List of Kannada films of 2012

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A list of Kannada-language films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2012.

This year marked a spike in profits with the biggest numbers raking in for the historical multistarrer Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna and the highest footfalls for Pooja Gandhi's Dandupalya that also became the highest grossing female-led movie till date.

Rambo, Sidlingu, Kalpana, Govindaya Namaha, Chingari, Adhoori and Drama were some of the successful movies of this year.[1]

Radhika Pandit and Yash had a decent year with 2 hits, Drama in common, along with Adhoori and Lucky respectively.

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kannada films released in 2012, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

The rank of the films in the following depends on the worldwide gross. The budget is only for knowledgeable purpose.

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The highest worldwide gross of 2012
RankTitle Production companyWorldwide grossReferences
1 Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Sri Sangolli Rayanna films ₹40 crore (US$4.2 million) [1]
2 Dandupalya Apple Blossom Creations ₹25 crore (US$2.6 million) [2]
3 Addhuri CMR Productions ₹25 crore (US$2.6 million) [3]
4 Katari Veera Surasundarangi Rockline Productions ₹16 crore (US$1.7 million) [4]
5 Drama Jayanna Combines ₹13 crore (US$1.4 million) [5]
6 Anna Bond Poornima Enterprises ₹12 crore (US$1.3 million) [6]
7 Chingari Mahashaila Cine Sankula ₹12 crore (US$1.3 million) [7]
8 Govindaya Namaha Suresh Arts ₹8 crore (US$850,000) [8]
9 Rambo Laddoo Cinema House ₹5 crore (US$530,000) [9]
10 Jaanu Jayanna Combines ₹2 crore (US$210,000) [10]
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Released films

January–June

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Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes
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N		 6th ShaktiAnil KumarMalashri, Ashish Vidyarthi, P. Ravi Shankar, Shayaji Shinde, Vinaya PrasadActionProduced by Ramu Enterprises[11]
PrarthaneK. Sadashiva ShenoyAnanth Nag, Prakash Raj, Sudha Murty, B. C. Patil, Master Manoj, Master SachinDramaLast film of the acclaimed cinematographer S. Ramachandra[12]
Rana PratapG. K. MuddurajThriller Manju, Priyadarshini BopaiahAction[13]
13th SidlinguVijaya PrasadYogesh, Ramya, Suman RanganathanDramaProduced by Samy Associates[14]
Ko KoR. ChandruSrinagar Kitty, Priyamani, Srihari, Anu Prabhakar, Sadhu Kokila, Rangayana RaghuComedy, DramaProduced by Bharani Minerals[14]
20th TsunamiMakham ManoharRaju Patil, Soniya, Rangayana Raghu, Tennis Krishna, DoddannaAction[15]
27th ArakshakaP. VasuUpendra, Ragini Dwivedi, Sadha, SeethaAction- ThrillerInspired by Hollywood film Shutter Island. Produced by Udaya Ravi Films[16]
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B		 3rd ChingariHarshaDarshan, Deepika Kamaiah, Bhavana, Rangayana RaghuRomance-ActionInspired by Hollywood film Taken. Released by Samarth Ventures.[17] 100 days complete
10th ParijathaSrinivas PrabhuDiganth, Aindrita Ray, Mukhyamantri ChandruRomanceRemake of Tamil film Boss Engira Bhaskaran. Produced by P2 Productions[18]
AK 56Om Prakash RaoSiddhanth, Sherin, Sumalatha, Atul KulkarniActionProduced by Silver Screen Pictures[19]
TuglakAravind KaushikRakshit Shetty, Balu Nagendra, Rishab Shetty, Meghana Gaonkar, Bank JanardhanRomanceProduced by White Ayre Entertainment[18]
17th Nammanna DonRamesh AravindRamesh Aravind, Mona Parvaresh, SanathiniComedyProduced by Ravi Joshi, Luv Kush Productions[20]
GavipuraKumarSuraj Sasnur, Soujanya, Tennis KrishnaDramaProduced by Virat Enterprises[21]
24th LuckyDr. SooriYash, RamyaRomanceProduced by Radhika Kumaraswamy[22]
SanihaMahesh ChinmayiAbhay, Divya Sridhar, Bimbica, ShobarajRomance[22]
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R		 2nd MunjaneS. NarayanGanesh, Manjari Phadnis, Malavika Avinash, S. NarayanRomanceProduced by Bhagyavathi Combines[23]
SankranthiMahesh BabuGururaj Jaggesh, Roopashree, Skanda AshokDrama[24]
PuneetNeel KamalDileep Pai, Nisha Shetty, NeethuRomanceProduced by Creative Mind Productions[25]
9th AlemariMahesh KumarYogesh, Radhika Pandit, Ramesh Bhat, Rangayana Raghu, UmashriRomanceProduced by Gajendra.[26]
Bhagavantha Kai KottaM. S. UmeshRavishankar Gowda, Madhuri, Roopashree, Tennis KrishnaComedyProduced by Sankeshwar Combines.[27]
16th MagadiSuresh GoswamiDeepak, RakshitaCrime, Romance[28]
23rd NarasimhaMohan ShankarV. Ravichandran, Nikesha Patel, SanjjanaAction, DramaRemake of Telugu film Simmarasi[29]
PrasadManoj SathiArjun Sarja, Madhuri Bhattacharya, SankalpFamily dramaProduced by AKK Entertainment Films[30]
SilenceVenugopalThriller Manju, Surekha Pallavi, KumarSuspense thriller[30]
Aa MarmaMadhusudhanSaikumar, Jackie Shroff, Rami Reddy, Thriller Manju, SatyaprakashSuspense thrillerProduced by Nagarjuna Cine Creations[30]
30th Govindaya NamahaPawan WadeyarKomal Kumar, Parul Yadav, Madhulika Sharma, Anna Georgia, Rekha VedavyasComedy, DramaProduced by Suresh Arts[31]
ShikariAbhaya SimhaMammootty, Poonam Bajwa, AudityaActionProduced by K. Manju Films[32]
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6th Bheema TheeradalliOm Prakash RaoDuniya Vijay, Pranitha, UmashreeAction, DramaPresented by Sammarth Ventures[33]
Dev Son of Mudde GowdaIndrajith LankeshDiganth, Charmee Kaur, Ananth NagRomanceProduced by Jade Plants[33]
Lady BossSharanAyesha, Thriller ManjuAction[33]
13th DashamukhaRavi SrivatsaV. Ravichandran, Ananth Nag, Devaraj, Saritha, Chetan Kumar, AvinashActionBased on Hollywood film 12 Angry Men[34]
20th ToofanSmile SeenuYashas, Nakshatra, ChandanRomance[35]
27th ParieSudhir AttavarRakesh Adiga, Smitha, Usha Uthup, Harshika Poonacha, Naga KiranRomancePremiered at Bollywood on 15 April
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1st Anna BondDuniya SooriPuneeth Rajkumar, Priyamani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag, Jackie ShroffActionProduced by Poornima Enterprises[36]
10th Katari Veera Surasundarangi (3D)Suresh KrishnaUpendra, Ambareesh, Ramya, DoddannaRomantic fantasyProduced by Vrushabhadri Productions[37]
18th Breaking NewsNagathihalli ChandrashekarAjay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Ananth Nag, Rangayana RaghuSatirical comedyProduced by Nagathihalli Cine Creations[38]
Kiladi KittyR. Anantha RajuSrinagar Kitty, Hariprriya, NivedhithaComedyRemake of Telugu film Blade Babji
Produced by Sangam Films[38]
Gandhi SmilesRaghavendra KamathC. R. Simha, Umashri, Pavitra Lokesh, Suchendra Prasad, Mukhyamantri ChandruDrama[38]
25th VillainM. S. RameshAuditya, Ragini Dwivedi, Avinash, Rangayana RaghuActionProduced by Saraswathi Entertainers[39]
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1st JaanuPreetham GubbiYash, Deepa Sannidhi, Rangayana RaghuRomance/ ActionProduced by Jayanna Combines[40]
8th Crazy LokaKavita LankeshV. Ravichandran, Daisy Bopanna, Harshika Poonacha, Bharathi VishnuvardhanRomanceProduced by Confident Group[41]
BhagirathiBaraguru RamachandrappaTara, Bhavana, Kishore, Shivadwaj, SrinathDramaBased on the novel "Kerege Haara"[41]
RanaSrinivasa MurthyPankaj Narayan, Ambareesh, Supritha, Spoorthi, Archana, Sonia GowdaActionProduced by Shivananda Madashetty[41]
DevanahalliPallakki RadhakrishnaRahul, Shravani, Sriraghav, Jagadish, Uday, Sugriv, Vali VidyarthiDrama[41]
15th AddhuriA. P. ArjunDhruv Sarja, Radhika PanditRomanceProduced by CMR Productions[42]
Indina SatyaAditya ChikkannaBharath, SudharaniAction[43]
22nd Paper DhoniR. K. NayakNaveen Krishna, Shanthala, Vinaya Prasad, AvinashDramaProduced by Raja Rajeshwari Creators[44]
NagavalliKumarMadhu Shalini, Karthik, Venu, Thriller ManjuHorror/ ThrillerProduced by Keshava and Narasimha[44]
29th DandupalyaSrinivasa RajuRaghu Mukherjee, Pooja Gandhi, Priyanka Kothari, Sudharani, Makarand Deshpande, BhavyaCrime dramaProduced by Apple Blossom Creations[45]
Hai KrishnaRoy KollegalaKrishna Supriya, Shruti Raj, Vijayalakshmi, Shankar NarayanRomanceProduced by SK Productions[46]
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July–December

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Opening Title DirectorCastGenreNotes
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L		 6th RomeoP. C. ShekarGanesh, Bhavana (Malayalam actress), AvinashRomanceProduced by KS Pictures[47]
NaagavalliKumarThriller Manju, Madhushalini, Karthik, Kashinath, Venu, Daksha Mahendru, Spoorvi, Sanketh KashiHorror Drama[47]
Modala MinchuWesley BrownHemanth, Supritha, Doddanna, Sadhu KokilaRomance[47]
Sri Kshetra Adi ChunchanagiriOm Sai PrakashAmbareesh, Sriimurali, Ramkumar, ShivakumarDevotional[48]
13th Preethiya LokaNandan PrabhuVinay, Archana, Ramesh Bhat, Nandan PrabhuRomance/DramaProduced by Ramakrishna Enterprisers[49]
AravindaTPR ThimmarajuAravindraj, Aishwarya, Santhosh Kumar, Military ManjuDramaProduced by Benaka Movies[49]
20th O PreethiyeSangameshAshwin Raj, PadminiRomance[50]
27th GodfatherSethu SriramUpendra, Soundarya Jayamala, Catherine TresaDramaProduced by K. Manju Films[51]
Gowri PutraManju M. MaskalmattiAkshay, Nikita Thukral, Nivedhitha, Roopika, NagashekarRomance[52]
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G		 3rd 18th CrossShankarDeepak, Radhika Pandit, Vinaya Prasad, Jeeva, RamakrishnaAction/Drama[53]
10th SagarM. D. SridharPrajwal Devaraj, Radhika Pandit, Sanjjana, HariprriyaRomance/ DramaRemake of Telugu film Chukkallo Chandrudu.
Produced by Ramu Enterprises [54]
12AM MadhyarathriKarthikAbhimanyu, Divya SridharHorror[55]
17th ChallengeGanesh KamarajanDileep Raj, Harish Raj, Kalabhavan Mani, Achyuth Kumar, Sanjana SinghAction thrillerProduced by Arubere Art Pvt Ltd.[56]
24th ShivaOm Prakash RaoShiva Rajkumar, Ragini Dwivedi, Rangayana RaghuAction[57]
31st NaavikaSen PrakashShravanth, Manish Chandra, Swathi Jannath, Tennis Krishna, ShobarajAction dramaProduced by Binoculars Organisation [58]
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P		 7th RamboM. S. SreenathSharan, Madhuri, Deepika, Shruti, Umashree, Tabla NaniComedyProduced by Atlanta Nagendra and Sharan [59]
14th Manjunatha BA LLBMohan ShankarJaggesh, Reema Vohra, Karibasavaiah, Girija LokeshComedyRemake of Malayalam film Hello
Produced by Gowramma Productions [60]
JaihindVenugopalSandesh, Pooja Gandhi, Ramesh Bhat, Thriller ManjuDramaProduced by Om Sai Productions [60]
21st ChaarulathaPon KumaranPriyamani, Skanda Ashok, P. Ravi Shankar, Master ManjunathHorror / ThrillerProduced by Dwarakish Chitra
Inspired by Thai film Alone
Simultaneously released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam [61]
Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema KavyamMadhuchandraGurunandan, Shwetha Srivatsav, Sharath LohitashwaRomanceProduced by Ashwini Creations [61]
28th KalpanaRama NarayananUpendra, Saikumar, Lakshmi Rai, Shruti, UmashriHorror/ComedyProduced by Thenandal Films
Remake of Tamil film Kanchana[62]
Sidda GangaG. MurthyThanmayi, Master Manoj, Shivakumara Swamiji, Ravi Chetan, Ramesh Bhat, Bank JanardhanSocial dramaProduced by Chiguru Samsthe [62]
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T		 5th Ondu KshanadalliDinesh BabuTarun Chandra, Sanjjana, BhamaRomanceProduced by Jai Jagadish and Vijayalakshmi Singh [63]
SnehitaruRama NarayananVijay Raghavendra, Tarun Chandra, Pranitha, Srujan Lokesh, Darshan, Duniya Vijay, Ravishankar Gowda, Nikita ThukralDramaProduced by Soundarya Jagadish [64]
12th Kalaya Tasmai NamahaChandrashekar ShrivastavYogesh, MadhubalaCrime dramaProduced by Maruthi Enterprises [65]
19th Gokula KrishnaB. M. JayakannanPrajwal Devaraj, Ananya, Bhavya, DoddannaRomantic comedyProduced by Channigaraya Combines[66]
Mr. 420Pradeep RajGanesh, Pranitha, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu KokilaComedyProduced by Sandesh Combines [67]
26th Samsaaradalli GolmaalOm Sai PrakashMohan, Anu Prabhakar, Tara, Umashree, Sadhu Kokila, Sihi Kahi ChandruFamily dramaRemake of Telugu film Aadivaram Adavallaku Selavu [68]
Ball PenShashikanthSrinagar Kitty, Skanda, Samarth, Vishal, Bhumika, Chetana, Suchendra PrasadChildren's filmProduced by Mahanadhi Creations[69]
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V		 1st Krantiveera Sangolli RayannaNagannaDarshan, Nikita Thukral, Shashikumar, Jayapradha, Umashree, Ramesh BhatEpic/ WarProduced by Sri Sangolli Rayanna Films [70]
Dakota PictureOm Prakash RaoRockline Venkatesh, Nikesha Patel, Om Prakash Rao, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Shashikumar, Bank Janardhan, SnehaComedyRemake of Hindi film Malamaal Weekly
Produced by Rockline Productions[71]
9th Super ShastriRavirajPrajwal Devaraj, Haripriya, Rangayana Raghu, UmashreeRomantic comedyRemake of Telugu film Seema Sastri
Produced by G. R. Gold films [72]
Kamsale KaisaleT. S. NagabharanaMaster Snehith, Master Vasuki Vaibhav, Sridhar, T. S. Nagabharana, Shanthamma, Baby AmulyaChildren's film[73]
16th GuruJaggeshGururaj Jaggesh, Rashmi Gautham, Sudharani, Srinivasa Murthy, YathirajThriller - ActionRemake of Tamil film Mouna Guru
Produced by Sri Gururaja Movies [74]
23rd DramaYogaraj BhatYash, Radhika Pandit, Sindhu Lokanath, Sampath Raj, Sathish NinasamRomantic comedyProduced by Yogaraj Movies[75]
EdegarikeSumana KitturAuditya, Atul Kulkarni, Akanksha ActionProduced by Megha Movies. [citation needed]
See YouDurga PrasadVybhav, Aparna, VijayalakshmiRomance[citation needed]
30th Olavina OleTeshi VenkateshSanthosh, Neha Patil, Shankar AshwathDrama[76]
Hosa Prema PuranaShivakumarNitin Gowda, Shraddha Das, Radhika Gandhi, Pooja GandhiRomanceProduced by Swamy Family Productions and Gajanana Arts [77]
Sri Chowdeshwari Devi MahimeMa. RamannaRoja, ShobarajMythologicalProduced by Saroja Ramanna [78]
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C		 7th Prem AddaMahesh BabuPrem, Kriti Kharbanda, Murali KrishnaAction dramaRemake of Tamil film Subramaniapuram
Produced by Meka Films [79]
20th Yaare KoogadaliSamuthirakaniPuneeth Rajkumar, Bhavana (Malayalam actress), Yogesh, Sindhu Lokanath, Girish Karnad, Sadhu KokilaDramaRemake of Tamil film Poraali
Produced by Poornima Enterprises[80]
28th NandeeshaOm Sai PrakashKomal Kumar, Parul Yadav, Malavika Wales, Srinivasa Murthy, Ramesh BhatComedyRemake of Malayalam film Thilakkam
Produced by Soundarya Lahari Creations [81]
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Notable deaths

MonthDateNameAgeProfessionNotable films
January 5CVL Shastry82ProducerMalaya Marutha, Malgudi Days, Kittu Puttu, Aathanka
February 3Kari Basavaiah53ActorUndu Hoda Kondu Hoda, Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake, Yaarige Saluthe Sambala, Nooru Janmaku
June 8K. S. R. Das75DirectorKalla Kulla, Sahodarara Savaal, Snehithara Savaal, Chinnadhantha Maga, Khaidi, Thirugu Baana
September 13Rajesh Gundurao41Actor, ProducerHoovu Hannu, Samara
October 4K.C.N. Gowda84Producer, Exhibitor, Financier and DistributorBhale Jodi, Bangarada Manushya, Sharapanjara, Kasturi Nivasa, Kaviratna Kalidasa, Babruvahana, Satya Harischandra
November 10Mynavathi77ActressAbbaa Aa Hudugi, Bhakta Vijaya, Rayara Sose, Hari Bhakta, Anuradha, Amma, Muthaide Bhagya

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