This is a list of Kannada feature films released in the 1940s.
Top-grossing films +RankYearTitleCollectionRef.1.1949Nagakannika₹10 lakh (₹36.5 crore in 2025)2.1943Satya Harishchandra₹8 lakh (₹70.97 crore in 2025)3.1941Vasantasena₹6 lakh (₹23.22 crore in 2025)4.1947Mahatma Kabir₹5 lakh (₹6.8 crore in 2025)5.Krishna Leela₹3 lakh (₹4.08 crore in 2025)
List The list of Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry located in Bangalore, Karnataka in the 1940s.
Year Title Director(s) Cast Production House 1941 Subhadra C. Pullaiah Gubbi Veeranna, Honnappa Bhagavathar, B. Jayamma, Vasudeva Girimaji, B. Raghavendra Rao Veeranna, Aacharya 1941 Vasantasena Ramayyar Shirur Lakshmi Bai, Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Kamala Bai, P. Kalinga Rao, Padma Devi Pragathi Pictures 1942 Bhakta Prahalada K. Subramanyam, C. S. V. Iyer M. V. Rajamma, Chandramma, A.N. Sheshachar Kalaivani Films 1942 Jeevana Nataka Wahab Kashmiri Gubbi Veeranna, Kemparaj Urs, B. Jayamma, Shantha Hublikar Gubbi & C S Films 1943 Satya Harishchandra R. Nagendra Rao Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Lakshmibai, J. V. Krishnamurthy Rao, M. G. Marirao Saraswathi Cine Film Laboratory Ltd SSS Nataka Mandali 1943 Krishna Sudhaama K. Subramanyam Bellave Narahari Sastry, S. D. Subbulakshmi Kalaivani Films 1944 Vani K. HirannaiahM. N. Gopal Tirumakudalu Chowdiah, Bellary Lalitha, Pandari Bai, Bellary Rathnamala, Musuri Krishnamurthy, K. V. Achutharao, K. Hirannaiah HRGC Sri Pictures 1944 Radha Ramana Jyothi Sinha B. R. Panthulu, M. V. Rajamma, G. V. Iyer, Balakrishna, Bhanumathi, Srinivasarao Sri Vijaya Films 1946 Hemareddy Mallamma S. Soundarya Rajan Gubbi Veeranna, Honnappa Bhagavathar, C. B. Mallappa, B. Jayamma, Ku. Ra. Seetharama Sastry Gubbi Sri Chennabasaveshwara Films 1947 Chandrahasa Shanthesh Patel Handiganoor Siddaramappa, Amirbai Karnataki, Vikas, B. Sharada Pampa Pictures 1947 Krishnaleela C. V. Raju Kemparaj Urs, Marirao, Usha, Bellary Lalitha, Rathnamala, Nagarathna Mahatma Pictures 1947 Mahananda T. Janakiram Kemparaj Urs, Sumathi, Kashinath, Vedaantham, Padmanabhan, Rajakumari, Prathimadevi Thriveni Films, Nehru Pictures 1947 Mahathma Kabir R. Nagendra Rao Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Lakshmibai, Kamalabai Ganesh Pictures, Pragathi Pictures 1947 Rajasuya Yaga T. Dwarkanath K. R. Seetharam, K. V. Achyutha Rao, T. Jayamma, T. Chandrashekar Maskat Pictures 1948 Bhakta Ramdas Kemparaj Urs Kemparaj Urs, Vimalananda Das, Sumathi Mahatma Pictures 1948 Bhakta Kumbara Bomman D. Irani Honnappa Bhagavathar, Lakshimibai, Vimalanandadas, Pandari Bai Surabhi Pictures 1948 Bharathi R. M. Veerabadraiah Tanguturi Suryakumari, Sampath, M. V. Krishnaswamy Raghavendra Pictures 1949 Dasara B. Y. Ramdas Shridhar, Saraswathi, Leela, K S Simha Shanthiram Productions 1949 Kalaavida KrishnanSuryanarayana B. Sohanlal, Kantha, Shantha Viswakalaasthan Production 1949 Nagakannika G. Vishwanthan Jayashri, Bellary Rathnamala, B. Raghavendrarao, S. M. Veerabadrappa, U. Mahabalarao Mahatma Pictures 1949 Sathi Thulasi M. V. N. Iyengar Vimalananda Das, Sushiladevi Iyengar Productions
See also Kannada cinema
References
Kannada cinema database by University of Pennsylvania
External links Kannada Movies of the 1940s at the Internet Movie Database