# List of Kannada films of 2022

This is a list of Kannada films that were releases, or scheduled to be released, in 2022.

## Box office collection

The highest-grossing Sandalwood films released in 2022, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest worldwide gross of 2022 :
| Rank | Title | Production company | Gross |
| 1 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Hombale Films | ₹1,200 crore (equivalent to ₹13 billion or US$150 million in 2023)–₹1,250 crore (equivalent to ₹13 billion or US$150 million in 2023) |
| 2 | Kantara | Hombale Films | ₹400.93 crore (US$46 million) |
| 3 | Vikrant Rona | Kichcha Creations Shalini Arts Invenio Origin | ₹158.5 crore (US$18 million) - ₹210 crore (US$24 million) |
| 4 | James | Kishore Productions | ₹151 crore (US$17 million) |
| 5 | 777 Charlie | Paramvah Studios | ₹105 crore (US$12 million) |
| 6 | Gaalipata 2 | Suraj Production | ₹35 crore (US$4.0 million) |
| 7 | Gandhada Gudi | PRK Productions Mudskipper | ₹26.9 crore (US$3.1 million) |
| 8 | Love Mocktail 2 | Krishna Talkies | ₹21 crore (US$2.4 million) |
| 9 | Vedha | Zee Studio Geeta Pictures | ₹19.8 crore (US$2.3 million) |
| 10 | Lucky Man | Parsa Pictures Pvt. Ltd. | ₹6.50 crore (US$750,000) |

## January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| J A N U A R Y | 28 | Ombattane Dikku | Dayal Padmanabhan | Yogesh, Aditi Prabhudeva | D Pictures & G Cinemas |
| F E B R U A R Y | 3 | One Cut Two Cut | Vamshidhar Bhograj | Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad, Prakash Belawadi, Aruna Balraj | PRK Productions; Amazon Prime release |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Oppanda | S.S.Sameer | Arjun Sarja, Radhika Kumaraswamy, J. D. Chakravarthy | FS Entertainments |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Fourwalls | SS Sajjan | Achyuth Kumar | SV Pictures |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Love Mocktail 2 | Darling Krishna | Darling Krishna, Rachel David | Krishna Talkies |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Rowdy Baby | Epuru Krishna | Divya Suresh, Ravi Gowda | Warfoot Studios, Short Man Creations, Sumukha Entertainers |
| F E B R U A R Y | 17 | Family Pack | Arjun Kumar S | Likith Shetty, Rangayana Raghu, Amrutha Iyengar | PRK Productions; Amazon Prime release |
| F E B R U A R Y | 18 | By Two Love | Hari Santhosh | Dhanveerah, Sree Leela | KVN Productions |
| F E B R U A R Y | 18 | Varada | Uday Prakash | Vinod Prabhakar, Amitha Ranganath | Tiger Talkies |
| F E B R U A R Y | 24 | Old Monk | MG Srinivas | MG Srinivas, Aditi Prabhudeva, Sudev Nair | Abhijit Enterprises |
| F E B R U A R Y | 24 | Ek Love Ya | Prem | Raana, Rachita Ram, Reeshma Nanaiah | Rakshitha's Film Factory |
| F E B R U A R Y | 25 | Stabiliti | Goutham Kanade | Kashyap Bhaskar, Sandeep TC, Lakshmi Ambuga, Srinidhi Talak | WinterSun Studios |
| M A R C H | 2 | Dear Sathya | Shiva Ganesh | Aryann Santosh, Arachana Kottige | Purple Rock Entertainers |
| M A R C H | 4 | Sold | Prerana Agarwal | Kavya Shetty, Danish Sait | Horn Ok Films |
| M A R C H | 17 | James | Chethan Kumar | Puneeth Rajkumar, Priya Anand | Kishore Productions |

## April – June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| A P R I L | 1 | Home Minister | Sujay K Shrihari | Upendra, Vedhika, Tanya Hope, Suman, Avinash | Sreeyas Chitra Poorna Naidu Production |
| A P R I L | 1 | Taledanda | Praveen Krupakar | Sanchari Vijay, Mangala, Ramesh Pandit, Mandya Ramesh, Chaitra Achar, Bhavani Prakash | Kripanidhi Kreations |
| A P R I L | 1 | Local Train | T N Rudramani | Krishna, Meenakshi Dixit, Ester Noronha, Saurav Lokesh | Sanjana Cine Arts |
| A P R I L | 1 | Body God | Prabhu Srinivas | Manoj Kumaraswamy Guruprasad | Alpha and Omega Productions |
| A P R I L | 8 | Trikona | Chandrakantha | Lakshmi, Suresh Heblikar, Achyuth Kumar, Sudha Rani, Mandeep Roy, Sadhu Kokila | Police Praki Production |
| A P R I L | 14 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Prashanth Neel | Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Srinidhi Shetty, Prakash Raj, Raveena Tandon, Malavika Avinash | Hombale Films |
| A P R I L | 29 | Shokiwala | Jocky | Ajay Rao, Sanjana Anand | Crystal Park Cinemas |
| A P R I L | 29 | Kshamisi Nimma Khaatheyalli Hanavilla | Vinayaka Kodsara | Diganth Manchale, Ranjani Raghavan, Aindrita Ray | Uppi Entertainers |
| M A Y | 5 | Man of the Match | D Satya Prakash | Vasuki Vaibhav, Dharmanna Kadooru, Nataraj S Bhat | PRK Productions;Amazon Prime release |
| M A Y | 6 | Avatara Purusha | Simple Suni | Sharan, Ashika Ranganath, Sai Kumar, Sudha Rani | Pushkar Films |
| M A Y | 6 | Takkar | Nagesh Kogilu | Manoj Kumar, Ranjani Raghavan, Saurav Lokesh. | SLN Creations |
| M A Y | 13 | Selfie Mummy Googl Daddy | Madhuchandra R | Srujan Lokesh, Meghana Raj | Aakasha Butti Cinemas |
| M A Y | 13 | Critical Keerthanegalu | Kumaar | Tabla Nani, Suchendra Prasad, Aruna Balraj | Kesari Films Capture |
| M A Y | 20 | Cutting Shop | Pavan Bhat | K. B. Praveen, Archana Kottige, Naveen Krishna, S. K. Bhagavan | Young Thinkers films |
| M A Y | 20 | Garuda | Dhana Kumar. K | Srinagar Kitty, Siddharth Mahesh, Aindrita Ray, Ashika Ranganath | Orange Pixels film factory |
| M A Y | 20 | Kandhidi Nodona | S K Nagendra Urs | Pranava Surya, S K Nagendra Urs, Vijay Chendoor, Priyanka Malali | The Manleo Creations |
| M A Y | 20 | Prarambha | Manu Kalyadi | Manoranjan Ravichandran, Keerti Kalakeri | Jenusri Tanusha Productions |
| M A Y | 20 | Saara Vajra | Aarna Saadya | Anu Prabhakar, Rahman Hassan, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi | Sambrama Dream House |
| M A Y | 20 | Sakutumba Sametha | Rahul PK | Bharath GB, Siri Ravikumar | Paramvah Studios |
| M A Y | 20 | Twenty One Hours | Jaishankar Pandit | Dhananjay, Rahul Madhav, Durga Krishna, Sudev Nair | Aham Conceptam Pvt. Ltd, Entertainment LLP |
| M A Y | 27 | Anjan | R. Sagar | Anjan, Josita Anola | Pradeep Sagar Movies |
| M A Y | 27 | Dheeran | Swamy Y B N | Swamy Y B N, Laksha Shetty, Pramod Shetty, B V Bhaskar | DIOXE Entertainments |
| M A Y | 27 | Kaaneyaadavara Bagge Prakatane | Anilkumar T. M. | P. Ravi Shankar, Rangayana Raghu, Tabla Nani, Ashika Ranganath | AJ Talkies |
| M A Y | 27 | Kirik Shankar | R. Anantha Raju | Yogesh, Advika, Ashalatha | MNK Movies |
| M A Y | 27 | Physics Teacher | Sumukha | Sumukha, Prerana Kambam, Rajesh Nataranga, Mandya Ramesh | Passing Shots Films |
| M A Y | 27 | Koli Taal | Abhilash Shetty | Radha Ramachandra, Prabhakar Kunder, Ganesh Mogaveera | Gubbi Cinema |
| M A Y | 27 | Wheelchair Romeo | G. Nataraj | Ram Chethan, Mayuri Kyatari, Rangayana Raghu | Agasthya Creations |
| M A Y | 27 | Seethayana | Prabhakar Aaripaka | Akshith Shashikumar, Anahitha Bhooshan, Vikram Shankar | Color Clouds Entertainments |
| J U N E | 3 | Gajanana And Gang | Abhishek Shetty | Shri Mahadev, Aditi Prabhudeva | Brindavan Enterprises |
| J U N E | 10 | 777 Charlie | Kiran Raj K | Rakshit Shetty, Sangeetha Sringeri | Paramvah Studios |
| J U N E | 17 | Made in China | Preetham Tegginamane | Nagabhushana, Priyanka Thimmesh | NK Studios |
| J U N E | 23 | Harikathe Alla Girikathe | Karan Ananth, Anirudh Mahesh | Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty, Rachana Inder | Rishab Shetty Films |
| J U N E | 24 | Thurthu Nirgamana | Hemanth Kumar L | Suneel Rao, Samyuktha Hegde, Hitha Chandrashekar | Prime Focus Ltd |
| J U N E | 24 | Trivikrama | Sahana Murthy S | Vikram Ravichandran, Akansha Sharma, Akshara Gowda | Gowri Entertainers |
| J U N E | 24 | Buddies | Gurutej Shetty | Kiran Raj, Siri Prahlad, Arvind Bolar | Bharti Shetty Films |
| J U N E | 30 | Dear Vikram | K. S. Nandheesh | Sathish Ninasam, Shraddha Srinath, Vasishta N. Simha, Sonu Gowda | Backgate Productions |

## July – September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| J u L Y | 1 | Window Seat | Sheetal Shetty | Nirup Bhandari, Sanjana Anand, Amrutha Iyengar | KSK Show Reel |
| J u L Y | 1 | Bairagee | SD Vijay Milton | Shiva Rajkumar, Dhananjaya, Pruthvi Ambaar, Anjali | Krishna Creations |
| J u L Y | 8 | Sugarless | K. M. Shashidhar | Pruthvi Ambaar, Priyanka Thimmesh, Dharmanna Kadur | Shashidhar Studios Productions |
| J u L Y | 8 | Hope | Amabarish.M | Shwetha Srivatsav, Sumalatha Ambareesh, Prakash Belawadi, Pramod Shetty | Goldie Productions |
| J u L Y | 15 | Petromax | Vijay Prasad | Sathish Ninasam, Hariprriya, Karunya Ram | Satish Picture House |
| J u L Y | 22 | Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode Heege | Islahuddin NS | Rishi, Dhanya Balakrishna, Apoorva Bharadwaj | Starfab Production |
| J u L Y | 28 | Vikrant Rona | Anup Bhandari | Sudeepa, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nirup Bhandari, Neetha Ashok | Kichcha Creations Shalini Arts Invenio Origin |
| A U G U S T | 12 | Ravi Bopanna | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Kavya Shetty | Eshwari Productions |
| A U G U S T | 12 | Gaalipata 2 | Yogaraj Bhat | Ganesh, Diganth, Pawan Kumar, Anant Nag | Suraj Productions |
| A U G U S T | 19 | Love 360 | Shashank | Praveen, Rachana Inder | Shashank Cinemass |
| A U G U S T | 26 | Shiva 143 | Anil Kumar | Dheeren Ramkumar, Manvitha Kamath | Jayanna Films |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | Fantasy | Pavan Kumar R | Priyanka Shivvanna, Bala Rajwadi, Harini Srikanth, Hemanth Srinivas | Pavan Dream Films |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | Dhamaka | Lakshmi Ramesh | Shivraj K.R. Pete, Nayana | SR Media Productions |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | Lucky Man | S. Nagendra Prasad | Darling Krishna, Sangeetha Sringeri, Roshini Prakash, Puneeth Rajkumar | Parsa Pictures |
| S E P T E M B E R | 16 | Kapala | Vinay Yadunandan | Abhimanyu prajwal, Prateeksha gowda, Giriraj BM, Yamuna Srinidhi | SKAR Productions. Soumya K Shetty |
| S E P T E M B E R | 16 | Monsoon Raaga | S. Ravindranath | Dhananjaya, Rachita Ram | Vikhyath Chitra Productions |
| S E P T E M B E R | 16 | Pampa Panchalli Parashivamurthy | S. Mahendar | Keerthi Banu, Sangeetha Sringeri | KEE Creations |
| S E P T E M B E R | 23 | Guru Shishyaru | Jadeshaa K Hampi | Sharan, Nishvika Naidu | Laddu Cinema House |
| S E P T E M B E R | 30 | Kantara | Rishab Shetty | Rishab Shetty, Sapthami Gowda, Kishore, Achyuth Kumar, Pramod Shetty | Hombale Films |
| S E P T E M B E R | 30 | Totapuri | Vijayaprasad | Dhananjaya, Jaggesh, Aditi Prabhudeva, Suman Ranganath | Moniflix Studios |

## October – December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| O C T O B E R | 14 | Champion | Shahuraja Sindhe | Sachin Dhanpal, Aditi Prabhudeva, Pradeep Rawat | Shivanand S Neelannavar |
| O C T O B E R | 21 | Head Bush | Shoonya | Dhananjaya, Payal Rajput, Shruthi Hariharan, Devaraj, Yogesh, Vasishta N. Simha, Raghu Mukherjee | Daali Pictures, Somanna Talkies |
| O C T O B E R | 28 | Gandhada Gudi | Amoghavarsha JS | Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar | PRK Productions |
| N O V E M B E R | 4 | Banaras | Jayathirtha | Zaid Khan, Sonal Monteiro | Tilakraj Ballal |
| N O V E M B E R | 11 | O | Mahesha C. Ammalidoddy | Milana Nagaraj, Amrutha Iyengar, Siddu Moolimani, Suchendra Prasad | Ekaakshara Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 11 | Raana | Nanda Kishore | Shreyas Manju, Reeshma Nanaiah | Gujjal Talkies |
| N O V E M B E R | 11 | Dilpasand | Shiva Tejass | Darling Krishna, Nishvika Naidu, Megha Shetty | Rashmi Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 18 | Abbara | K Ramnarayan | Prajwal Devaraj, Rajshri Ponnappa, Lekha Chandra, Nimika Ratnakar | C and M Movies |
| N O V E M B E R | 18 | Mata | Ravindra Venshi | Santhosh Davanagere, Guruprasad, Sadhu Kokila, Mandya Ramesh | VR Combines |
| N O V E M B E R | 25 | Raymo | Pavan Wadeyar | Ishan, Ashika Ranganath | Jayaditya Films |
| N O V E M B E R | 25 | Triple Riding | Mahesh Gowda | Ganesh, Aditi Prabhudeva, Megha Shetty, Rachana Inder | Krupalu Entertainments |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | 2nd Life | Raju Devasandra | Adarsh Gunduraj, Sindhu Rao, Naveen Shakti, Shiv Pradeep | Jayanna Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage | Sridhar Shanmukha | Naveen Shankar, Aishani Shetty, Yash Shetty, Bala Rajwadi, Omkar Aryaa | Hyperlink Cinemas |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | Dushtakoota | Shadakshari Neelakantaiah | Shadakshari Neelakantaiah, J. Suraj, Akash Akki | Yes 26 Studios |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | Flat #9 | Kishor M C | Skanda Ashok, Chandu Gowda, Thejaswini Sharma | Kishore Creations |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | Thimayya & Thimayya | Sanjay Sharma | Ananth Nag, Diganth, Shubra Aiyappa, Aindrita Ray, Vineet Beep Kumar | Garuda Motion Pictures |
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | Vasanthi Nalidaga | Venshi Ravindra | Rohit Sridhar, Jeevitha Vasishta, Bhavana Srinivas, Sudharani, Saikumar, Sadhu Kokila | Jenugudu Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 9 | Dr.56 | Rajesh Anandaleela | Priyamani, Praveen Reddy, Raj Deepak Shetty, Ramesh Bhat | Hari Hara Pictures |
| D E C E M B E R | 9 | Pankhuri | Dosti V. Anand | P. Shivakumar, Kundhana Reddy, Sasi Sekhar, Pavan Putra | Prakruthi Pictures |
| D E C E M B E R | 9 | Prayashaha | Ranjith Rao | Rahul Amin, Krishnaa Bhat, Vineeth Kumar, Shine Shetty, Shanil Guru | Prakruthi Pictures |
| D E C E M B E R | 9 | Vijayanand | Rishika Sharma | Nihal Rajput, Bharat Bopanna, Siri Prahlad, Anant Nag, Ravichandran, Vinaya Prasad, Shine Shetty | VRL Film Productions |
| D E C E M B E R | 16 | 10 | Karm Chawla | Vinay Rajkumar, Anusha Ranganath, Gopal Krishna Deshpande, Suvin Hegde | Pushkar Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 16 | Ninga | Bhairava. S | Arjeeth, Supritha, Kavya, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi | Arjeeth Productions |
| D E C E M B E R | 16 | Temper | Manju Kavi | Aryan Surya, Kaashima Rafi, Tabla Nani, Tennis Krishna, Mithra | Shree Balaji Enterprises |
| D E C E M B E R | 23 | Aihole | Ravindranath Sirivara | Revanth Malige, Pragathi Soorve | Sirivara Creations |
| D E C E M B E R | 23 | Hosa Dinachari | Keerthi Shekhar | Deepak Subramanya, Sripriya, Chethan Vicky, Babu Hirannaiah, Aruna Balraj | Dees Films |
| D E C E M B E R | 23 | Vedha | Harsha | Shiva Rajkumar, Shwetha Chengappa, Aditi Sagar, Ganavi Laxman, Veena Ponnappa, Umashri | Geetha Pictures & Zee Studios |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Alpha | Chirantha Kumar | Chirantha Kumar, Jagadeesh. D, Shama Taj | Shree Dharmashastha Movies |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Jordan | Vinod Dayalan | Mahendra Prasad, Sampath Kumar, Gauri Lankesh, Manju Pavagada | No Nonsense Creations |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Once Upon a Time in Jamaligudda | Kushal Gowda | Dhananjay, Aditi Prabhudeva, Bhavana, Prakash Belawadi, Triveni Rao | Niharika Movies |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Made in Bengaluru | Pradeep K. Shastry | Madhusudhan Govind, Ananth Nag, Saikumar, Puneeth Manjunath, Prakash Belawadi, Sudha Belawadi | Rajani Thursday Stories |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Naanu Adu Mattu Saroja | Vinay Pritham | Yogesh, Apoorva Bharadwaj, H. G. Dattatreya, Prerana Kambam, Prasanna Shetty | UK Productions |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Padavipoorva | Hariprasad Jayanna | Pruthvi Shamanur, Anjali Anish, Yasha Shivakumar, Shri Mahadev, Aditi Prabhudeva, Divya Uruduga | Ravi Shamanur Films Yograj Cinemas |