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.
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N | 7th | Mandya | Action | [1] | ||||
| 13th | O Priyathama | Shivaprabhu | Valisha - Sandeep | Romance | [2] | |||
| 19th | Shree | Valisha - Sandeep | Action / Drama | |||||
| 27th | Veeru | Pankaj, Umashree, Prakash Heggodu | Drama | [3] | ||||
| Mithayi Mane | Aditi, Surabhi J. Herur, Hanumantha Raju | N. S. Prasad | Drama | [4] | ||||
| F E B | 3rd | Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. | Romance / Comedy / Drama | Remake of Hindi film Munnabhai M.B.B.S. | ||||
| Eesha | K. A. Rahman Mustafa | Teja | Drama | |||||
| Bharathi | R. M. Veerabhadraiah | Sadhana, Damini | Abhimanyu | Drama | ||||
| 10th | Mata | Guruprasad | Satirical Comedy | |||||
| Seven O' Clock | Santosh Rai Pathaje | M. S. Madhukar | Romance | [5] | ||||
| 17th | My Autograph | Sudeep, Meena, Srinivasa Murthy, Sridevika, Deepu, Rashmi Kulkarni | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Autograph | ||||
| Suntaragaali | Action | |||||||
| 24th | Ramya Chaitra Kala | Sandeep, Manasi Parashar, Nanditha, Rahul Inapur | Shyam Sundar | Drama | ||||
| M A R | 3rd | Gopi | G. K. Mudduraj | Drama / Romance | Remake of Telugu film Murari[6] | |||
| Shishya | Vasu | Action | ||||||
| 10th | Hettavara Kanasu | Mayoor Patel, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sunder Raj, Pramila Joshai | Drama | |||||
| 17th | Ashoka | Shivamani | Action | |||||
| Nidhi | Radhakrishna | Action | ||||||
| 24th | Hatavadi | Drama | ||||||
| 31st | Thandege Thakka Maga | Action / Drama | Remake of Tamil film Thevar Magan[7] | |||||
| A P R | 7th | Shubham | Ravi Garani | Action | ||||
| 14th | Sevanthi Sevanthi | Romance | ||||||
| Naaga | Y. Yesudoss | Shivaram, Poonam | Venkat Narayan | Action | ||||
| 21st | Chellata | Romance | ||||||
| 28th | Ambi | Action / Romance | ||||||
| Nanna Hendthi Kole | B. R. Keshav | Naveen Mayur, Rohini | M. S. Maruthi | Thriller | ||||
| M A Y | 4th | Ajay | Action | |||||
| 13th | Julie | Poornima Mohan | Romance | Remake of Hindi film Julie | ||||
| Belli Betta | Shivaraj Hoskere | Sunil Raoh, Manya, Shivamani | A. T. Raveesh | Drama | ||||
| Thutturi | H. G. Dattatreya, Dharma | Drama | ||||||
| 19th | Thavarina Siri | Drama | ||||||
| J U N | 2nd | Miss California | Ravi Dattatreya | Drama | Based on the novel by C. N. Muktha | |||
| 8th | Dattha | Action | ||||||
| 15th | Honeymoon Express | Nagendra Magadi | Jaggesh, S. Narayan, Deepu, Santhoshi | Comedy | ||||
| 23rd | Good Luck | S. Nandakumar | Romance | |||||
| 30th | Tirupathi | Shivamani | Action | |||||
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Music Director | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L | 7th | Cyanide | Crime Thriller | |||||
| 14th | Jackpot | N. M. Niranjan | Dhyan, Shubha Poonja, Harsha | Alwynn Fernandes M. N. Krupakar | Romance / Comedy | |||
| 28th | Ganda Hendathi | Vishal Hegde, Sanjjanaa, Thilak Shekar, Manju Bhashini | Romance / Thriller | Remake of Hindi film Murder | ||||
| Neenello Naanalle | Ramesh Krishna | Drama | Remake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | |||||
| A U G | 4th | Gandugali Kumara Rama | Period action | |||||
| 11th | Mohini 9886788888 | Auditya, Nassar, Riyaz Khan, Suhasini, Anu Prabhakar, Aadhi Lokesh | Horror / Thriller | |||||
| 12th | Nanna Kanasina Hoove | S. M. Patil | Vinayak Joshi, Harish Raj, Keerthana, Preethi | N S Prasad | Romance | |||
| S E P | 1st | Odahuttidavalu | Romance / Drama | |||||
| 8th | Maha Nagara | Eshwar | Vinod Prabhakar, Shilpa | Naga Mahesh | Action | |||
| Kadala Mage | Praveen Kumar | Diganth, Saritha Jain | S. P. Chandrakanth | Drama | Tulu film | |||
| Gatti Taali Bitti Mela | Rajesh Kumar | Kashinath, Madhuri | Romance / Comedy | |||||
| 15th | Aishwarya | Romance | [8] | |||||
| 21st | Jothe Jotheyali | Dinakar Thoogudeep | Romance | |||||
| 22nd | Autograph Please | Bharathi Shankar | Romance | |||||
| 28th | Sirivantha | Drama | Remake of Telugu film Aa Naluguru[9] | |||||
| O C T | 6th | Ravi Shastri | M. S. Rajashekar M. R. Raghavendra | Comedy Drama | Remake of Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu | |||
| 20th | Thangigagi | Drama | Remake of Tamil film Thirupaachi | |||||
| Avanandre Avne | A. Venugopal | Naveen Mayur, Kangana | Sangeet Sagar | Romance | ||||
| Rambha | B. Ramamurthy | Chandrakanth, Nayana Krishna | Guru Prasad | Adult romance | ||||
| 27th | Saavira Mettilu | Drama | Delayed project[10] | |||||
| N O V | 10th | Hubli | Sudeep, Rakshita, Anantha Velu, Tarakesh Patel | A. R. Hemanth | Action | |||
| Pandavaru | K. V. Raju | Drama | Remake of Malayalam film Godfather | |||||
| 24th | Tananam Tananam | Romance | [11] | |||||
| Kannadada Kanda | B. N. Vijayakumar | H. Gurunath | Action | |||||
| Student | Romance | |||||||
| Care of Footpath | Ravi Dattatreya | Drama | ||||||
| D E C | 1st | Madana | Romance / Thriller | Remake of Tamil film Manmadhan | ||||
| 8th | Tenali Rama | Nagendra Magadi | R. P. Patnaik | Comedy | ||||
| 15th | Nage Habba | Adarsha | Adarsha | Comedy | ||||
| 22nd | Kallarali Hoovagi | Drama | ||||||
| Neelakanta | Romance | |||||||
| 29th | Mungaru Male | Romance | ||||||
| A Aa E Ee | N. R. Nanjunde Gowda | Drama | ||||||
| Geeya Geeya | Krishna Reddy | Romance | ||||||
| Koti Chennaya | Anand P. Raju | Balakrishna, Shekar Kotyan | Drama | Tulu film | ||||