List of Kannada films of 2011

Top-rated 2011 films

Rank	Title	Studio Banner	Director	Verdict
1	Saarathi	Rajkamal Arts	Dinakar Tugudeep	Blockbuster Hit
2	Hudugaru	Vajreshwari combines	Madesh	Super Hit
3	Sanju Weds Geetha	Guru Raghavendra Pictures	Nagashekar	Hit
4	Kempe Gowda	Shankar Productions	Sudeep	Super Hit
5	Boss	Raghuraj combines	Ramesh yadav	super hit
6	Only Vishnuvardhana	Dwarkish Chitra	V. Kumar	Super Hit
7	Lifeu Ishtene	Yogaraj Movies	Pawan Kumar	Super Hit
8	Olave Mandhara	Alliance Pictures	Jayatheertha	Hit
9	Kirataka	Amigo Indrajal Movies	Pradeep Raj	Hit
10	Manasology			Super Hit

Released films

January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes	Ref
J A N	7th	Sri Naga Shakthi	Om Sai Prakash	Ramkumar,Shruthi,Ramesh Bhat	Sri Ganesh	Drama		[1]
		Thavarina Runa	Ramesh Raja	Pooja Gandhi, Paramesh	Abhiman Roy	Drama		[2]
	14th	Boss	P. Raghuraj	Darshan,Navya Nair,Umashree,Rekha	V. Harikrishna	Action		[3]
	21st	Kanteerava	Tushar Ranganath	Duniya Vijay,Shuba Poonja, Rishika Singh	Chakri	Action	Remake of Telugu filmSimhadri	[4]
		Olave Mandhara	Jayatheertha	Srikanth, Akanksha, Sharan	Deva	Romance		[5]
	28th	Ee Sanje	Shree	Aarya,Sanjana	Jai Shivu	Romance		[6]
		Manasina Maathu	Ananta Raju	Ajay Rao,Aindrita Ray	A. M. Neel	Romance	Remake of Tamil film Roja Kootam	[7]
F E B	4th	Kal Manja	Guru Prasad	Komal Kumar,Udhayathara, Aishwarya Nag	Emil Mohammed	Comedy	Remake of Malayalam filmChathikkatha Chanthu	[8]
		Kalgejje	A. Bangaru	Vishwas, Roopika,Ananth Nag	Gandharva	Drama		[9]
	11th	Kote	Srinivasa Raju	Prajwal Devaraj, Dimple	Raghu Dixit	Action		[10]
		Rangappa Hogbitna	M. L. Prasanna	Ramesh Aravind,Sanjana	M. L. Prasanna	Comedy		[11]
		1 Day	Naveen	Appu Venkatesh	Vijaya Bharathi	Action		[11]
		Suicide	Prasad Guru	Ruthik, Kalyani	A. T. Raveesh	Thriller		[11]
	18th	Veera Bahu	S. Mahendar	Duniya Vijay,Nidhi Subbaiah	V. Harikrishna	Action		[12]
		5 Idiots	Anand	Anand, Vasu, Naveen Krishna, Namratha Hegde,Harshika Poonachha	Drums Deva	Comedy		[12]
		Naavu Nam Hendthiru	Seetharam Karanth	Harish Raj, Nethra Shetty	A. J. Prasanna	Drama		[12]
	25th	Karthik	Sathish Shetty	Karthik Shetty,Archana Gupta, Sudha Belawadi	John Warki	Drama		[13]
		Gun	Harish Raj	Harish Raj,Mallika Kapoor, Nikita Thukral	Ronnie Raphael	Action		[14]
		Saacha	Issac Baaji	Mahadev, Divya Sridhar	Parameshwara Hegde	Drama		[13]
		Aptha	Sanjeev Kumar	Pooja Gandhi, Neeraj Sham,Sadhu Kokila	Escar Mario	Thriller		[15]
		Take It Easy	Ananth Padmanabh	Ananth Nag,Shashikumar, Abhijith,Sanjana,Shruthi	Krupakar	Comedy		[16]
M A R	4th	Rama Rama Raghu Rama	Raghu Raj	Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila,Doddanna,Shobharaj	V. Harikrishna	Comedy		[17]
	10th	Kempegowda	Sudeep	Sudeep,Ragini Dwivedi, Tara	Arjun Janya	Action	Remake of the Tamil filmSingham	[18]
	11th	Shravana	Rajashekar	Vijay Raghavendra, Gayathri Iyer	Karthik Bhoopathy	Romance		[18]
	18th	Uyyale	Dinesh. S	Prabhu, Shilpa,Ramesh Bhat,Doddanna, Jai Jagadish, Tennis Krishna	Ricky Kej	Sentimental Drama		[19]
	25th	Nee Illadhe	Shiva Ganapathy	Raghu Mukherjee,Pooja Gandhi	Ashley Mendonca, Abhilash Lakra	Romance		[20]
	31st	Prince	Om Prakash Rao	Darshan,Jennifer Kotwal, Nikita Thukral	V. Harikrishna	Romance, Action		[21]
A P R	1st	Sanju Weds Geetha	Nagashekar	Srinagar Kitty, Ramya,Suhasini Maniratnam,Umashree Jai Jagadish	Jassie Gift	Drama, Romance		[21]
		Journey	B. S. Sanjay	Arjun, Bharath Kalyan, Shanthipriya, Nisha, Mahesh Balaji	Jassie Gift	Romance, Thriller	Inspired from Hindi film Road	[21]
	8th	Prema Chandrama	Shahuraj Shinde	Raghu Mukherjee, Kiran Srinivas,Rekha	V. Harikrishna	Romance		[22]
		Mathond Madhuvena	Dinesh Baboo	Ananth Nag,Suhasini Maniratnam,Tara, Naveen Krishna,Jennifer Kotwal	Giridhar Diwan	Comedy		[23]
		106 Kanasu	Aviram	Vasu Biradar, Bharath, Shreyas, Manoj, Jayanth	Ajanish Lokanath	Drama		[24]
	15th	Dandam Dashagunam	Madhesh	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Ramya, Ravishankar	V. Harikrishna	Action	Remake of Tamil filmKaakha Kaakha	[25]
		Ellellu Neene Nannallu Neene	Richard Castellino	Rohith, Sampritha, Rajinikanth, Neenasam Ashwath	Vijaya Bharathi	Romance		[26]
	22nd	Murali Meets Meera	Mahesh Rao	Prajwal Devaraj, Reema Vohra,Harshika Poonachha	Abhiman Roy	Romance		[27]
		Double Decker	Victory Vasu	Jaggesh,Shradha Arya	Purandar Jaipal	Comedy	Remake of Hindi film Sandwich	[28]
	29th	Dhool	Dharani	Yogesh,Aindrita Ray,Prakash Raj	V. Harikrishna	Action	Remake of Tamil filmThiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam	[29]
		Hori	Narendra Magadi	Vinod Prabhakar,Gowri Munjal	Renu	Drama	Remake of Malayalam filmMeesa Madhavan	[30]
M A Y	5th	Hudugaru	Maadesh	Puneeth Rajkumar,Radhika Pandit,Yogesh,Srinagar Kitty, Ramya Barna	V. Harikrishna	Drama	Remake of Tamil filmNadodigal	[31]
	13th	Cool...Sakkath Hot Maga	Ganesh	Ganesh,Aamna Sharif,Sadhu Kokila	V. Harikrishna	Romance		[32]
		Devadas	Shanthkumar	Yogesh, Neethu Singh,Rangayana Raghu, Tara,Ramesh Bhat	Jassie Gift	Romance		[33]
	20th	Puttakkana Highway	B. Suresha	Shruti,Prakash Raj,Ramesh Bhat, Veena Sundar	Hamsalekha	Drama	Produced byDuet movies and Media House	[34]
		Kadhimaru	Rajashekar	Deepak, Thilak, Raviteja, Adi Lokesh, Suma	Maruthi	Drama		[35]
	27th	Mallikarjuna	Murali Mohan	V. Ravichandran,Seetha,Sadha, Ashish Vidyarthi,Ramya Barna,Ramesh Bhat	S. A. Rajkumar	Drama	Remake of Tamil filmThavasi	[36]
		Noorondu Bagilu	Vemagal Jagannatha Rao	Kiran Srinivas, Bianca Desai	V. Manohar	Romance		[37]
J U N	3rd	Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam	Preetam Gubbi	Duniya Vijay,Ramya,Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila	V. Harikrishna	Romance		[38]
		Rajadhani	Raghu Jaya	Yash, Sheena Shahabadi,Prakash Raj, Chetan Chandra,Umashree,Mumaith Khan	Arjun Janya	Social Drama		[39]
		Dushta	S. Narayan	Pankaj, Surabhi	S. Narayan/Dharma Vish (background score)	Action,Romance		[40]
	10th	Namitha I Love You	M. Jayasimha Reddy	Namitha,Jayanthi, Srikanth, Pruthviraj, Bullet Prakash, Tennis Krishna	M. Jayasimha Reddy	Masala		[41]
	17th	I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona	Ravindra	Prem Kumar,Karishma Tanna, Dilip Raj	Anoop Seelin	Romance		[42]
		Oscar	Krishna	Ashok Kumar, Priyanka Bulgannavar, Sangeetha Shetty	Abhiman Roy	Drama		[43]
		Bettada Jeeva	P. Sheshadri	Dattatreya, Rameshwari Varma, Suchendra Prasad	V. Manohar	Drama	Based on the Novel by K. Shivaram Karanth	[44]
	24th	Dhan Dhana Dhan	Ramnath	Prem Kumar,Sharmila Mandre,Ananth Nag,Rangayana Raghu	K. Sai Karthik	Romance		[45]
		Kirataka	Pradeep Raj	Yash, Oviya Helen, Tara,T. S. Nagabharana	V. Manohar	Romantic comedy	Remake of Tamil filmKalavani	[45]
		Maagiya Kaala	Shivarudraiah	Nishanth, Bindushree	K. P. Venkatesh	Drama	Based on Ishwar Chandra's novel "Ondu Soorina Kathe"	[46]

July – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes	Ref
J U L	1st	Jolly Boy	Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy	Diganth, Rekha Vedavyas,Tara, Sudha Rani, Devaraj	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romantic Drama	Remake of Tamil filmPathinaaru
		Chennamma IPS	Anand. P. Raj	Ayesha, P. N. Satya	Rajesh Ramnath	Action		[47]
		Atheetha	M. Ravi Poojar	Rajesh, Priyanka	Emil Mohammed	Drama		[48]
		9 To 12	Ashok Patil	Kishore Kumar, Nivedita, B. C. Patil, B. V. Radha	K. Sai Karthik	Suspense thriller		[49]
	8th	Shrimathi	Sampath	Upendra,Priyanka Trivedi, Celina Jaitley, Sayaji Shinde, Prem Chopra	Gurukiran	Romance,Drama	Remake of Hindi filmAitraaz	[50]
		Police Story 3	Anand P Raju,Sadhu Kokila, Victory Vasu, J G Krishna, Shankar	Sudeep,Bhumika Chawla, Sadhu Kokila, Neha Patil, Thriller Manju, Bullet Prakash	Sagar. S	Action		[51]
	15th	Krishnan Marriage Story	Nuthan Umesh	Ajay Rao, Nidhi Subbaiah, Jai Jagadish	Sridhar V Sambhram	Romance		[52]
		Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	V. Nagendra Prasad	Vijay Raghavendra, Naveen Krishna, Meghana Gaonkar	V. Harikrishna	Drama	'	[53]
	22nd	Yogaraj But	Dayal Padmanabhan	Naveen Krishna,Neethu	Milind Dharmasena	Romance		[54]
		Banna Bannada loka	Ram Prasad	Ram Prasad, Shravani	Thomas Rathnam	Romance		[54]
	29th	Chinnada Thaali	Vemugal Jagannath Rao	Thilak, Swathi, Tungashree	R. Damodar	Drama		[55]
		Hare Rama Hare Krishna	C. V. Ashok Kumar	Sri Murali,Pooja Gandhi, Nakshatra, Padma Vasanthi, Siddaraja Kalyankar, Achyuthkumar, Kote Prabhakar	Ilaiyaraja	Drama	Highlight beingHamsalekha's lyrics forIllayaraja's tunes	[56]
A U G	5th	Mr.Duplicate	Kodlu Ramakrishna	Diganth,Prajwal Devaraj, Sheetal, Sudha Belawadi, Devaraj	Mano Murthy	Romantic Drama	Remake of Tamil filmMinnale	[57]
		Dudde Doddappa	Richard Louis	Jaggesh, Lahari, Pavitra Lokesh, Bank Janardhan, Girija Lokesh	Sadhu Kokila	Comedy		[58]
	12th	Bhadra	Mahesh Rao	Prajwal Devaraj, Daisy Shah, Sharan, Bullet Prakash	Shree Guru	Action,Romance	Remake of Telugu filmRanam	[59]
		Panchamrutha	T. N. Nagesh	Srinagar Kitty,Raghu Mukherjee,Pooja Gandhi,Neethu, Tara, Ravishankar, Radhika Gandhi, Dilip Raj, Ramya Barna, Yagna Shetty	Ashley Mendonca, Abhilash Lakra	Romance,Drama		[60]
	19th	Jogayya	Prem	Shivarajkumar,Pooja Gandhi, Sumit Kaur Atwal, Ravishankar	V. Harikrishna	Action,Drama	A Sequel film of Jogi	[61]
S E P	1st	Swayam Krushi	Veerendra Babu	Veerendra Babu, Tamanna,Mumaith Khan,Umashri, Janardhana	Abhiman Roy	Drama
		90	Lucky Shankar	Sadhu Kokila,Rangayana Raghu,Shakeela, Bullet Prakash,Doddanna	Manu - Sadhu Kokila	Comedy		[62]
	9th	Lifeu Ishtene	Pawan Kumar	Diganth, Samyukta Horanadu,Ramya Barna	Mano Murthy	Love,Drama		[63]
		Allide Nammane Illibande Summane	Gopi Peenya	Sourav, Yagna Shetty,Jaggesh, Komal Kumar	Gurukiran	Comedy,Drama		[64]
	16th	Kalla Malla Sulla	Udaya Prakash	V. Ravichandran,Ramesh Aravind, Vijay Raghavendra,Ragini Dwivedi, Yagna Shetty, Rishika Singh	Alex Paul	Comedy	Remake of Hindi film No Entry	[65]
		Aidhu Ondla Aidhu	V. K. Prakash	Devaraj, Aniruddh,Nithya Menon, Naveen Krishna, Shruti	Ouseppachan,Vijay Prakash	Drama		[66]
	23rd	Maryade Ramanna	Guru Prasad	Komal Kumar, Nisha Shah	M. M. Keeravani	Comedy,Drama	Remake of Telugu filmMaryada Ramanna	[67]
		Manasology	Deepak	Rakesh Adiga,Amoolya,Sadhu Kokila	Anoop Seelin	Romance		[67]
	30th	Saarathi	Dinakar Thoogudeepa	Darshan Tugudeep,Deepa Sannidhi,Sarath Kumar,Rangayana Raghu	V. Harikrishna	Action,Drama		[68]
		Lokave Helida Maathidu	Ramana	Ravi Theja, Anitha	Venkat Narayan	Romance		[69]
O C T	6th	Paramathma	Yograj Bhat	Puneeth Rajkumar,Deepa Sannidhi,Aindrita Ray,Ananth Nag,Ramya Barna	V. Harikrishna	Romance	Produced by Yograj Movies	[70]
	14th	Putra	V. Umakanth	Diganth, Supreeta, Roopasri,Avinash, Sudha Belawadi	Raja Ramesh	Drama	Remake of Tamil filmEm Magan	[71]
	21st	Taare	Shivaraj Hoskere	Diganth,Sanjjanaa, Urvashi, Prof. Doddarange Gowda	C. R. Bobby	Romance		[72]
		Naanalla	Dinesh Baboo	Tarun Chandra,Shuba Poonja,Ananth Nag,Kushboo,Rangayana Raghu, Ramesh Bhat	Giridhar Diwan	Drama		[73]
		Ishta	R. P. Krishna	Santhosh, Bhumika Chabria, Raviteja	Indrani Chabria	Romance		[74]
	28th	Kaanchaana	Sri Ganesh	Diganth, Ragini Dwivedi, Kiran Srinivas	Rishikesh Hari	Comedy,Drama		[75]
		Obavva	Anand P Raju	Deepak, Ayesha		Drama		[76]
N O V	4th	Maduve Mane	Sunil Kumar Singh	Ganesh,Shradha Arya,Tabla Nani,Avinash	Manikanth Kadri	Romance		[77]
		Bodyguard	Anand	Jaggesh, Daisy Shah, Spoorthi,Sadhu Kokila	Vinayachandra	Drama,Comedy	Remake of Malayalam filmBodyguard	[78]
	11th	Aacharya	Kushal Babu			Action		[79]
	18th	Aata	B. N. Vijaykumar	Sumanth Shailendra, Vibha Natarajan,Sadhu Kokila,Avinash, Pavitra Lokesh	Sadhu Kokila	Romance		[80]
		Achchu Mechchu	Himayat Khan	Tarun Chandra,Archana Gupta,Sadhu Kokila	A. M. Neel	Romance		[81]
	25th	Jarasandha	Shashank Raj	Duniya Vijay,Pranitha,Rangayana Raghu	Arjun Janya	Action,Drama		[82]
D E C	2nd	Paagal	P. N. Sathya	P. N. Sathya,Pooja Gandhi, Harish Rai,Indrajith Lankesh, Bullet Prakash	V. Manohar	Romance		[83]
	8th	Vishnuvardhana	P. Kumar	Sudeep,Bhavana Menon,Priyamani,Sonu Sood,Dwarakish	V. Harikrishna	Action		[84]
	9th	Shyloo	S. Narayan	Ganesh,Bhama,Rangayana Raghu	Jassie Gift	Action,Drama	Remake of Tamil filmMynaa	[85]
	16th	Mathe Banni Preethsona(Re-release)	Ravindra	Prem Kumar,Karishma Tanna, Dilip Raj	Anoop Seelin	Romance	Re-released again	[42]
		Vishnu	Abhijeeth	Abhijeeth, Poonam, Catherine, Bullet Prakash,Ashish Vidyarthi	M. N. Krupakar	Drama		[86]
		Onde Ondu Sari	Pravin Thakkottu	Ramesh, Kishore Shetty, Aakash, Shwetha	M. Rajesh	Romance		[86]
	23rd	Jedarahalli	P. N. Sathya	H. M. Krishnamurthy, Sushma, Shweta Pandit,Shobaraj	Sridhar V. Sambhram	Crime,Action		[87]
		Hero Nanalla	S. Raju	Pawan, Sahana,Jai Jagadish	Raju Upendra Kumar	Romance		[88]
		Bete	Srinivas Kaushik For more Movie list visit Wikipedia	Ayesha, Akshay, Alisha	Akhil	Crime		[89]