List of Kannada films of 2010 explained

A list of Kannada language films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2010.

After the demise of the Vishnuvardhan, the legendary icon of Kannada Cinema by the end of 2009, his posthumous release Aptharakshaka made good number Puneeth's Jackie movie became the highest grossing movie of the year while Sudeep and Ramya's Just Math Maathalli became the musical hit of the year.

Other notable movies include Krishnan Love Story, Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro, Kanasemba Kudureyaneri, Super, Ullasa Utsaha and Pancharangi.

Apart from Puneeth, Sudeep, Ramya, with Super Upendra had a good year. Ajay Rao and Radhika Pandit reprising their success streak, Diganth, Neethu and Ganesh had a decent year as well.

This year also saw fresh faces like Nidhi Subbaiah with 2 hits (Pancharangi and KNLAB), Malayalam actress, Bhavana in Jackie and lady superstar Nayanthara making her Kannada Debut with Super. ^[1]

• Films are generally released every Friday
• In addition films can be released on specific festival days.

Released films

A total of 137 films were released in the year 2010

List of released films

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2010, presented in alphabetical order.

Released films

January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music director	Genre	Notes	Ref
	J A N	1st	Minugu	Jaywanth Anthony	Sunil Raoh, Pooja Gandhi, Akshata Raghunath, Ajith Hande	Gopu	Romance
Naan Maadiddu Thappa?			N. Veerendra Patil	Kavyashree, Jagadish, Rashmitha, Ninasam Ashwath	Aarya	Drama
Police Quarters						Action		^[2]
Sri Banashankari Matha			Hamsa Shyam Vijeth	Hamsa Shyam Vijeth, Anu Prabhakar, Bharath Kalyankumar, Umesh Puranik		Devotional
8th		Samagama	Kasturi Jagnanath		Kiran	Romance		^[3]
		Preethiya Theru	Prasad	Thanil, Madhumitha, Rachana Mourya	Prasad	Romance		^[4]
14th		Suryakaanti				Romance		^[5]
22nd		Anishchitha	M. A. Rehman Pasha		Raj Bhaskar	Thriller	Based on a novel by Padma Shenoy	^[6]
		School Master				Drama		^[7]
28th		Porki				Action	Remake of Telugu film Pokkiri
29th		Aparaadhi	H. S. Rajashekar		Vijaya Bharathi	Action		^[8]
		Ku Ku	Upendra	Master Vijay, Baby Vanitha, Sagar Nagabhushan, Rangashai, Chandrakala	Sagar Nagabhushan	Children's film		^[9]
	F E B	5th	Just Maath Maathalli		Sudeep, Ramya, Avinash, Yathiraj		Romance
Kolminchu			Sangeeth Sagar
Yaare Nee Devathe			S. K. Nagendra Urs	Kumar, Sangeetha Shetty, Dharma	Venkat-Narayan	Romance		^[10]
12th		Crazy Kutumba				Comedy	Remake of Marathi film De Dhakka
		Vimukthi		Bhavana, Ramakrishna, Sania		Drama
19th		Aptharakshaka				Horror, Drama	Sequel to the film Apthamitra
		Belli Modada Ambara	B. S. Sanjay	Teena Ponnappa, Madhusudhan, Poornima Vishwanth	Sanjeev	Romance		^[11]
		Mukhaputa		Roopa Iyer, Sanya Iyer		Drama
26th		Jugaari				Drama
		Sugreeva	Om Prakash Rao + 10 directors			Action
		Varshadhare	Vemagal Jagannath Rao	Mithun Tejaswi, Payal Ghosh, Suraj, Sangeetha Shetty		Drama		^[12]
	M A R	5th	Janani	Rajkumar Chandulal	Vibha Rai, Prakash Rai, Kushboo, Jayasudha, Abdullah	Asif Ali	Drama		^[13]
Nanna Olavina Banna			Bhushan	Ashwini, Shantala, Somasekhar		Romance		^[14]
Preethi Nee Shashwatha Na?			L. N. Murthy	Akshay Kumar, Keerthi, Gopi Krishna		Romance		^[15]
12th		Sihigali	Lekhan	Sri Murali, Sherin, Sharan	G. R. Shankar	Romance
		Sri Harikathe			Sameer Kulkarni	Romance
19th		Dildara	Amar		Praveen D. Rao	Action
		Swayamvara	Anantha Raju			Romance
26th		35/100 Just Pass	H. T. Deepak	Vikram, Raghu, Shwetha, Shankar	Pranava	Drama		^[16]
		Nirdoshi	N. Govardhan		N. Govardhan	Drama		^[17]
	A P R	2nd	Premism		Chetan Chandra, Amoolya, Varun		Romance
Sathya				Kumar Govind, Manasi	Goutham	Action
Thipparalli Tharlegalu					M. N. Krupakar	Comedy
9th		Khiladi Krishna	Jayanth	Vijay Raghavendra, Tejaswini Prakash		Comedy
		Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro				Comedy
		Parole	Shekar	Kishore, Sooraj Lokre, Vishwas, Likith Shetty, Sharath, Supreetha, Pradeep Bogadi	Balaji K. Mitran	Action		^[18]
23rd		Prithvi	Jacob Verghese			Action drama
		Antaratma	B. Shankar		Giridhar Diwan	Horror		^[19]
30th		Ijjodu				Drama
		Preethi Nee Heegeke	Suresh Hangal	Harish, Tejaswini Prakash	Drums Deva	Romance
		Ullasa Utsaha	Devaraja Palan			Romance
	M A Y	7th	Abhiram	Srinivasa Gundra Reddy	Santosh, Swathi, Akshitha, Sandhyasri, Venugopal, Dayananda Sharma, TV Srikanta	Basheer	Romance		^[20]
Bombat Car						Fantasy
14th		Naanu Nanna Kanasu				Drama	Remake of Tamil film Abhiyum Naanum
		Preethiyinda Ramesh	Gunakumar	Ramesh Aravind, Ramnitu Chaudhary, Suma Guha	A. T. Raveesh	Romance	Inspired by You've Got Mail
		Tharangini	Srinivas Kaushik		M. S. Maruthi	Drama	Based on Novel "Neenarigadeyo" by Usha Navarathnaram
21st		Nooru Janmaku				Romance
		Shankar IPS	M. S. Ramesh			Action
28th		Nannavanu	Srinivasa Raju			Romance
		Khadak	G. K. Mudduraj	Jitesh, Padmavathi, Jai Jagadish, Om Prakash Rao, Maruthi, Lamboo Nagesh	S. P. Chandrakanth	Action
	J U N	4th	Aithalakkadi	J. G. Krishna			Comedy
Hoo						Romance
11th		Thamassu				Action
		Beli Matthu Hola	P. R. Ramadas Naidu	Achyuth Kumar, Huligappa Kattimani, Srinivas Meshtru, Venkata Rao, Ganesh Rao, Escort Srinivas	Raju Upendrakumar	Drama
18th		Krishnan Love Story		Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Sharan, Harsha, Pradeep		Romance
		Punda	H. Vasu	Yogesh, Meghana Raj, Sharath Lohitashwa, Petrol Prasanna		Romance / Action	Remake of Tamil film Polladhavan
25th		Mr. Theertha				Action
		Haaru Hakkiyaneri	A. N. Prasanna	Jayaram Tatachar, Vasudha Bharighat, Kishore, Master Vasudev Ram, Nirmala, Ramesh Athreya	Praveen D. Rao	Documentary
		Jotheyagi Hithavagi	S. K. Srinivas		Drums Deva	Romance

July–December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music director	Genre	Notes	Ref
	J U L	2nd	Hendtheer Darbar				Comedy drama
Holi			Shankarlinga Sugnalli		Amarapriya Shivasharana Sugnalli	Drama		^[21]
Preethi Andre Ishtena			Ravikanth		A. T. Raveesh	Romance
Pareekshe			A. R. Ravindra	Anu Prabhakar, Muniraj, Vinaya Prasad, Enagi Balappa		Drama
Rowdy Hrudaya			Shivakumar	Rakesh, Kavyashree, Sundar	Ravishankar	Action
Zamana			Lucky Shankar Aditya			Action
9th		Eradane Maduve		Ananth Nag, Suhasini Maniratnam, Prem Kumar, Jennifer Kotwal, Tara, Sharan	Jayapal	Comedy
		Jayahe		Jai Akash, Thriller Manju, Gowri Pandit, Ayesha	M. N. Krupakar	Action
		Olave Vismaya	T. N. Nagesh	Dharma Keerthiraj, Prathibha Rani, Spoorthy, Ananth Nag, Padmaja Rao	Veer Samarth	Romance
16th		Sanchari	Kiran Govi			Action
		Lift Kodla	Ashok Kashyap			Comedy
23rd		Nam Areal Ond Dina				Drama
		Banni	Godachi Maharudra	Akul Balaji, Sowmya Revadi, Master Anand, Srikanth Deshpande, Kashi, Gururaja Hoskote, Ninasam Ashwath	Leo	Romance		^[22]
		Meshtru	Mahadevu	Devaraj, Bhanupriya, Mansoor Ali Khan, Dileep Pai, Seetha, Sujibala	K. M. Indra	Drama
30th		Gandedhe	Akula Shiva			Action
		Chandulli Cheluve	Shyam Siddaraju			Romance
		Idre Gopi Bidre Paapi	G. V. Ramarao		Ravi Shenoy	Comedy
		Nee Bandu Ninthaga	Shekar Sarvanan		E. L. Indrajith	Romance
		Gurukula		Srinivas Prabhu, Master Sachin Bharadwaj, Master Sameer Puranik, Master Sourav Kulkarni	Mysore Gopi	Documentary
	A U G	6th	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu	D. P. Raghuram			Romance
Mathe Mungaru			Dwarki Raghav		Paul Raj	Romance
Shambo Shankara			Chindodi Bangaresh	Naveen Krishna, Mohan Shankar, Jamuna, Ashwini, Roopasri	M. S. Maruthi	Comedy
Gangleader			Ramesh Raj	Adhi Lokesh, Devaraj, Yamini Sharma, Madhupriya, Kishore, Rangayana Raghu, Dharma Umesh		Action
13th		Deadly-2	Ravi Shrivatsa			Action
		Jokaali	M. M. Deepak			Drama
		Kunidu Kunidu Baare	S. Nandakumar			Romance
20th		Shourya		Darshan, Madalasa Sharma, Reemma		Action
28th		Hunja	Jayanth			Action		^[23]
		Preethi Hangama	Vivek Raj		Rajkiran	Romance
	S E P	3rd	Kari Chirathe	K. Madesh			Action
Pancharangi						Romance
Onti Mane			Vittal Kumar		Layendra	Horror
9th		Nanjangud Nanjunda	Srinivas Prasad	Ravishankar Gowda, Hamsini, K. S. L. Swamy, Nagaraj Kote	Ravichandra	Comedy
10th		Jothegara	Ram Prasad		Sujith Shetty	Romance
		Narada Vijaya	Manju M	Shashikumar, Harish Raj, Mohini Vishwas	Raj Bhaskar	Comedy
17th		Appu and Pappu	Anantha Raju	Abbas, Snehith, Rekha Vedavyas, Rangayana Raghu, Komal Kumar, Madhuri Itagi		Comedy
24th		Gubbi	Vijay			Romance
		Yakka	Naganath M. Joshi	Bharat Kalyan, Subhashini, Ramesh Pawar	M. N. Krupar	Action
	O C T	1st	Hrudayadhalli Idhenidhu	Sivan		Dharma Prakash	Romance
14th		Jackie				Action
15th		Kichha Huchha				Action
22nd		Vichitra Premi	S. N. Kumar		Gandharva	Romance
		Sandalwood Guru	Manas	Manas, Akshata Shetty, Sathya Venkatesh, Navya	James Architect	Romance		^[24]
28th		Yaksha	Ramesh R. Bhagavath			Action
29th		Veera Parampare		Ambareesh, Sudeep, Aindrita Ray, Vijayalakshmi Singh	S. Narayan / Dharma Vish (background score)	Action
		Gaana Bajaana				Romance
		Gundragovi	Tharesh Raj	Sathya, Navyashree, Sharath Lohitashwa, Ninasam Ashwath, Rohith	Phoenix Rajan	Drama
	N O V	5th	Shock	H. S. Rajashekar	Ramesh Aravind, Suma Guha, Ninasam Ashwath	M. S. Maruthi	Thriller	Remake of Hindi film Kaun
Bindaas Hudugi			Priya Hassan	Priya Hassan, Ravishankar Gowda, Jayanthi, Ninasam Ashwath	Erra Ramesh	Action
12th		Huduga Hudugi			Joshua Sridhar / Dharma Vish (background score)	Romance
		Eno Onthara	Mussanje Mahesh	Ganesh, Priyamani, Sharan		Romance
19th		Chirru	Mahesh Babu		Giridhar Diwan	Action
		Madhura Prema	Asma Banu	Utthamraj, Sushma, Vikramadathiya Sharma, Akhil, Sadiq	K. M. Indra	Romance
26th		Bisile	Sandeep Gowda		Gagan - Hari	Romance
		Naariya Seere Kadda	Annaiah			Comedy
	D E C	3rd	Super				Action drama
10th		Naa Rani Nee Maharani			Vinay Chandra	Romance
		Kanasemba Kudureyaneri				Drama
17th		Huli		Kishore, Jennifer Kotwal, Adi Lokesh		Action
		Naayaka			Praveen Stephen	Action		^[25]
		Rame Gowda vs Krishna Reddy	T. N. Nagesh	Ananth Nag, Rangayana Raghu, Shashikumar, Roopasri	Krishnavardhan Kulkarni	Comedy	Remake of Hindi film Khosla Ka Ghosla
24th		Mylari				Drama
30th		Modala Sala	Purushottham C Somanathapura			Romance
31st		Vaare Vah			Vishwajith	Comedy
		Vismaya Pranaya	Mohan Mallapalli		Maruthi Meerajkar K. Vishwanathan	Romance

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films	Reference
January	18	K. S. Ashwath	85		Actor	Naagarahaavu • Kasturi Nivasa • Belli Moda	^[26]
	21	Chindodi Leela	72		Actress	Kiththoor Chennamma • Gaali Gopura • Krishnadevaraya • Sharapanjara	^[27]
February	27	B. K. Shankar	56		Actor	Ganeshana Maduve • Ganeshana Galaate • Gowri Ganesha	^[28]
September	8	Murali	46		Actor	Prema Parva • Ajeya • Prema Gange	^[29]
	12	Swarnalatha	37		Playback Singer	Kempu Gulabi • Manasella Neene
December	12	B. S. Ranga	93		Director	Mahasathi Anasuya • Amarashilpi Jakkanachari • Mannina Magalu	^[30]

See also

• Kannada films of 2011
• Kannada films of 2009
• Cinema of Karnataka

External links

• Kannada films of 2010 at the Internet Movie Database
• Kannada movies released in 2010 at Oneindia.in

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010 Movies Kannada Movies 2010 Movies by Year . 2024-03-03 . www.filmibeat.com . en.
2. Web site: Friday release. 31 December 2009.
3. Web site: Friday release. Deccan Herald. 7 January 2010. 4 April 2018.
4. Web site: Preethiya Theru. 9 January 2010. The New Indian Express.
5. Web site: Pix: The only Kannada release this Sankranti. rediff.com. 4 April 2018.
6. Web site: Anishchitha - Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on popcorn.oneindia.in . 2010-02-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180621/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/7210/anishchitha.html . 2011-07-21 .
7. Web site: Friday release. Deccan Herald. 21 January 2010. 4 April 2018.
8. Web site: Aparadhi - Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on popcorn.oneindia.in . 2010-02-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180633/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/8463/aparadhi.html . 2011-07-21 .
9. Web site: Ku Ku: Yawn Yarn. 29 January 2010. Bangalore Mirror. 4 April 2018.
10. Web site: Yaare Nee Devate: Valentine's Day offer. 6 February 2010. Bangalore Mirror.
11. Web site: Friday release. Deccan Herald. 18 February 2010. 4 April 2018.
12. Web site: Friday release. Deccan Herald. 25 February 2010. 4 April 2018.
13. Web site: Janani: Old mother's tales . . 2010-03-06 .
14. Web site: Nanna Olavina Banna: Colourless narrative, lifeless actors. 5 March 2010. Bangalore Mirror.
15. Web site: Friday release. Deccan Herald. 4 March 2010. 4 April 2018.
16. Web site: Bikinis and campus life to heat up Kannada screens. 25 March 2010. Rediff.com. Shruti Indira. Lakshminarayana.
17. Web site: NIRDOSHI MOVIE REVIEW. 26 March 2010. The Times of India.
18. Web site: Parole fails to impress. Rediff.com. 12 April 2010. Shruti Indira. Lakshminarayana.
19. Web site: ANTHARATHMA MOVIE REVIEW. The Times of India. 23 April 2010.
20. Web site: Abhiram: Save yourself. Bangalore Mirror. 7 May 2010.
21. Web site: Holi: In the wrong age. Bangalore Mirror. 3 July 2010. 4 April 2018.
22. Web site: One man stands tall : Banni. 22 July 2010. Bangalore Mirror.
23. Web site: Hunja : Cock and bull story. 27 August 2010. Bangalore Mirror.
24. Web site: Sandalwood Guru: Cult cut. 28 October 2010. Bangalore Mirror.
25. Web site: Nayaka: Not good enough. Rediff.com. 17 December 2010. Shruti Indira. Lakshminarayana.
26. Web site: Kannada actor K S Aswath passes away. rediff.com. 4 April 2018.
27. Web site: Chindodi Leela dead . 2010-01-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100127081756/http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/regional-/kannada/Karnataka-theatre-personality-Chindodi-Leela-dead/articleshow/5486901.cms . 2010-01-27 .
28. Web site: Comedian Shankar dead-Kannada-Regional -News & Gossip-Indiatimes Movies . 6 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305142259/http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/Regional-/Kannada/Comedian-Shankar-dead/articleshow/5633408.cms . 5 March 2010 . dead .
29. [Deaths in September 2010]
30. [Deaths in December 2010]