The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 1961, presented in alphabetical order.
| denotes National Awarded Movie | |
| denotes Karnataka State Film Awarded Movie | |
| Title | Director | Cast | Music director | Producer | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhakta Chetha | M. B. Ganesh | Srinivasa Iyengar | D. Shankar Singh | Venkateshwara Productions | |
| Kaiwara Mahathme | T. V. Singh Thakur | Kaivara Films Limited | Kaivara Films | ||
| Kantheredu Nodu | T. V. Singh | G. K. Venkatesh | A. K. Velan | Arunachalam Studios | |
| Kittur Chennamma | Padmini Pictures | ||||
| Nagarjuna | K. N. Mallikarjuna | Nandi Pictures | |||
| Raja Satyavrata | Udaya Kumar, Balakrishna, Dikki Madava Rao | N. B. Vatsalan | |||
| Shri Shaila Mahathme | Aaruru Pattabhi | Rajkumar, Dikki Madava Rao, Sandhya | T. A. Kalyanam | N. Talikerappa | Sri Shaila Pictures |
| Vijayanagarada Veeraputhra | RNR Pictures | ||||