List of Kannada films of 2020 explained

A list of Kannada language films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in the year 2020.

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Sandalwood films released in 2023, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:

Highest worldwide gross of 2023! Rank! Title! Production company! Gross! Ref.

1

Popcorn Monkey Tiger

Studio 18

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January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Notes	Ref
	J A N U A R Y	3	Rajeeva	Flying King Manju	Mayur Patel, Akshatha Sreedhar Shastry, Madan Patel, Shankar Ashwath	Produced by RK Cine Creations	^[2]
Veshadhari			Shivanand Bhushi	Aryan, Shruthi Rajendra, Sonam Rai, Micheal Madhu	Produced by Sri Sai Bhagavan Combines
17		Gudumana Avathara	Muniraju	Raj Goutham, Sannidhi, Century Gowda, Gaddappa, Alisha Shankarappa, M. S. Umesh, Dingri Nagaraj	Produced by Sri Bharani Movie Makers	^[3]
		Jan Dhan	T. Nagachandra	Sunil Shashi, Rachana Dasharath, Sai Lakshman, Suman Sharma, Master Lakshman	Produced by Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Films	^[4]
		Sri Bharatha Baahubali	Manju Mandavya	Manju Mandavya, Chikkanna, Sarah Harish, Shreya Shetty, Shruti Prakash	Produced by Shivaprakash T	^[5]
24		Gadinadu	Nag Hunasond	Prabhu Surya, Sanchita Padukone, Charan Raj, Shobharaj, Raghu Raj, Deepak Shetty	Produced by Akshay Film Makers	^[6]
		India vs England			Produced by Y.N.Shankregowda & Friends	^[7]
		Khaki	Naveen Reddy B	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Tanya Hope, Shivamani, Chaya Singh, Dev Gill	Produced by Tarun Shivappa	^[8]
		Krutha	Uppari Ramesh	Vijayendra, Meghana Gowda, Rashika	Produced by VK Groups Production	^[9]
		Naanu Matthu Gunda	Srinivas Thimmaiah	Shivaraj KR Pete, Samyukta Hornad, Govinde Gowda, Rockline Sudhakar	Produced by Raghu Hassan	^[10]
		Navelru... Half Boiled	B Shivaraj Venkattachcha	Sunil Kumar, Matangi Prasanna, Tabla Nani, Devadas Kapikad	Produced by Ameer Ahmad	^[11]
31		Kaanadante Maayavadanu		Vikas, Sindhu Loknath, Achyuth Kumar, Suchendra Prasad, Raghava Uday, Bhajarangi Loki	Produced by Chandrashekar Naidu, Som Singh & Pushpa Somsingh	^[12]
		Love Mocktail		Krishna, Milana Nagaraj, Amrutha Iyengar, Rachana Inder	Produced by Krishna Talkies	^[13]
		Dinga	Abhishek Jain	Aarva Gowda, Anusha Rodrigues, Abhishek Jain, Vijay Eshwar	Produced by Sri Mayakara Productions First Kannada film shot in smart phone*	^[14]
		Namo	Puttaraj Swamy	Puttaraj Swamy, Rashmitha Gowda, Mahesh Raj, Bhairava	Produced by Sneha Sparsha Entertainment	^[15]
		Nigarva	Jayasimha Musuri	Bullet Vinu, Aryan Suryaa, Bharathi Hegde, Krishne Gowda	Produced by Musuri Krishnamurthy Films.	^[16]
		Ramana Savari	K Shivarudraiah	Master Aaron, Rajesh Nataranga, Sonu Gowda, Sudha Belawadi, Master Ayush	Produced by Sudha Creations	^[17]
	F E B R U A R Y	7	Gentleman	Jadesh Kumar Hampi	Prajwal Devaraj, Nishvika Naidu, Sanchari Vijay, Tabla Nani, Bharath Kalyan	Produced by G Cinemas	^[18]
Malgudi Days			Kishore Moodbidri	Vijay Raghavendra, Greeshma Sridhar, Arjun Kapikad, Dhanraj CM	Produced by Swayam Prabha Entertainment & Productions	^[19]
Dia			K S Ashoka	Dheekshith Shetty, Pruthvi Ambaar, Kushee Ravi, Pavithra Lokesh	Produced by Sri Swarnalatha Productions	^[20]
Matte Udbhava			Kodlu Ramakrishna	Pramod, Milana Nagaraj, Rangayana Raghu, Sudha Belawadi, Avinash, Mohan Shankar	Produced by White Panthers Creatives, Infinity Films Sequel to the film Udbhava	^[21]
Bill Gates			Srinivasa C Mandya	Shishir Shastry, Chikkanna, Kuri Prathap, Priyanka Chincholi, Rajshekar, Akshara Reddy, Rashmitha Roja, Girish Shivanna	Produced by Sri Panchajanya Cine Creations	^[22]
Jiilka			Kaveesh Shetty	Kaveesh Shetty, Priya Hegde, Prathik Shetty, Laksha Shetty	Produced by Kaveesha Shetty Production	^[23]
3rd Class			Ashok Dev	Jagadish Pawar, Roopika, Divya Rao, Avinash	Produced by 7 Hills Studio	^[24]
Ojas			C J Vardhan	Neha Saxena, Bhavya, Mohan, Yathiraj, Dingri Nagaraj	Produced by Rajath Raghunath Productions	^[25]
14		Navarathna	Prathap Raj	Prathap Raj, Moksha Kushal, Sharath Lohitashwa, Amith V Raj	Produced by PR Film Studios	^[26]
		Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	Devishree Prasad	Anupama Gowda, Vishu E Achar, Lakshman Gowda, Mimicry Gopi	Produced by Haa-Cine Creations	^[27]
		Demo Piece	Vivek A	Bharath Bopanna, Sparsha Rekha, Sonal Monteiro	Produced by Rekha Movies	^[28]
		Gadappana Circle	B R Keshav	Gaddappa, Century Gowda, Abhishek H N, Sukanya	Produced by Bangalore Cinemas	^[29]
		Gift Box	Raghu S P	Ritvvikk Mathad, Ameeta Kulal, Deepti Mohan, Murali Gundanna	Produced by Halli Chithra Productions	^[30]
		Prema Swara	SLN	SLN, Amrutha Gowda, Nirosha, Vijaya Ranjini	Produced by CSI Filmy World	^[31]
		Saagutha Doora Doora	Ravi Theja	Apeksha Purohit, Mahesh Siddu, Naveen Kumar, Ashik Arya	Produced by Khushi Kanasu Creations	^[32]
		Saavu in Love	K T Santhosh	Govinde Gowda, Santhosh, Sanvi Ponnamma, Veda	Produced by Hassan Movies	^[33]
		Thund Haikla Savasa	B M Giriraj	Kishore Kumar G, Abhay Surya, Vidarsha, Shakeela, Sadhu Kokila, Abhinayashree	Produced by Sri Shiradi Sai Entertainers	^[34]
21		Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Duniya Soori	Dhananjay, Niveditha, Amrutha Iyengar, Sapthami Gowda	Produced by Studio 18	^[35]
		Aadyaa	Chaitanya KM	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Shruthi Hariharan, Sangeetha Bhat, Pramod Shetty, Ravishankar Gowda	Remake of Telugu film Kshanam (2016) Produced by People Media Factory & STF Entertainments	^[36]
		Shivaji Surathkal - The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya	Akash Srivatsa	Ramesh Aravind, Radhika Narayan, Aarohi Narayan, Avinash	Produced by Anjanadri Cine Creations	^[37]
		Mounam	Raj Pandith	Avinash, Balaji Sharma, Mayuri Kyatari, Hanumanthe Gowda	Produced by Niharika Movies	^[38]
		Seethamma Bandalu Sirimallige Thottu	Ashok K Kadaba	Nandish Kumar, Samhitha Vinya, Vinny Fernandes	Produced by Kavana Pictures	^[39]
		Jnana Gange	L Vinod Kumar	Srinivasa Prabhu, Aravind, Andan Gowda, Roopesh Kumar	Produced by Jnanagange Creations	^[40]
		Om Shanti Om	Achala S Promod	P. Sharath Kumar, Rekha Pandit, Shobaraj	Produced by Jai Bhuvaneshwari Productions	^[41]
28		Mayabazar 2016	Radhakrishna Reddy	Raj B. Shetty, Vasishta Simha, Achyuth Kumar, Prakash Raj, Sadhu Kokila, Sudha Rani, Chaithra Rao	Produced by PRK Productions	^[42]
		Bicchugatti Chapter −1 Dalvayi Dange	Hari Santhosh	Rajvardhan, Hariprriya, Prabhakar	Based on novel Bichhugathi Baramanna Nayaka by Dr.B.L.Venu Produced by Om Sai Krishna Productions	^[43]
		Aanebala	Soonagahalli Raju	Sagar Gowda, Rakshitha Ravindar	Produced by Janatha Talkies	^[44]
		Maya Kannadi	Vinod Poojary	Prabhu Mundkur, KS Sridhar, Kaajal Kunder	Produced by Siforia Pictures & King of Hearts Entertainment	^[45]
		Jaggi Jagannath	Om Sai Prakash.	Likhit Raj, Duniya Rashmi, Sai Kumar, Tabla Nani	Produced by Jai Mylara Lingeshwara Movies & L R Productions	^[46]
		Asura Samhara	Pradeep S.	Hari Prasad, Harshala Honey, Shivu Balaji	Produced by Sri Chandikeshwari Creations	^[47]
	M A R C H	6	Maduve Madri Sari Hogthane	Gopi Kerur	Shiva Chandra Kumar, Aradhya, Srilakshmi Desai, Aruna Balraj, Ramesh Bhat	Produced by SLD Productions	^[48]
My Name is Raja			Ashwin Krishna	Raaj Suriyan, Nasreen, Aakarshika, Prabhu Surya	Produced by Amogh Enterprises	^[49]
Ondu Shikariya Kathe			Sachin Shetty	Pramod Shetty, Siri Prahalad, Sripriya, Prasad Cherkady	Produced by Shetty’s Film Factory	^[50]
Preethi Endarenu			Manju Sagar	Manju Sagar, Ramanitu Chaudhary, Jeevan, Sharath Lohitashwa	Produced by Manju Movies	^[51]
Wrong Turn			Anand .D.K	Uday.I.H, Ravi Sagar, Sandhya Gowda	Produced by Sri Thayi Yallammadevi Cine Combines	^[52]
Drona			Pramod Chakravorty	Shiva Rajkumar, Ravi Kishan, Ineya, Rangayana Raghu	Remake of Tamil film Saattai (2012) Produced by Dolphin Media House	^[53]
12		Shivarjuna	Shiva Thejas	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Akshatha Srinivas, Amrutha Iyengar, Kishore, Ravi Kishan	Remake of Tamil film Giri Produced by Nischitha Combines	^[54]
13		Nam Kathe Nim Jothe	Deepak B. C	Deepak B C, Anjali K.E, Narada Muni, Santosh Kumar	Produced by Keshava Dreams Cine Combines	^[55]
		Naragunda Bandaya	Nagendra Magadi	Shubha Poonja, Raksh, Avinash, Bhavya, Sadhu Kokila	Produced by Omkara Films	^[56]
		5 Adi 7 Angula	Nandalike Nityananda Prabhu	Rasik Kumar, Bhuvan Narayan, Adithi Acharya	Produced by BeyonDreams Creation Pvt Ltd	^[57]
		Kushka	Vikram Yoganand	Guruprasad, Chandu Gowda, Kailash Pal, Sanjana Anand	Produced by Smart Screen Productions	^[58]

July - December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Notes	Ref
	J U L Y	17	Law	Raghu Samarth			^[59]
24		French Biriyani	Pannaga Bharana	Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf, Disha Madan, Rangayana Raghu, Nagabhushana	Produced by PRK Productions Released on Amazon Prime Video	^[60]
O C T O B E R	29	Bheemasena Nalamaharaja	Karthik Saragur	Aravinnd Iyer, Arohi Narayan, Priyanka Thimmesh, Achyuth Kumar, Vijay Chendur	Paramvah Studios Pushkar Films Lost and Found Films Released on Amazon Prime Video	^[61]
N O V E M B E R	19	Manne Number 13	Vivy Kathiresan	Ramana, Sanjeev, Varsha Bollamma, Aishwarya Gowda	Produced by Sri Swarnalatha Productions Released on Amazon Prime Video	^[62]
	20	ACT 1978	Manso Re	Yagna Shetty, B. Suresha, Shruti, Vijay, Pramod Shetty	Produced by D Creations	^[63]
	27	Arishadvarga	Arvind Kamath	Avinash, Samyukta Hornad, Sudha Belawadi, Anju Alva Naik, Mahesh Bung, Nandagopal	Produced by Kanasu Talkies	^[64]
	D E C E M B E R	11	Pursoth Rama	Saru	Hrithik Saru, Ravishankar Gowda, Shivaraj K. R. Pete, Kuri Prathap, Bank Janardhan, Manasa, Sahana	Produced by Manasa Devi Productions	^[65]
Sadhane Shikara			Eeranna N. Madhugiri	Vijanath Biradar, Doddarange Gowda, Shankanada Anjanappa, Apoorva	Produced by Sri Jaganmathe Enterprises	^[66]
17		Kiladigalu	Hariharan B. P.	Mahendra Munoth, Sheshagiri, Hariharan B. P., Gunavathi, Gururaj Hoskote	Produced by Anand Cinemas & Purvika Amrutha Creations	^[67]
18		Nanonthara	Ramesh Kaggalu	Taarak Shekarappa, Rakshika, Devaraj, Rockline Sudhakar	Produced by JJ Movies	^[68]
		RH 100	Mahesh M. C.	Ganesh D. S., Chitra, Harish Kumar. L, Kavya, Somashekara	Produced by SLS Productions	^[69]
		Thanike	Kali Gowda	Anil Kumar, Gulshan Samiullah, Chandana Janaki, Muni Raju, Nikhil Raj	Produced by Kali Cinemas	^[70]
25		Avanalli Ivalilli	Sandesh Krishnamoorthy	Prabhu Mundkur, Duniya Rashmi, Jaanvi Jyothi, Hanumanthe Gowda	Produced by LNR Productions	^[71]
		Prathibimba	R. Sagar	Pradeep Soans, Harsh, Sagar, Shobha, Mahalakshmi	Produced by Pradeep Sagar Movies	^[72]

External links

• Kannada Upcoming Releases

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 March 2020. Kannada Movies Box Office Round Up 2020. . en.
2. Web site: Rajeeva Movie (2020) . Bookmyshow. 3 January 2020.
3. Web site: Gudumana Avanthara – ಗುಡುಮನ ಅವಾಂತರ (2020/೨೦೨೦) . KannadaMoviesInfo. 17 January 2020.
4. Web site: Jan Dhan – ಜನ್ ಧನ್ (2020/೨೦೨೦) . KannadaMoviesInfo. 17 January 2020.
5. Web site: Sri Bharatha Baahubali (2020) . Bookmyshow. 17 January 2020.
6. Web site: Gadinadu – ಗಡಿನಾಡು (2020/೨೦೨೦) . KannadaMoviesInfo. 24 January 2020.
7. Web site: India Vs England. Bookmyshow. 24 January 2020.
8. Web site: Khakii (Kannada). Bookmyshow. 24 January 2019.
9. Web site: Krutha – ಕೃಥ (2020/೨೦೨೦). KannadaMoviesInfo. 24 January 2019.
10. Web site: Naanu Matthu Gunda. Bookmyshow. 24 January 2019.
11. Web site: Navelru... Half Boiled. Bookmyshow. 24 January 2019.
12. Web site: Kaanadante Maayavadanu . Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
13. Web site: Love Mocktail. Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
14. Web site: Dinga. Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
15. Web site: Namo. Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
16. Web site: Nigarva. Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
17. Web site: Ramana Savari. Bookmyshow. 31 January 2020.
18. Web site: Gentleman. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
19. Web site: Malgudi Days. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
20. Web site: Dia (Kannada). Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
21. Web site: Matte Udbhava. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
22. Web site: Bill Gates. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
23. Web site: Jiilka. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
24. Web site: 3rd Class. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
25. Web site: Ojas. Bookmyshow. 7 February 2020.
26. Web site: Navarathna. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
27. Web site: Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
28. Web site: Demo piece. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
29. Web site: Gadappana Circle. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
30. Web site: Gift Box. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
31. Web site: Prema Swara. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
32. Web site: Saagutha Doora Doora. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
33. Web site: saavu. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
34. Web site: Thundhaikal Sahavasa. Bookmyshow. 14 February 2020.
35. Web site: Popcorn Monkey Tiger. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
36. Web site: Aadyaa. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
37. Web site: Shivaji Surathkal. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
38. Web site: Mounam. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
39. Web site: Seethamma Bandalu Sirimallige Thottu. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
40. Web site: Gnana Gange. Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
41. Web site: Om Shanti Om (Kannada). Bookmyshow. 21 February 2020.
42. Web site: Mayabazar 2016. Bookmyshow. 28 February 2020.
43. Web site: Bicchugatthi. Bookmyshow. 28 February 2020.
44. Web site: Anebala. Bookmyshow. 28 February 2020.
45. Web site: Prabhu Mundkur takes on Blue Whale Challenge in 'Maya Kannadi'. 2020-07-10. NewsKarnataka. en. 22 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622154049/https://www.newskarnataka.com/features/prabhu-mundkur-all-set-to-take-on-blue-whale-challenge-in-new-flick. dead.
46. Web site: ದುನಿಯಾ ರಶ್ಮಿ ಸೆಕೆಂಡ್ ಇನ್ನಿಂಗ್ಸ್ : ಜಗ್ಗಿ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥ್ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಮೂಲಕ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್ ವುಡ್ಗೆ ಲಿಖಿತ್ ರಾಜ್ ಎಂಟ್ರಿ. kannada news18. 28 February 2020.
47. Web site: Asura Samhara. Bookmyshow. 28 February 2020.
48. Web site: Maduve Madri Sari Hogtane. Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
49. Web site: My Name is Raja. Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
50. Web site: Ondu Shikariya Kathe. Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
51. Web site: Preethi Endarenu. Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
52. Web site: Wrong Turn . Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
53. Web site: Drona. Bookmyshow. March 6, 2020.
54. Web site: Shivarjuna. Bookmyshow. March 13, 2020.
55. Web site: Nam Kathe Nim Jothe. Bookmyshow. March 13, 2020.
56. Web site: Naragunda Bandaya. Bookmyshow. March 13, 2020.
57. Web site: 5 Adi 7 Angula. Bookmyshow. March 13, 2020.
58. News: Kushka. Times of India. 15 March 2020.
59. Web site: Kannada film Law to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 17. Logesh. Balachandran. June 26, 2020. India Today.
60. Web site: 'Law', 'French Biryani' announce OTT release date. The New Indian Express.
61. News: Coolie No. 1, Chhalaang, Durgavati among 9 new films set for OTT release. 9 October 2020. India TV News.
62. News: Bheemasena Nalamaharaja and Manne No 13 to release online. 9 October 2020. Times of India.
63. Web site: 'Act 1978' review: A thriller with a social message. New Indian Express. 21 November 2020. A Sharadhaa . 4 December 2020.
64. Web site: Arishadvarga (2020). BookMyShow. 30 November 2020. 4 December 2020.
65. Web site: Purusothrama (2020) . Bookmyshow. 11 December 2020.
66. Web site: This Week's Releases: 'Sadhane Shikhara' and 'Pursothrama' . The Times of India. 11 December 2020.
67. Web site: Kiladigalu (2020) . Bookmyshow. 17 December 2020.
68. Web site: Nanonthara (2020) . Bookmyshow. 18 December 2020.
69. Web site: RH 100 (2020) . Bookmyshow. 18 December 2020.
70. Web site: Thanike (2020) . Bookmyshow. 18 December 2020.
71. Web site: Avanalli Ivalilli (U/A) (2020) . TheTimesOfIndia. 25 December 2020.
72. Web site: Prathibimba (U/A) (2020) . TheTimesOfIndia. 25 December 2020.