# List of Kannada films of 2006

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2006, presented in alphabetical order.
This year started with a major blow with the demise of icon and legend of Kannada Cinema, Dr Rajkumar.
Slowly, later cinemas like Naayi Neralu and Care of footpath made waves across the country for its meaningful themes and messages. Commercially, My Autograph became one of top grossers, only to be surpassed by industry-hit and legacy movie, Mungaru Male by the end of the year. Mungaru Male became the first South Indian movie to cross 50 crores, grossing nearly 75 crores at the box office.
This movie turned the fate of director, Yograj Bhat and actors Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi to become one of the leading stars in the industry for several years.
Sudeep, Ganesh, Pavitra Lokesh, Ramya, Pooja Gandhi and Master Kishan were recognised for their performances and contribution for this year majorly.

## List of released films in 2006
### January–June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes |
| J A N | 7th | Mandya | Om Prakash Rao | Darshan, Rakshita, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Avinash | Gurukiran | Action | |
| J A N | 13th | O Priyathama | Shivaprabhu | Ajay Rao, Sanchana, Geetha, Sharat Babu, Sudharani | Valisha - Sandeep | Romance | |
| J A N | 19th | Shree | Prakash | Vijay Raghavendra, Jennifer Kotwal, Rahul Roy, Ananth Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash | Valisha - Sandeep | Action / Drama | |
| J A N | 27th | Veeru | S. Narayan | Pankaj, Umashree, Prakash Heggodu | S. Narayan | Drama | |
| J A N | 27th | Mithayi Mane | Aarathi | Aditi, Surabhi J. Herur, Hanumantha Raju | N. S. Prasad | Drama | |
| F E B | 3rd | Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. | D. Rajendra Babu | Upendra, Uma, Ananth Nag, Chi. Guru Dutt, Naveen Mayur, Rohini Hattangadi | R. P. Patnaik | Romance / Comedy / Drama | Remake of Hindi film Munnabhai M.B.B.S. |
| F E B | 3rd | Eesha | K. A. Rahman Mustafa | Dheeraj, Neethu, Tara, Chitra Shenoy | Teja | Drama | |
| F E B | 3rd | Bharathi | R. M. Veerabhadraiah | Sadhana, Damini | Abhimanyu | Drama | |
| F E B | 10th | Mata | Guruprasad | Jaggesh, Pari, Doddanna, R. N. Sudarshan, Tabla Nani, V. Biradar, Mandya Ramesh | V. Manohar | Satirical Comedy | |
| F E B | 10th | Seven O' Clock | Santosh Rai Pathaje | Mithun Tejaswi, Pooja Kanwal, Sneha, Nithya, Komal Kumar, Sharan | M. S. Madhukar | Romance | |
| F E B | 17th | My Autograph | Sudeep | Sudeep, Meena, Srinivasa Murthy, Sridevika, Deepu, Rashmi Kulkarni | Bharadwaj | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Autograph |
| F E B | 17th | Suntaragaali | Sadhu Kokila | Darshan, Rakshita, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manya, Rangayana Raghu, Umashree | Sadhu Kokila | Action | |
| F E B | 24th | Ramya Chaitra Kala | Sunil Kumar Desai | Sandeep, Manasi Parashar, Nanditha, Rahul Inapur | Shyam Sundar | Drama | |
| M A R | 3rd | Gopi | G. K. Mudduraj | Sri Murali, Gowri Munjal, Doddanna, Tennis Krishna | Mani Sharma | Drama / Romance | Remake of Telugu film Murari |
| M A R | 3rd | Shishya | Vasu | Deepak, Chaitra, Rangayana Raghu | V. Nagendra Prasad | Action | |
| M A R | 10th | Hettavara Kanasu | Om Sai Prakash | Mayoor Patel, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sunder Raj, Pramila Joshai | Vandemataram Srinivas | Drama | |
| M A R | 17th | Ashoka | Shivamani | Shivrajkumar, Sunitha Varma, Vinaya Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy | Sadhu Kokila | Action | |
| M A R | 17th | Nidhi | Radhakrishna | Arjun, Devaraj | Rajesh Ramanath | Action | |
| M A R | 24th | Hatavadi | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Doddanna, Avinash | V. Ravichandran | Drama | |
| M A R | 31st | Thandege Thakka Maga | S. Mahendar | Upendra, Ambareesh, Laila Mehdin, Sakshi Shivanand | S. A. Rajkumar | Action / Drama | Remake of Tamil film Thevar Magan |
| A P R | 7th | Shubham | Ravi Garani | Shivadwaj, Sanjitha, Loknath, Kishore | Gurukiran | Action | |
| A P R | 14th | Sevanthi Sevanthi | S. Narayan | Vijay Raghavendra, Ramya, Doddanna, Komal Kumar | S. A. Rajkumar | Romance | |
| A P R | 14th | Naaga | Y. Yesudoss | Shivaram, Poonam | Venkat Narayan | Action | |
| A P R | 21st | Chellata | M. D. Sridhar | Ganesh, Rekha Vedavyas, Devaraj, Avinash, Umashree, Rangayana Raghu, Komal Kumar | Gurukiran | Romance | |
| A P R | 28th | Ambi | V. Nagendra Prasad | Auditya, Manya, Shobharaj, Kishore | V. Nagendra Prasad | Action / Romance | |
| A P R | 28th | Nanna Hendthi Kole | B. R. Keshav | Naveen Mayur, Rohini | M. S. Maruthi | Thriller | |
| M A Y | 4th | Ajay | Meher Ramesh | Puneeth Rajkumar, Anuradha Mehta, Prakash Rai, Doddanna | Mani Sharma | Action | |
| M A Y | 13th | Julie | Poornima Mohan | Dino Morea, Ramya, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Chitra Shenoy | Rajesh Ramanath | Romance | Remake of Hindi film Julie |
| M A Y | 13th | Belli Betta | Shivaraj Hoskere | Sunil Raoh, Manya, Shivamani | A. T. Raveesh | Drama | |
| M A Y | 13th | Thutturi | P. Sheshadri | H. G. Dattatreya, Dharma | Hamsalekha | Drama | |
| M A Y | 19th | Thavarina Siri | Om Sai Prakash | Shiva Rajkumar, Daisy Bopanna, Ashitha, Ashwini, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Doddanna | Hamsalekha | Drama | |
| J U N | 2nd | Miss California | Kodlu Ramakrishna | Diganth, Jhanavi, Soumya, Sharath Babu, Jayanthi, Bhavya | Ravi Dattatreya | Drama | Based on the novel by C. N. Muktha |
| J U N | 8th | Dattha | Chi Guru Dutt | Darshan, Ramya, Keerthi Chawla, Vinaya Prasad, Srinath | R. P. Patnaik | Action | |
| J U N | 15th | Honeymoon Express | Nagendra Magadi | Jaggesh, S. Narayan, Deepu, Santhoshi | R. P. Patnaik | Comedy | |
| J U N | 23rd | Good Luck | S. Nandakumar | Aniruddh, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Naveen Krishna | Rajesh Ramanath | Romance | |
| J U N | 30th | Tirupathi | Shivamani | Sudeep, Pooja Kanwal, Charanraj, P. N. Sathya | Rajesh Ramanath | Action | |

### July – December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes |
| J U L | 7th | Cyanide | A. M. R. Ramesh | Ravi Kale, Tara, Avinash, Malavika Avinash, Nassar | Sandeep Chowta | Crime Thriller | |
| J U L | 14th | Jackpot | N. M. Niranjan | Dhyan, Shubha Poonja, Harsha | Alwynn Fernandes M. N. Krupakar | Romance / Comedy | |
| J U L | 28th | Ganda Hendathi | Ravi Srivatsa | Vishal Hegde, Sanjjana, Thilak Shekar, Manju Bhashini | Gurukiran | Romance / Thriller | Remake of Hindi film Murder |
| J U L | 28th | Neenello Naanalle | Dinesh Babu | Vishnuvardhan, Rakshita, Aniruddh, Avinash | Ramesh Krishna | Drama | Remake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana |
| A U G | 4th | Gandugali Kumara Rama | H. R. Bhargava | Shiva Rajkumar, Laya, Anita Hassandani, Rambha, Avinash | Gurukiran | Period action | |
| A U G | 11th | Mohini 9886788888 | Rajendra Singh Babu | Auditya, Nassar, Riyaz Khan, Suhasini, Anu Prabhakar, Aadhi Lokesh | Hamsalekha | Horror / Thriller | |
| A U G | 12th | Nanna Kanasina Hoove | S. M. Patil | Vinayak Joshi, Harish Raj, Keerthana, Preethi | N S Prasad | Romance | |
| S E P | 1st | Odahuttidavalu | Om Sai Prakash | V. Ravichandran, Rakshita, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Komal Kumar, Rangayana Raghu | R. P. Patnaik | Romance / Drama | |
| S E P | 8th | Maha Nagara | Eshwar | Vinod Prabhakar, Shilpa | Naga Mahesh | Action | |
| S E P | 8th | Kadala Mage | Praveen Kumar | Diganth, Saritha Jain | S. P. Chandrakanth | Drama | Tulu film |
| S E P | 8th | Gatti Taali Bitti Mela | Rajesh Kumar | Kashinath, Madhuri | Rajesh Ramanath | Romance / Comedy | |
| S E P | 15th | Aishwarya | Indrajit Lankesh | Upendra, Deepika Padukone, Daisy Bopanna | Rajesh Ramanath | Romance | |
| S E P | 21st | Jothe Jotheyali | Dinakar Thoogudeep | Prem Kumar, Ramya, Komal Kumar | V. Harikrishna | Romance | |
| S E P | 22nd | Autograph Please | Bharathi Shankar | Aakash Shetty, Sanjjana, Sangeetha Shetty, Dileep Raj, Naveen Krishna | Arjun Janya | Romance | |
| S E P | 28th | Sirivantha | S. Narayan | Vishnuvardhan, Shruti, Doddanna | S. A. Rajkumar | Drama | Remake of Telugu film Aa Naluguru |
| O C T | 6th | Ravi Shastri | M. S. Rajashekar M. R. Raghavendra | V. Ravichandran, Sneha, Ananth Nag | Rajesh Ramanath | Comedy Drama | Remake of Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu |
| O C T | 20th | Thangigagi | P. N. Sathya | Darshan, Poonam Bajwa, Shwetha Chengappa, Hemanth G Nag Rangayana Raghu | Sadhu Kokila | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Thirupaachi |
| O C T | 20th | Avanandre Avne | A. Venugopal | Naveen Mayur, Kangana | Sangeet Sagar | Romance | |
| O C T | 20th | Rambha | B. Ramamurthy | Chandrakanth, Nayana Krishna | Guru Prasad | Adult romance | |
| O C T | 27th | Saavira Mettilu | Puttanna Kanagal K. S. L. Swamy | Kalyan Kumar, Jayanthi, Pandari Bai, Vajramuni, B. V. Radha, Ambareesh, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Vijaya Bhaskar Pravin Godkhindi | Drama | Delayed project |
| N O V | 10th | Hubli | Om Prakash Rao | Sudeep, Rakshita, Anantha Velu, Tarakesh Patel | A. R. Hemanth | Action | |
| N O V | 10th | Pandavaru | K. V. Raju | Ambareesh, Devaraj, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Aishwarya, Gurleen Chopra, Tara | Hamsalekha | Drama | Remake of Malayalam film Godfather |
| N O V | 24th | Tananam Tananam | Kavita Lankesh | Ramya, Rakshita, Shaam, Girish Karnad, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | K. Kalyan | Romance | |
| N O V | 24th | Kannadada Kanda | B. N. Vijayakumar | Vinod Raj, Daksha, Kishore, Leelavathi | H. Gurunath | Action | |
| N O V | 24th | Student | M. D. Sridhar | Mayoor Patel, Pooja Kanwal, Shraddha Arya, Komal Kumar, Avinash | R. P. Patnaik | Romance | |
| N O V | 24th | Care of Footpath | Master Kishan | Master Kishan, Jackie Shroff, Tara, B. Jayashree | Ravi Dattatreya | Drama | |
| D E C | 1st | Madana | Jai Jagadish | Auditya, Samiksha, Saaniya, Ramesh Bhat | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Romance / Thriller | Remake of Tamil film Manmadhan |
| D E C | 8th | Tenali Rama | Nagendra Magadi | Jaggesh, Ramesh Aravind, Deepu, Rangayana Raghu, Srinath | R. P. Patnaik | Comedy | |
| D E C | 15th | Nage Habba | Adarsha | Adarsha, Sunaina, Sadhu Kokila | Adarsha | Comedy | |
| D E C | 22nd | Kallarali Hoovagi | T. S. Nagabharana | Vijay Raghavendra, Uma, Ananth Nag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Sumalatha | Hamsalekha | Drama | |
| D E C | 22nd | Neelakanta | Om Sai Prakash | V. Ravichandran, Namitha, Sridevika, Sadhu Kokila, Vijay Kashi, Sujatha | V. Ravichandran | Romance | |
| D E C | 29th | Mungaru Male | Yogaraj Bhat | Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, Ananth Nag, Diganth | Mano Murthy | Romance | |
| D E C | 29th | A Aa E Ee | N. R. Nanjunde Gowda | Ramesh Aravind, Prema | V. Manohar | Drama | |
| D E C | 29th | Geeya Geeya | Krishna Reddy | Naveen Krishna, Swarnamalya | Bhavatharini | Romance | |
| D E C | 29th | Koti Chennaya | Anand P. Raju | Balakrishna, Shekar Kotyan | V. Manohar | Drama | Tulu film |