U A R Y | 19 | Pogaru | Nanda Kishore | Dhruva Sarja, Rashmika Mandanna, Dhananjay, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Mayuri Kyatari, Chikkanna | Produced by Sri Jagadguru Movies |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Ambani Putra | Dore Raj Teja | Supreem, Asha Bandary, Kavya, Preetham, Manje Gowda | Produced by VS-PS Movies |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Cyanide Mallika | Guru | Guru, Sanjana Prakash, Manjula, Sowmya, Swathi | Produced by Entertainment Guru Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Kartha | Durga Prasad | Venky, Deepthi Manne, Sarah Annaiah, Elena, Rajashekar Naidu | Produced by Sri Sapthagiri Entertainments |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Kushka | Vikram Yoganand | Guruprasad, Chandu Gowda, Kailash Pai, Sanjana Anand, Madhuri B | Produced by Ira Films. Re-Releasing after pandemic |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Preman | Shivaraj Madhugiri | Vishnu Teja, Partha, Sunetra Pandit, Dhanika, Divyananda, Ramesh Pandit, Nagendra Shah | Produced by Sri Bhairaveshwara Combines |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Salt | Bharath Nanda | Chandu Chatrapathi, Sateesh Malavalli, Bharath Nanda, Chethan Kumar, Vijayshree Kalburgi, Yashaswini Shetty | Produced by Rajarathna Studio |
| F E B R U A R Y | 26 | Scary Forest | Sanjay Abhir | Jayaprabhu Lingayath, Teena Ponnappa, Jeet Raidutt, Kalpana Saini, Yashpal Sharma | Produced by JP Entertainment World |
| M A R C H | 5 | Dheeram | URS Manjunath | Ajith Mani, Ramika | Produced by Shree Gurumurthy Creations |
| M A R C H | 5 | Hero | Bharath Murthy | Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty, Ganavi Laxman, Ugramm Manju | Produced by Rishab Shetty Films |
| M A R C H | 5 | MBA | HP | Puneeth Gowda, Kavya Gowda, Soumya Shanbogh, Gooli Soma | Produced by Public Pictures |
| M A R C H | 5 | Rakhta Gulabi | RaBi | Vikramadithya, Shivani, Bharath Raj, Maanikya G. N., Vinod Kumar | Produced by Machinekad Films |
| M A R C H | 11 | Roberrt | Tharun Sudhir | Darshan, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, Asha Bhat, Devaraj, P. Ravi Shankar | Produced by Umapathy Films |
| M A R C H | 19 | Munduvareda Adhyaya | Balu Chandrashekar | Adithya, Ashika Somashekar, Bhaskar Shetty, Jai Jagadish, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Produced by Kanaja Enterprises |
| M A R C H | 19 | Ondu Ghanteya Kathe | Dwarki Raghava | Ajay Raj, Shanaya Katwe, Swathi Sharma, Prakash Thuminad, Nagendra Shah, Prashanth Siddhi | Produced by Realwealth Venture Productions |
| M A R C H | 26 | Anagha | Raju N. R. | Karan Aryan, Kiran Raj, Rohit R. Rangaswamy, Kushi Shetty, Nalin, Deepa Mohan, Srinivas Goudru | Produced by Deeksha Samuha Cinema |
| M A R C H | 26 | Nanna Guri Warrant - The Mission | Nagendra Urs | Karthik Jayaram, Thandav Ram, Manisha Waigankar | Produced by Aangels Production |
| M A R C H | 26 | Paaru | Hanamanthu Poojar | Baby Hithaishi Poojar, Master Mailari Poojar, Master Atchuth, Master Prasad | Produced by Durga Cine Creations |
| M A R C H | 26 | Ranam | V. Samudra | Chiranjeevi Sarja, Chethan Kumar, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Deepti Sati, Rahul Dev, Sadhu Kokila | Produced by R. S. Productions |

## April – June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
| A P R I L | 1 | Yuvarathnaa | Santhosh Ananddram | Puneeth Rajkumar, Sayyeshaa Saigal, Dhananjay, Prakash Raj | Hombale Films | |
| A P R I L | 9 | Kode Muruga | Subramanya Prasad | Muni Krishna, Subramanya Prasad, Pallavi Gowda, Yogesh, Dattanna, Kuri Prathap | KRK Productions | |
| A P R I L | | Brungada Benneri | Manju Pandavapura | Chetan Chaman, Narayana Swamy, M D Kowshik,Rekha Sagar,Bhagyashri | Checha Creations Producer Chetan Chaman | |
| A P R I L | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#d9e4f1;" 16 | Krishna Talkies | Vijay Anand | Ajay Rao, Apoorva, Sindhu Lokanath, Chikkanna, Pramod Shetty | Gokula Entertainers |
| Rewind | Thej | Thej, Chandana Raghavendra, Dharma, Sundar Raj | Panoramic Studio | |

## July – September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Note |
| J U L Y | 12 | SHE | Lohit Ravi | Barath Gowda, Rishika Naik | Released on MX Player |
| J U L Y | 20 | Ikkat | Esham Khan Haseen Khan | Nagabhushana N S, Bhoomi Shetty | Released on Amazon Prime Video |
| A U G U S T | 6 | Kaliveera | Avinash Bhusan | Ekalavyaa, Umesh Punga, Rockline Sudhakar, Renu Sri Gowda | First Kannada movie to be released in Theatres after Corona 2nd Wave. |
| A U G U S T | 16 | Seetharam Benoy | Devi Prasad Shetty | Vijay Raghavendra, Sreeharsha Gobhatt, Devi Prakash, Satwik Hebbar, Nagaraj Shimoga | First Kannada film to premiere in television before theatrical release |
| A U G U S T | 19 | Jeevnane Natka Samy | Raju Bhandari Rajavartha | Kiran Raj, Shree Harsha, Pavithra Kotian, Anika Ramya | Produced by Arya Entertainment |
| A U G U S T | 20 | Groufie | Ravi Arjun D. | Aryan S. G., Padmashree C. Jain, Gagan Gowda, Uma Mayuri, Prajwal Ranesinghe, Sandhya Gowda | Produced by Lia Global Media |
| A U G U S T | 20 | Shardula | Aravind Kaushik | Chethan Chandra, Raviteja, Kruttika Ravindra, Aishwarya Prasad | Produced by Bhairava Cinemas and CVR Cinemas |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Lanke | Ram Prasad | Yogesh, Kavya Shetty, Sanchari Vijay, Gayatri Jayaraman, Ester Noronha, Krishi Thapanda | Produced by The Great Entertainment |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Osho | Ziaullah Khan | Anand Itagi, Deepa Shree Gowda | Produced by A. R. Motion Pictures. |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Ascharya | D. K. Shindhe | Prabhuraj, Sunitha Gowda, Ramesh Pandit | Produced by Sri Chamundeshwari Productions |
| S E P T E M B E R | 17 | Chaddi Dost Kaddi Alladusbutta | Oscar Krishna | Oscar Krishna, Gouri Nair, Sevenraj, Lokendra Surya | Produced by Sevenraj Arts |
| S E P T E M B E R | 17 | Jigiri Dost | S Mohan | Chethan Surya, Sushma, Skanda Ashok | Produced by A.N.S Productions |
| S E P T E M B E R | 24 | Puksatte Lifu | Aravind Kuplikar | Sanchari Vijay, Matangi Prasann, Achyuth Kumar, Rangayana Raghu, Aravind Kuplikar, Lokesh Achar, Kiran Nayak | Produced by Sarvasva Productions |
| S E P T E M B E R | 24 | Janumada Jaathre | Auto Anandh | Madan Kumar, Chaitra S., Mandya Kempa | Produced by Sri Manikuppe Anjaneya Swamy Productions |

## October – December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Note |
| O C T O B E R | 1 | Kaage Motte | B. K. Chandrahas | Gururaj Jaggesh, Thanuja, Madesha, Hemantha, Sathyajith | Produced by Skyline Studios Red Chilli Cinemas |
| O C T O B E R | 1 | Mohandas | P. Sheshadri | Samarth Hombal, Shruthi, Ananth Mahadevan, H. G. Dattatreya | Produced by Mitra Chitra |
| O C T O B E R | 8 | Ninna Sanihake | Suraj Gowda | Suraj Gowda, Dhanya Ramkumar, Aruna Balraj, Manjunath Hegde | Produced by White and Grey Pictures |
| O C T O B E R | 8 | Idu Akashavani Bengaluru Nilaya | M Hari Krishna | Ranvir Patil, Nikitha Swamy, Vinod Patil, Suchendra Prasad, Nagendra Shah, Narayan Swamy, Divya Shree, Tennis Krishna | Produced by Kamalananda Chitralaya Production Company |
| O C T O B E R | 8 | Babu Marley | Mahi GYK | Meenakshi Dixit, Killer Venkatesh, Avinash Sampath | Produced by Jagan Mohan Productions |
| O C T O B E R | 8 | Thirugso Meese | Krishna Vijay L | Sree Vishnu, Nikki Tamboli, Rohini Molleti | Produced by Krishna Vijay L Productions |
| O C T O B E R | 14 | Salaga | Duniya Vijay | Duniya Vijay, Sanjana Anand, Dhananjay | Produced by Venus Enterrtainer |
| O C T O B E R | 15 | Kotigobba 3 | Shiva Karthik | Sudeep, Madonna Sebastian, Shraddha Das, Aftab Shivdasani, P. Ravi Shankar, Nawab Shah | Produced by Rambabu Production. |
| O C T O B E R | 15 | SriKrishna@gmail.com | Nagashekar | Darling Krishna, Bhavana, Dattanna | Produced by Sandesh Productions |
| O C T O B E R | 15 | 1980 | Rajkiran J | Priyanka Upendra, Sharanya Shetty | Produced by RK Productions Direct OTT release – Namma Filx |
| O C T O B E R | 22 | Rathnan Prapancha | Rohit Padaki | Dhananjay, Reba John, Umashree, Shruti, Ravishankar Gowda, Pramod Panju, Vainidhi Jagadish, Anu Prabhakar, Achyuth Kumar | Produced by KRG Studios Direct OTT Release – Amazon Prime |
| O C T O B E R | 22 | Real Estate | Sanjeev Gavandi | R Gururaj, Sushma Raj, Kempegowda, Mohan Juneja, Bhagyashree, Girish Jatti | Produced by N.R.K. Cinemas |
| O C T O B E R | 29 | Bhajarangi 2 | A. Harsha | Shiva Rajkumar, Bhavana, Shruti, Saurav Lokesh | Produced by Jayanna Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 5 | Gulal.com | Shivu Jamakhandi | Tabla Nani, Bigboss Divakar, Nethra Gagan, Sadanand Kali, Shobharaj, Shankar Ambiger, Mallu Jamkhandi, Sonu Patil | Produced by JJ Cinemas Presents in association with DJ Cinema Creations. |
| N O V E M B E R | 5 | Auto Ramanna | Auto Ramanna | Honnavalli Krishna, Mandeep Roy, Abinaya | Produced by Divya Sushma Creations. |
| N O V E M B E R | 12 | Premam Poojyam | Raghavendra B. S. | Prem Kumar, Brinda Acharya, Aindrita Ray, Master Anand | Produced by Kedambaadi Creations |
| N O V E M B E R | 12 | Tom and Jerry | Raaghav Vinay Shivagange | Nischith Korodi, Chaithra Rao, Tara, Jai Jagadish, Rockline Sudhakar, Kaddipudi Chandru, Padmaja Rao | Produced by Riddhi Siddhi Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 12 | Hitler | Kinnal Raj | Lohith Nagaraj, Sasya, Manmohan Rai, Bala Rajwadi, Ganesh Rao | Produced by Gaanashiva Movies. |
| N O V E M B E R | 12 | Buy 1 Get 1 Free | Harish Anilgod | Kishore, Rishitha Malnad, Madhu Mithun, Roshini Prakash | Produced by SBSC Creations. |
| N O V E M B E R | 12 | Yarrabirri | Govind Dasar | Anjan, Sonu Patil | Produced by Das Cine Creations Pvt Ltd. |
| N O V E M B E R | 18 | Lakshya | Ravi Sasanoor | Ramakrishna, Santhosh Raj Zavare, Sharmila Chandrashekar, Sathyanath, Nithinadvi, Sai Yashaswini | Produced by A Dream Pictures |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | 100 | Ramesh Aravind | Ramesh Aravind, Rachita Ram, Poorna, Vishwa Karna, Prakash Belawadi, Shobaraj, Raju Talikote | Produced by Suraj Productions |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana | Raj B. Shetty | Raj B. Shetty, Rishab Shetty, Gopal Krishna Deshpande | Produced by KRG Studios |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Mugilpete | Bharat S. Navunda | Manoranjan Ravichandran, Kayadu Lohar, Tara, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila, Rangayana Raghu | Produced by Moti Movie Makers |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Nan Hesaru Kishora Yel Pass Yentu | Bharathi Shankar | H. G. Dattatreya, Tabla Nani, Pavan Teja | Produced by Pathi Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Snehitha | Sangeeth Sagar | Dhanush, Sulaksha Kaira, Shivaram | Produced by Roja Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Saidapura | Sri Ram | Bhanu Prakash, Gururaj Hoskote, Basavaraj Sagar | Produced by B Ashok and Abdul Raouff Siddiquy. |
| N O V E M B E R | 26 | Amruth Apartments | Gururaj Kulkarni Nadagoud | Tarak Ponnappa, Urvashi H. V., Balaji Manohar, Manasa Joshi, Sampath Kumar, Seetha Kote | Produced by G9 Communication Media & Entertainment |
| N O V E M B E R | 26 | Gori Preethiya Samadhi | Gopal Krishna | Kiran Haveri, Smitha Haveri | Produced by Haveri Talkies |
| N O V E M B E R | 26 | Govinda Govinda | Thilak | Sumanth Shailendra, Bhavana, Kavitha Gowda, Achyuth Kumar, Shobaraj, Roopesh Shetty, Sunetra Pandit, Ajay Ghosh | Produced by Shree Shailendra Productions |
| N O V E M B E R | 26 | Sakath | Suni | Ganesh, Surbhi, Nishvika Naidu, Sadhu Kokila, Vihaan, Rangayana Raghu | Produced by KVN Productions |
| D E C E M B E R | 3 | Akshi | Manoj Kumar | Govinde Gowda, Ila Vitla, Srinivas, Mithun, Sowmya Prabhu, Nagaraj Rao | Produced by Kaladegula Studio |
| D E C E M B E R | 3 | Madhagaja | S. Mahesh Kumar | Sriimurali, Jagapathi Babu, Ashika Ranganath, Devayani, Rangayana Raghu, Chikkanna | Produced by Umapathy Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 10 | Drishya 2 | P. Vasu | Ravichandran, Navya Nair, Aarohi Narayan, Ananth Nag, Pramod Shetty, Asha Sharath, Prabhu | Produced by Zee Studios |
| D E C E M B E R | 17 | Kannadiga | B.M.Giriraj | Ravichandran, Pavana Gowda, Achyuth Kumar | Produced by Omkar movies ZEE5 film |
| D E C E M B E R | 24 | Badava Rascal | Shankar Guru | Dhananjaya, Amrutha Iyengar, Nagabhushan, Poornachandra Mysore | Produced by Daali Pictures |
| D E C E M B E R | 24 | Rider | Vijay Kumar Konda | Nikhil Kumar, Kashmira Pardeshi, Sampada Hulivana, H. G. Dattatreya, Achyuth Kumar, Chikkanna, Shivaraj K. R. Pete, Rajesh Nataranga, Anusha Rai | Produced by Lahari Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 31 | Arjun Gowda | Lucky Shankar | Prajwal Devaraj, Priyanka Thimmesh, Rahul Dev, Sadhu Kokila, Sparsha Rekha | Produced by Ramu Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 31 | Huttu Habbada Shubhashayagalu | Nagaraj Bethur | Diganth, Kavitha Gowda, Chethan Gandharva, Madanur Manu, Sharanya Shetty | Produced by Crystal Paark Cinemas |
| D E C E M B E R | 31 | Love You Rachchu | Shankar S. Raj | Ajay Rao, Rachita Ram, Achyuth Kumar, Raghu Shivamogga, Arun Gowda, B. Suresha | Produced by G Cinemas, Guru Deshpande Production |