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.
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.
+The highest worldwide gross of 2012 Rank Title Production company Worldwide gross References1Krantiveera Sangolli RayannaSri Sangolli Rayanna films2DandupalyaApple Blossom Creations3AddhuriCMR Productions4Katari Veera SurasundarangiRockline Productions5DramaJayanna Combines6Anna BondPoornima Enterprises7ChingariMahashaila Cine Sankula8Govindaya NamahaSuresh Arts9RamboLaddoo Cinema House10JaanuJayanna Combines
Released films
January–June Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes JAN 6th Shakti Anil Kumar Malashri, Ashish Vidyarthi, P. Ravi Shankar, Shayaji Shinde, Vinaya Prasad Action Produced by Ramu Enterprises Prarthane K. Sadashiva Shenoy Ananth Nag, Prakash Raj, Sudha Murty, B. C. Patil, Master Manoj, Master Sachin Drama Last film of the acclaimed cinematographer S. Ramachandra Rana Pratap G. K. Mudduraj Thriller Manju, Priyadarshini Bopaiah Action 13th Sidlingu Vijaya Prasad Yogesh, Ramya, Suman Ranganathan Drama Produced by Samy Associates Ko Ko R. Chandru Srinagar Kitty, Priyamani, Srihari, Anu Prabhakar, Sadhu Kokila, Rangayana Raghu Comedy, Drama Produced by Bharani Minerals 20th Tsunami Makham Manohar Raju Patil, Soniya, Rangayana Raghu, Tennis Krishna, Doddanna Action 27th Arakshaka P. Vasu Upendra, Ragini Dwivedi, Sadha, Seetha Action- Thriller Inspired by Hollywood film Shutter Island. Produced by Udaya Ravi Films FEB 3rd Chingari Harsha Darshan, Deepika Kamaiah, Bhavana, Rangayana Raghu Romance-Action Inspired by Hollywood film Taken. Released by Samarth Ventures. 100 days complete 10th Parijatha Srinivas Prabhu Diganth, Aindrita Ray, Mukhyamantri Chandru Romance Remake of Tamil film Boss Engira Bhaskaran. Produced by P2 Productions AK 56 Om Prakash Rao Siddhanth, Sherin, Sumalatha, Atul Kulkarni Action Produced by Silver Screen Pictures Tuglak Aravind Kaushik Rakshit Shetty, Balu Nagendra, Rishab Shetty, Meghana Gaonkar, Bank Janardhan Romance Produced by White Ayre Entertainment 17th Nammanna Don Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind, Mona Parvaresh, Sanathini Comedy Produced by Ravi Joshi, Luv Kush Productions Gavipura Kumar Suraj Sasnur, Soujanya, Tennis Krishna Drama Produced by Virat Enterprises 24thLucky Dr. Soori Yash, Ramya Romance Produced by Radhika KumaraswamySaniha Mahesh Chinmayi Abhay, Divya Sridhar, Bimbica, Shobaraj Romance MAR 2nd Munjane S. Narayan Ganesh, Manjari Phadnis, Malavika Avinash, S. Narayan Romance Produced by Bhagyavathi Combines Sankranthi Mahesh Babu Gururaj Jaggesh, Roopashree, Skanda Ashok Drama Puneet Neel Kamal Dileep Pai, Nisha Shetty, Neethu Romance Produced by Creative Mind Productions 9thAlemari Mahesh Kumar Yogesh, Radhika Pandit, Ramesh Bhat, Rangayana Raghu, Umashri Romance Produced by Gajendra. Bhagavantha Kai Kotta M. S. Umesh Ravishankar Gowda, Madhuri, Roopashree, Tennis Krishna Comedy Produced by Sankeshwar Combines. 16th Magadi Suresh Goswami Deepak, Rakshita Crime, Romance 23rd Narasimha Mohan Shankar V. Ravichandran, Nikesha Patel, Sanjjana Action, Drama Remake of Telugu film Simmarasi Prasad Manoj Sathi Arjun Sarja, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Sankalp Family drama Produced by AKK Entertainment Films Silence Venugopal Thriller Manju, Surekha Pallavi, Kumar Suspense thriller Aa Marma Madhusudhan Saikumar, Jackie Shroff, Rami Reddy, Thriller Manju, Satyaprakash Suspense thriller Produced by Nagarjuna Cine Creations 30th Govindaya Namaha Pawan Wadeyar Komal Kumar, Parul Yadav, Madhulika Sharma, Anna Georgia, Rekha Vedavyas Comedy, Drama Produced by Suresh Arts Shikari Abhaya Simha Mammootty, Poonam Bajwa, Auditya Action Produced by K. Manju Films APR 6th Bheema Theeradalli Om Prakash Rao Duniya Vijay, Pranitha, Umashree Action, Drama Presented by Sammarth Ventures Dev Son of Mudde Gowda Indrajith Lankesh Diganth, Charmee Kaur, Ananth Nag Romance Produced by Jade Plants Lady Boss Sharan Ayesha, Thriller Manju Action 13th Dashamukha Ravi Srivatsa V. Ravichandran, Ananth Nag, Devaraj, Saritha, Chetan Kumar, Avinash Action Based on Hollywood film 12 Angry Men 20th Toofan Smile Seenu Yashas, Nakshatra, Chandan Romance 27th Parie Sudhir Attavar Rakesh Adiga, Smitha, Usha Uthup, Harshika Poonacha, Naga Kiran Romance Premiered at Bollywood on 15 April MAY 1st Anna Bond Duniya Soori Puneeth Rajkumar, Priyamani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag, Jackie Shroff Action Produced by Poornima Enterprises 10th Katari Veera Surasundarangi (3D) Suresh Krishna Upendra, Ambareesh, Ramya, Doddanna Romantic fantasy Produced by Vrushabhadri Productions 18th Breaking News Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Ananth Nag, Rangayana Raghu Satirical comedy Produced by Nagathihalli Cine Creations Kiladi Kitty R. Anantha Raju Srinagar Kitty, Hariprriya, Nivedhitha Comedy Remake of Telugu film Blade Babji Produced by Sangam Films Gandhi Smiles Raghavendra Kamath C. R. Simha, Umashri, Pavitra Lokesh, Suchendra Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru Drama 25th Villain M. S. Ramesh Auditya, Ragini Dwivedi, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu Action Produced by Saraswathi Entertainers JUN1st Jaanu Preetham Gubbi Yash, Deepa Sannidhi, Rangayana Raghu Romance/ Action Produced by Jayanna Combines8th Crazy Loka Kavita Lankesh V. Ravichandran, Daisy Bopanna, Harshika Poonacha, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Romance Produced by Confident Group Bhagirathi Baraguru Ramachandrappa Tara, Bhavana, Kishore, Shivadwaj, Srinath Drama Based on the novel "Kerege Haara" Rana Srinivasa Murthy Pankaj Narayan, Ambareesh, Supritha, Spoorthi, Archana, Sonia Gowda Action Produced by Shivananda Madashetty Devanahalli Pallakki Radhakrishna Rahul, Shravani, Sriraghav, Jagadish, Uday, Sugriv, Vali Vidyarthi Drama 15th Addhuri A. P. Arjun Dhruv Sarja, Radhika Pandit Romance Produced by CMR Productions Indina Satya Aditya Chikkanna Bharath, Sudharani Action 22nd Paper Dhoni R. K. Nayak Naveen Krishna, Shanthala, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash Drama Produced by Raja Rajeshwari Creators Nagavalli Kumar Madhu Shalini, Karthik, Venu, Thriller Manju Horror/ Thriller Produced by Keshava and Narasimha29th Dandupalya Srinivasa Raju Raghu Mukherjee, Pooja Gandhi, Priyanka Kothari, Sudharani, Makarand Deshpande, Bhavya Crime drama Produced by Apple Blossom Creations Hai Krishna Roy Kollegala Krishna Supriya, Shruti Raj, Vijayalakshmi, Shankar Narayan Romance Produced by SK Productions
July–December