# List of Kannada films of 2003

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2003, presented in alphabetical order. A total of 99 films were released that year, 74 of which were said to be remakes. The Hindu called 2003 a "flop for Kannada cinema", with an investment of ₹47 crore returning only ₹11.20 crore. The report stated that only 11 films "brought substantial returns to the investors." They included Kariya, Kutumba, Raktha Kanneeru, Preethi Prema Pranaya, Excuse Me, Chandra Chakori, Khushi, Laali Haadu, Sri Ram and Don.

## List of Kannada film released
### January - June

| Month | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Notes |
| January | Kariya | Prem | Darshan, Abhinayasri | Gurukiran | |
| January | Dumbee | Adarsh | Adarsh, Rashmi, Tennis Krishna | Hamsalekha | |
| January | Daali | | Charanraj, Arun Pandian | Sadhu Kokila | |
| January | Sri Kalikamba | Rama Narayanan | Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar, Vinod Kumar Alva, Jayanthi | Deva | A Kannada–Tamil bilingual film |
| January | Don | P. N. Sathya | Shivrajkumar, Meghana Naidu, Ashok, Jai Jagadish | Sadhu Kokila | |
| January | Laali Haadu | H. Vasu | Darshan, Abhirami, Ruthika, Umashree | Sadhu Kokila | |
| January | Jaya | Srinivas | Jeevan, Ishwarya | | |
| January | Pakka Chukka | S. Narayan | Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Ruchita Prasad, Mahalakshmi | S. Narayan | |
| January | Lovva Illa Dovva | | Aniruth, Mithuna | K. Kalyan | |
| January | Heart Beats | S K Nagendra Urs | Vijay Raghavendra, Ashitha | Venkat Narayan | |
| February | Neenandre Ishta | B. Mallesh | Darshan, Harish Raj, Malavika, Akhila | Bharadwaj | |
| February | Border | Anand P. Raju | Charanraj, Shobharaj, Vinod Kumar Alva, Sneha, Karibasavaiah | Sadhu Kokila | |
| February | Sachhi | Om Prakash Rao | Om Prakash Rao | Gurukiran | |
| February | Ananda | Varamulla Pudi | Naveen Mayur, Ruthika, Rajesh Nataranga, Jhansi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag | Rajesh Ramanath | Remake of Telugu film Anandam |
| February | Mooru Manasu Nooru Kanasu | B. Hanumanthu | Prema, Harindranath, Ramesh Bhat, Bank Janardhan | Chaitanya | |
| February | Bangalore Bandh | Tesi Venkatesh | Sai Kumar, Ananth Nag, Rashika, Avinash, Doddanna | | |
| February | Adu | | | | |
| February | Badri | Raghuvardhan | Yogeshwar, Kausalya, Swathi, Harish Rai | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| February | Nagabharana | Bellary Janardhan | Shobharaj, Srividya, Roopashree, Doddanna | Chaitanya | |
| March | Hay Naan Bhishma Kano | Surya | Devaraj, Prema, Tara, Pramod Chakravarthi | Chaitanya | |
| March | Gandhinagar | | | | |
| March | Colors | Ramesh P. C. | Mandya Ramesh, Nivas, Janhavi, Bank Janardhan, Tennis Krishna | Colors Mahesh | |
| March | Wrong Number | N. S. Shankar | Harish Mattur, Bhavana | | |
| March | Raja Narasimha | Muthyal Subbaiah | Vishnuvardhan, Ramya Krishnan, Raasi, Abhijeeth, Avinash | Deva | |
| March | Nimma Preethiya Huduga | K. V. Jayaram | Vinod Alva, Ashok, Vinaya Prasad, Sadhu Kokila | S. P. Venkitesh | |
| March | Nanna Hendti Maduve | M. S. Rajashekar | Sa. Ra. Govindu, Om Prakash Rao, Anu Prabhakar | | |
| March | Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu | Rajendra Singh Babu | S. Narayan, Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Ruthika, Meghana Naidu | Hamsalekha | |
| April | Hello | Kodlu Ramakrishna | Bhavana, Naveen Mayur | Srishaila | |
| April | Yardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre | A. R. Babu | Jaggesh, Devaraj, Amrutha, Bank Janardhan | V. Manohar | Remake of Hindi film Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar |
| April | Devara Makkalu | Srinivasa Murthy | Nitil Krishna, Srinivasa Murthy, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Pandit, Malavika Avinash, Lamboo Nagesh | Hamsalekha | |
| April | Kiccha | Arun Prasad | Sudeep, Shwetha, Ajay Rao, Sujatha | Hamsalekha | |
| April | Kutumba | Naganna | Upendra, Natanya Singh, Gurukiran, Sathyaraj | Gurukiran | |
| April | Paris Pranaya | Nagathihalli Chandrashekar | Raghu Mukherjee, Minal Patel, Rajesh | Stephen Prayog | |
| April | Singaaravva | T. S. Nagabharana | Shivadwaj, Prema, Avinash | C. Ashwath | |
| April | Abhi | Dinesh Babu | Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya | Gurukiran | |
| May | Nee Illade Naa Illa Kane | | Anu Prabhakar | | |
| May | Kushalave Kshemave | S. Mahendar | Ramesh Aravind, Divya Unni, Darshan, Ramkumar | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| May | Preetisle Beku | Yogesh Honsur | Vijay Raghavendra, Chaya Singh | Chaitanya | |
| May | Taayi Illada Tabbali | Om Sai Prakash | Shivadhwaj, Radhika, Srinivasa Murthy, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila | Hamsalekha | |
| May | Ramaswamy Krishnaswamy | P. Annayya | Mohan Shankar, Naveen Mayur, Sargam | Hamsalekha | |
| May | Lankesh Patrike | Indrajit Lankesh | Darshan, Vasundhara Das, Ananth Nag, Aditi Govitrikar, Rangayana Raghu, Devaraj, Chitra Shenoy | Babji - Sandeep | |
| May | Vijaya Shanti | Nageshwara Rao | Vijayashanti | | |
| May | Black & White | | Rajesh Ramanath | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| May | Tada Khaidi | Shivaji Gorpade | Devaraj, Thriller Manju, Padmini | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| May | Meese Chiguridaaga | K. Praveen Nayak | Tej | M. N. Krupakar | |
| May | Fifty Fifty | Surya | Shyam Kumar, Pooja | | |
| June | Sri Ram | M. S. Ramesh | Shiva Rajkumar, Abhirami, Ankitha, Jai Jagadish | Gurukiran | |
| June | Ooh La La | Hemanth Hegde | Krishna Mohan, Radhika, Sonia | | |
| June | Ananda Nilaya | Krishna Das | Shivadwaj, Prema | Abike Babi | |
| June | Panchali | Dinesh Babu | Aniruddh, Sunil Rao, Rambha, Vinayak Joshi | Gurukiran | |
| June | Kalarava | Thimmaraju | Master Samarth, Baby Shravya, Yashwanth, Ramakrishna | J. Vardhan | |

### July - December

| Month | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Notes |
| July | Talwar | | Vinod Alwa, Thriller Manju | Sadhu Kokila | |
| July | Hudugigagi | B. Manjunath | S. P. B. Charan, Radhika, Naveen Krishna | Babji - Sandeep | |
| July | Smile | | Shiva Rajkumar, Neha | V. Manohar | |
| July | Vikram | M. K. Maheshwar | Vijay Raghavendra, Sindhu Menon | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| July | Khaki | Shivamani | Shivamani, Devaraj | Rajesh Ramanath | |
| July | Preethi Prema Pranaya | Kavita Lankesh | Ananth Nag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Prakash Rai, Sudharani, Bhavana, Anu Prabhakar, Sunil Raoh, Arun Sagar | Mano Murthy | |
| July | Mane Magalu | Om Sai Prakash | Radhika, Vishal Hegde, Srinivasa Murthy | Vandemataram Srinivas | |
| July | Marichike | Vasu Alur | | | |
| August | Chandra Chakori | S. Narayan | Sri Murali, Naaz, Srinagar Kitty, Priya | S. A. Rajkumar | |
| August | Nanjundi | S. R. Brothers | Shivrajkumar, Debina Bonnerjee, Lokesh, Umashri | Hamsalekha | Hamsalekha's 250th film |
| August | Market Raja | R. Shivashankar | Devaraj, Keerthi Raj, Vinitha, Prakash | | |
| August | Hunter | Thriller Manju | Thriller Manju | | |
| August | Kasu Iddone Basu | A. R. Babu | Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari, Doddanna, Komal Kumar | V. Manohar | |
| September | Anka | G K Mudduraj | Sai Kumar, Rajendra, Ruchita Prasad, Urvashi Patel | Gandharva | |
| September | Jogula | S. Mahendar | B. C. Patil, Vijayalakshmi, Ruchita Prasad | Hamsalekha | |
| September | Lovve Pasagali | | Nagendra Prasad, Prema, Doddanna | Hamsalekha | |
| September | Vijayadashami | Om Sai Prakash | Sai Kumar, Prema, Srinivasa Murthy | Deva | |
| September | Raktha Kanneeru | Sadhu Kokila | Upendra, Abhirami, Ramya Krishna, Kumar Bangarappa | Sadhu Kokila | Remake of Tamil film Ratha Kanneer |
| September | Inspector Jayasimha | H. S. Rajashekar | Devaraj, Abhijeeth, Namratha | M N Krupakar | |
| October | Hrudayavantha | P. Vasu | Vishnuvardhan, Nagma, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna, Rangayana Raghu | Hamsalekha | |
| October | Khushi | Prakash | Vijay Raghavendra, Tarun Chandra, Harish, Sindhu Menon, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Chaitra Hollikere, Ananth Nag, Avinash | Gurukiran | |
| October | Chigurida Kanasu | T. S. Nagabharana | Shivrajkumar, Vidya Venkatesh, Ananth Nag, Shivaram, Avinash | V. Manohar | |
| October | Game | M. D. Sridhar | K. Shivaram, Meena, Bhavya, Gazar Khan, Ganesh, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Babji Sandeep | |
| October | Ondagona Baa | Udayasankar | V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty, J. V. Somayajulu, K. R. Vijaya, Charan Raj | Hamsalekha | |
| October | Hucchana Maduveli Undone Jana | Balaji Singh | Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari | Prashant Raj | |
| November | Ree Swalpa Barteera | | Shashikumar, Kausalya, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru | Venkat Narayan | |
| November | Bala Shiva | M Raghavendra | Sridhar, Naveen Krishna, Rashmi | Hamsalekha | |
| November | Gadibidi Brothers | Ramesh | Nivas, Mandya Ramesh, Urvashi Patel, Ushakiran, Dwarakish | Mahesh | |
| November | Namma Preethiya Ramu | Sanjay–Vijay | Darshan, Navya, Doddanna, Umashree, Hamsavijetha | Ilayaraja | Remake of Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum |
| November | Daasa | P. N. Sathya | Darshan, Amrutha, Avinash, Satyajith | Sadhu Kokila | |
| November | Partha | Om Prakash Rao | Sudeep, Hardeep | Gurukiran | |
| November | Sri Renuka Devi | Nagendra Magadi | Soundarya, Prema, Jayapradha, Sai Kumar, Charanraj | Hamsalekha | |
| December | Excuse Me | Prem | Sunil Raoh, Ajay Rao, Ramya, Sumalatha | R. P. Patnaik | |
| December | Dreams | Jayanth | Vasu, Ruthika | Tej | |
| December | Dhad Dhad | Hemanth Hegde | Krishna Mohan, Durga Shetty, Mandya Ramesh, Avinash | | |
| December | Mani | Yogaraj Bhat | Mayoor Patel, Radhika, Umashri, Rangayana Raghu | Raja | |
| December | Vijaya Simha | M. S. Rajashekar | Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshita | Gurukiran | |
| December | Ardhangi | Y. Nanjundappa | Sunil Kumar, Anu Prabhakar, Karibasavaiah | V. Manohar | |
| December | Annavru | Om Prakash Rao | Darshan, Ambareesh, Kanika Subramaniam, Suhasini Maniratnam | Rajesh Ramanath | Remake of Tamil film Thalapathi |
| December | Gokarna | Naganna | Upendra, Rakshita, Madhu Bangarappa, Satyajith | Gurukiran | Remake of Tamil film Annamalai |
| December | Swathi Muthu | D. Rajendra Babu | Sudeep, Meena | Rajesh Ramanath | Remake of Telugu film Swathi Muthyam |