The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2003, presented in alphabetical order. A total of 99 films were released that year, 12 of which were said to be remakes. The Hindu called 2003 a "flop for Kannada cinema", with an investment of 47 crore returning only 11.20 crore. The report stated that only 11 films "brought substantial returns to the investors." They included Kariya, Kutumba, Raktha Kanneeru, Preethi Prema Pranaya, Excuse Me, Chandra Chakori, Khushi, Laali Haadu, Sri Ram and Don.
Top-grossing films +RankTitleCollectionRef.1.Raktha Kanneeru₹15 crore (₹57.75 crore in 2025)2.Kariya₹7.5 crore (₹28.875 crore in 2025)3.Sri Ram₹6 crore (₹23.1 crore in 2025)4.Kutumba₹5 crore (₹19.25 crore in 2025)5.Laali Haadu₹3 crore (₹11.55 crore in 2025)6.Don₹2.5 crore (₹9.63 crore in 2025)7.Chandra Chakori₹2.25 crore (₹8.667 crore in 2025)8.Preethi Prema Pranaya₹2 crore (₹7.7 crore in 2025)9.Excuse Me₹1 crore (₹3.85 crore in 2025)10.Khushi₹50 lakh (₹1.93 crore in 2025)
List of Kannada film released
January - June Month Title Director Cast Music director Notes January Kariya Prem Darshan, Abhinayasri, B. Jayashree Gurukiran Dumbee Adarsh Adarsh, Rashmi, Shilpa, Hema Bellur, Tennis Krishna Hamsalekha Daali Eeshwar Balegundi Vinod Alva, Shobhraj, Thulasi Ram, Anitha S Nayar Kumar Eshwar Sri Kalikamba Rama Narayanan Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar, Vinod Kumar Alva, Jayanthi Deva A Kannada–Tamil bilingual filmSri Kalikamba review Don P. N. Sathya Shiva Rajkumar, Meghana Naidu, Ashok, Jai Jagadish Sadhu Kokila "Kannada film Don releasing on Jan. 17th" Laali Haadu H. Vasu Darshan, Abhirami, Ruthika, Umashree Sadhu Kokila Laali Haadu film review Jaya N. Srinivas Jeevan, Aishwarya, Ashok Ram – Suchithra Pakka Chukka S. Narayan Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Ruchita Prasad, Mahalakshmi S. Narayan Lovva Illa Dovva S. Nanda Kumar Anirudh, Mithuna K. Kalyan Heart Beats S K Nagendra Urs Vijay Raghavendra, Ashitha, Deepa Venkat-Narayan February Neenandre Ishta B. Mallesh Darshan, Harish Raj, Malavika, Akhila Bharadwaj "Neenandre Ishta - a film of Darshan "Border Anand P. Raju Charanraj, Shobharaj, Vinod Kumar Alva, Sneha, Pavithra Lokesh M. N. Krupakar "Kannada film Border releasing on Feb. 7th"Sacchi Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao, Navya, Lohithaswa Gurukiran Ananda Varamulla Pudi Naveen Mayur, Ruthika, Rajesh Nataranga, Jhansi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Telugu film AnandamMooru Manasu Nooru Kanasu B. Hanumanthu Prema, Harindranath, Rajesh, Ramesh Bhat, Bank Janardhan Chaitanya Bangalore Bandh Teshi Venkatesh Sai Kumar, Ananth Nag, Deepthi, Avinash, Doddanna Hamsalekha Adu Ravi Padmarag M. A. Ravi Padmarag, Anitha, M. P. Shankar Sunil Dev, Raj Dev Badri Raghuvardhan C P Yogeshwar, Kausalya, Sudharani, Harish Rai Rajesh Ramanath Badri - a film of Sainika YogeshwarNagabharana Bellary Janardhan Shobharaj, Srividya, Roopashree, Doddanna Chaitanya March Hey Nan Bheeshma Kano Surya Devaraj, Prema, Tara, Pramod Chakravarthy Chaitanya Hay...Naan Bhishma KanoGandhinagara Lakki Shankar Rajendra, Kausalya Layendra Kokila Colors Ramesh P. C. Mandya Ramesh, Nivas, Janhavi, Bank Janardhan, Tennis Krishna Colors Mahesh Wrong Number N. S. Shankar Harish Mattur, Bhavana V. Manohar Raja Narasimha Muthyal Subbaiah Vishnuvardhan, Ramya Krishnan, Raasi, Abhijeeth, Avinash Deva Raja Narasimha reviewNimma Preethiya Huduga K. V. Jayaram Vinod Kumar Alva, Ashok, Vinaya Prasad, Sadhu Kokila S. P. Venkatesh Nanna Hendthi Maduve M. S. Rajashekar Sa. Ra. Govindu, Om Prakash Rao, Anu Prabhakar, Ruthika Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Hindi film Meri Biwi Ki ShaadiKatthegalu Saar Katthegalu Rajendra Singh Babu S. Narayan, Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Ruthika, Meghana Naidu Hamsalekha April Hello Kodlu Ramakrishna Bhavana, Naveen Mayur Srishaila Hello, Yardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre and Devara Makkalu releasing on April 4thYardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre A. R. Babu Jaggesh, Devaraj, Amrutha, Bank Janardhan V. Manohar Remake of Malayalam film Sanmanassullavarkku SamadhanamDevara Makkalu Srinivasa Murthy Nitil Krishna, Srinivasa Murthy, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Pandit, Malavika Avinash, Lamboo Nagesh Hamsalekha Kiccha Arun Prasad Sudeep, Shwetha, Ajay Rao, Sujatha Hamsalekha Kutumba Naganna Upendra, Natanya Singh, Gurukiran, Sathyaraj Gurukiran Paris Pranaya Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Raghu Mukherjee, Minal Patel, Rajesh Stephen Prayog Singaaravva T. S. Nagabharana Prema, Avinash, Shivadwaj C. Ashwath Abhi Dinesh Babu Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya Gurukiran May Nenilde Naanu... Illa Kane... Srishyla Shivadwaj, Anu Prabhakar, Dwarakish Srishyla Kushalave Kshemave S. Mahendar Ramesh Aravind, Divya Unni, Darshan, Ramkumar Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal VaazhgaPreetisle Beku Yogesh Hunsur Vijay Raghavendra, Chaya Singh Chaitanya Remake of Hindi film Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Taayi Illada Tabbali Om Sai Prakash Shivadhwaj, Radhika, Srinivasa Murthy, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila Hamsalekha Ramaswamy Krishnaswamy P. Annayya Mohan Shankar, Naveen Mayur, Sargam Hamsalekha Lankesh Patrike Indrajit Lankesh Darshan, Vasundhara Das, Ananth Nag, Aditi Govitrikar, Rangayana Raghu, Devaraj, Chitra Shenoy Babji - Sandeep Black & White Jaikumar N Palani K Rajesh Ramanath, Priya Hassan, Sathish, Jayanthi Rajesh Ramanath Tada Khaidi Shivaji Gorpade Devaraj, Thriller Manju, Padmini Rajesh Ramanath Meese Chiguridaaga K. Praveen Nayak Theja, Durga Shetty, Shree, Thusha Pande M. N. Krupakar Fifty : Fifty Surya Shyam Kumar, Pooja, Dwarakish, Srinath Rajesh Ramanath June Sri Ram M. S. Ramesh Shiva Rajkumar, Abhirami, Ankitha, Jai Jagadish Gurukiran Ooh La La Hemanth Hegde Krishna Mohan, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Arya Prasad, Sonia Agarwal Suresh Devkumar Ananda Nilaya Krishna Das Shivadwaj, Prema Abike Babi Remake of Malayalam film Sanmanassullavarkku SamadhanamPanchali Dinesh Babu Anirudh, Sunil Raoh, Rambha, Vinayak Joshi Gurukiran Kalarava Thimmaraju Master Samarth, Baby Shravya, Yashwanth, Ramakrishna J. Vardhan
July - December Month Title Director Cast Music director Notes July Thalwar A. T. Raghu Devaraj, Vinod Kumar Alva, Thriller Manju, Ruchita Prasad Gopi Krishna Hudugigagi B. Manjunath S. P. B. Charan, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Naveen Krishna Babji - Sandeep Smile Seetharam Karanth Shiva Rajkumar, Neha, M. P. Shankar V. Manohar Vikram M. K. Maheshwar Vijay Raghavendra, Sindhu Menon Rajesh Ramanath Khaki Shivamani Shivamani, Devaraj Rajesh Ramanath https://web.archive.org/web/20040911083443/http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/kannada/fullstory.php?id=13330470 Preethi Prema Pranaya Kavita Lankesh Ananth Nag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Prakash Rai, Sudharani, Bhavana, Anu Prabhakar, Sunil Raoh, Arun Sagar Mano Murthy Mane Magalu Om Sai Prakash Radhika Kumaraswamy, Vishal Hegde, Srinivasa Murthy Vandemataram Srinivas Remake of Marathi film Halad Rusli Kunku Hasla Marichike Vasu Alur H. G. Dattatreya, Shobaraj, B. V. Radha B. Prakash August Chandra Chakori S. Narayan Sri Murali, Naaz, Srinagar Kitty, Priya S. A. Rajkumar Nanjundi S. R. Brothers Shiva Rajkumar, Debina Bonnerjee, Lokesh, Umashri Hamsalekha Hamsalekha's 250th film Market Raja R. Shivashankar Devaraj, Keerthi Raj, Vinutha, Namratha Layendra Kokila Hunter Thriller Manju Thriller Manju, Ruchita Prasad, Usha M. N. Krupakar Kasu Iddone Basu A. R. Babu Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari, Doddanna, Komal Kumar V. Manohar September Anka G K Mudduraj Sai Kumar, Rajendra, Ruchita Prasad, Urvashi Patel Gandharva Jogula S. Mahendar B. C. Patil, Vijayalakshmi, Ruchita Prasad Hamsalekha Lovve Passagali B. Mallesh Nagendra Prasad, Prema, Charan Raj, Doddanna Hamsalekha Vijayadashami Bharathi Kannan Sai Kumar, Prema, Soundarya, Srinivasa Murthy, Jayachitra Deva Raktha Kanneeru Sadhu Kokila Upendra, Abhirami, Ramya Krishna, Kumar Bangarappa, J. V. Somayajulu Sadhu Kokila Remake of Tamil film Ratha Kanneer Inspector Jayasimha H. S. Rajashekar Devaraj, Abhijeeth, Namratha M N Krupakar October Hrudayavantha P. Vasu Vishnuvardhan, Nagma, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna, Rangayana Raghu Hamsalekha Khushi Prakash Vijay Raghavendra, Tarun Chandra, Harish, Sindhu Menon, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Chaitra Hollikere, Ananth Nag, Avinash Gurukiran Chigurida Kanasu T. S. Nagabharana Shiva Rajkumar, Vidhya Venkatesh, Ananth Nag, Shivaram, Avinash V. Manohar Game For Love M. D. Sridhar K. Shivram, Meena, Bhavya, Gazar Khan, Ganesh, Mukhyamantri Chandru Babji Sandeep Ondagona Baa Udayasankar V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty, J. V. Somayajulu, K. R. Vijaya, Charan Raj Hamsalekha Hucchana Maduveli Undone Jana Balaji Singh Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari Prashant Raj November Ree Swalpa Barteera A. R. Babu Shashikumar, Kausalya, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru Venkat Narayan Bala Shiva M Raghavendra Sridhar, Naveen Krishna, Rashmi Hamsalekha Gadibidi Brothers Ramesh Nivas, Mandya Ramesh, Urvashi Patel, Ushakiran, Dwarakish Mahesh Namma Preethiya Ramu Sanjay–Vijay Darshan, Navya, Doddanna, Umashree, Hamsavijetha Ilayaraja Remake of Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum Daasa P. N. Sathya Darshan, Amrutha, Avinash, Satyajith Sadhu Kokila Partha Om Prakash Rao Sudeep, Hardeep Gurukiran Sri Renuka Devi Nagendra Magadi Soundarya, Prema, Jayapradha, Sai Kumar, Charanraj Hamsalekha December Excuse Me Prem Sunil Raoh, Ramya, Ajay Rao, Sumalatha R. P. Patnaik Dreams Jayanth Vasu, Ruthika Tej Dhad... Dhad... Hemanth Hegde Krishna Mohan, Durga Shetty, Mandya Ramesh, Avinash Madhukar Mani Yogaraj Bhat Mayur Patel, Radhika, Umashri, Rangayana Raghu Raja Vijaya Simha M. S. Rajashekar Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshita Gurukiran Ardhangi Y. Nanjundappa Sunil Kumar, Anu Prabhakar, Karibasavaiah V. Manohar Annavru Om Prakash Rao Darshan, Ambareesh, Kanika Subramaniam, Suhasini Maniratnam Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Tamil film Thalapathi Gokarna Naganna Upendra, Rakshita, Madhu Bangarappa, Satyajith Gurukiran Remake of Tamil film Annaamalai Swathi Muthu D. Rajendra Babu Sudeep, Meena, Leelavathi, Pavithra Lokesh, Ramakrishna Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Telugu film Swathi Muthyam
Dubbed films Title Director Cast NotesVijaya Shanti Nageshwara Rao Vijayashanti Dubbed version of Sambhavi IPS
References
External links Kannada Movies of 2003 at the Internet Movie Database