List of Kannada films of 2003

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, 74 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.^[1]

List of Kannada film released

January - June

Month	Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Notes
January	Kariya	Prem	Darshan, Abhinayasri	Gurukiran
	Dumbee	Adarsh	Adarsh, Rashmi, Tennis Krishna	Hamsalekha
	Daali		Charanraj, Arun Pandian	Sadhu Kokila
	Sri Kalikamba	Rama Narayanan	Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar, Vinod Kumar Alva, Jayanthi	Deva	A Kannada–Tamil bilingual film [2]
	Don	P. N. Sathya	Shivrajkumar, Meghana Naidu, Ashok, Jai Jagadish	Sadhu Kokila	[3]
	Laali Haadu	H. Vasu	Darshan, Abhirami, Ruthika, Umashree	Sadhu Kokila	[4]
	Jaya	Srinivas	Jeevan, Ishwarya
	Pakka Chukka	S. Narayan	Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Ruchita Prasad, Mahalakshmi	S. Narayan
	Lovva Illa Dovva		Aniruth, Mithuna	K. Kalyan[5]
	Heart Beats	S K Nagendra Urs	Vijay Raghavendra, Ashitha	Venkat Narayan
February	Neenandre Ishta	B. Mallesh	Darshan, Malavika, Harish Raj, Akhila	Bharadwaj	[6]
	Border	Anand P. Raju	Charanraj, Shobharaj, Vinod Alva, Sneha, Karibasavaiah	Sadhu Kokila	[7]
	Sachhi	Om Prakash Rao	Om Prakash Rao	Gurukiran
	Ananda	Varamulla Pudi	Naveen Mayur, Ruthika, Rajesh Nataranga, Jhansi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag	Rajesh Ramanath	Remake of Telugu film Anandam
	Mooru Manasu Nooru Kanasu	B. Hanumanthu	Prema, Harindranath, Ramesh Bhat, Bank Janardhan	Chaitanya	[8]
	Bangalore Bandh	Tesi Venkatesh	Sai Kumar, Ananth Nag, Rashika, Avinash, Doddanna
	Adu
	Badri	Raghuvardhan	Yogeshwar, Kausalya, Swathi, Harish Rai	Rajesh Ramanath	[9]
	Nagabharana	Bellary Janardhan	Shobharaj, Srividya, Roopashree, Doddanna	Chaitanya
March	Hay Naan Bhishma Kano	Surya	Devaraj, Prema, Tara, Pramod Chakravarthi	Chaitanya	[10]
	Gandhinagar
	Colors	Ramesh P. C.	Mandya Ramesh, Nivas, Janhavi, Bank Janardhan, Tennis Krishna	Colors Mahesh
	Wrong Number	N. S. Shankar	Harish Mattur, Bhavana
	Raja Narasimha	Muthyal Subbaiah	Vishnuvardhan, Ramya Krishnan, Raasi, Abhijeeth, Avinash	Deva	[11]
	Nimma Preethiya Huduga	K. V. Jayaram	Vinod Alva, Ashok, Vinaya Prasad, Sadhu Kokila	S. P. Venkitesh
	Nanna Hendti Maduve	M. S. Rajashekar	Sa. Ra. Govindu, Om Prakash Rao, Anu Prabhakar		[12]
	Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu	Rajendra Singh Babu	S. Narayan, Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Ruthika, Meghana Naidu	Hamsalekha
April	Hello	Kodlu Ramakrishna	Bhavana, Naveen Mayur	Srishaila	[13]
	Yardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre	A. R. Babu	Jaggesh, Devaraj, Amrutha, Bank Janardhan	V. Manohar	Remake of Hindi film Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar [14]
	Devara 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	Shivadwaj, Prema, Avinash	C. Ashwath
	Abhi	Dinesh Babu	Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya	Gurukiran
May	Nee Illade Naa Illa Kane		Anu Prabhakar
	Kushalave Kshemave	S. Mahendar	Ramesh Aravind, Divya Unni, Darshan, Ramkumar	Rajesh Ramanath
	Preethisale Beku	Yogesh	Vijay Raghavendra, Chaya Singh	Chaitanya
	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
	Vijaya Shanti	Nageshwara Rao	Vijayashanti
	Black & White		Rajesh Ramanath	Rajesh Ramanath
	Tada Khaidi	Shivaji Gorpade	Devaraj, Thriller Manju, Padmini	Rajesh Ramanath
	Meese Chiguridaaga	K. Praveen Nayak	Tej	M. N. Krupakar
	Fifty Fifty	Surya	Shyam Kumar, Pooja
June	Sri Ram	M. S. Ramesh	Shiva Rajkumar, Abhirami, Ankitha, Jai Jagadish	Gurukiran
	Ooh La La	Hemanth Hegde	Krishna Mohan, Radhika, Sonia
	Ananda Nilaya	Krishna Das	Shivadwaj, Prema	Abike Babi
	Panchali	Dinesh Babu	Aniruddh, Sunil Rao, Rambha, Vinayak Joshi	Gurukiran	[15]
	Kalarava	Thimmaraju	Master Samarth, Baby Shravya, Yashwanth, Ramakrishna	J. Vardhan

July - December

Month	Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Notes
July	Talwar		Vinod Alwa, Thriller Manju	Sadhu Kokila
	Hudugigagi	B. Manjunath	S. P. B. Charan, Radhika, Naveen Krishna	Babji - Sandeep	[16]
	Smile		Shiva Rajkumar, Neha	V. Manohar
	Vikram	M. K. Maheshwar	Vijay Raghavendra, Sindhu Menon	Rajesh Ramanath
	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, Vishal Hegde, Srinivasa Murthy	Vandemataram Srinivas
	Marichike	Vasu Alur
August	Chandra Chakori	S. Narayan	Sri Murali, Naaz, Srinagar Kitty, Priya	S. A. Rajkumar
	Nanjundi	S. R. Brothers	Shivrajkumar, Debina Bonnerjee, Lokesh, Umashri	Hamsalekha	Hamsalekha's 250th film [17]
	Market Raja	R. Shivashankar	Devaraj, Keerthi Raj, Vinitha, Prakash
	Hunter	Thriller Manju	Thriller Manju
	Kasu Iddone Basu	A. R. Babu	Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari, Doddanna, Komal Kumar	V. Manohar	[18]
September	Anka	G K Mudduraj	Sai Kumar, Rajendra, Ruchita Prasad, Urvashi Patel	Gandharva
	Jogula	S. Mahendar	B. C. Patil, Vijayalakshmi, Ruchita Prasad	Hamsalekha	[19]
	Lovve Pasagali		Nagendra Prasad, Prema, Doddanna	Hamsalekha
	Vijayadashami	Om Sai Prakash	Sai Kumar, Prema, Srinivasa Murthy	Deva
	Raktha Kanneeru	Sadhu Kokila	Upendra, Abhirami, Ramya Krishna, Kumar Bangarappa	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	[20]
	Khushi	Prakash	Vijay Raghavendra, Tarun Chandra, Harish, Sindhu Menon, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Chaitra Hollikere, Ananth Nag, Avinash	Gurukiran
	Chigurida Kanasu	T. S. Nagabharana	Shivrajkumar, Vidya Venkatesh, Ananth Nag, Shivaram, Avinash	V. Manohar
	Game	M. D. Sridhar	K. Shivaram, Meena, Bhavya, Gazar Khan, Ganesh, Mukhyamantri Chandru	Babji Sandeep	[21]
	Ondagona Baa	Udayasankar	V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty, J. V. Somayajulu, K. R. Vijaya, Charan Raj	Hamsalekha	[22]
	Hucchana Maduveli Undone Jana	Balaji Singh	Jaggesh, Radhika Chaudhari	Prashant Raj
November	Ree Swalpa Barteera		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 [23]
	Daasa	P. N. Sathya	Darshan, Amrutha, Avinash, Satyajith	Sadhu Kokila
	Partha	Om Prakash Rao	Sudeep, Hardeep	Gurukiran	[24]
	Sri Renuka Devi	Nagendra Magadi	Soundarya, Prema, Jayapradha, Sai Kumar, Charanraj	Hamsalekha
December	Excuse Me	Prem	Sunil Raoh, Ajay Rao, Ramya, Sumalatha	R. P. Patnaik
	Dreams	Jayanth	Vasu, Ruthika	Tej
	Dhad Dhad	Hemanth Hegde	Krishna Mohan, Durga Shetty, Mandya Ramesh, Avinash
	Mani	Yogaraj Bhat	Mayoor 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	[25]
	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 Annamalai
	Swathi Muthu	D. Rajendra Babu	Sudeep, Meena	Rajesh Ramanath	Remake of Telugu film Swathi Muthyam

References

1. Rao, K. N. Venkatasubba (4 January 2004). "2003, a flop for Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
2. Sri Kalikamba review
3. "Kannada film Don releasing on Jan. 17th"
4. Laali Haadu film review
5. "Lovva Illa Dovva Songs Download Mp3 2003". www.pendujatt.net. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
6. "Neenandre Ishta - a film of Darshan "
7. "Kannada film Border releasing on Feb. 7th"
8. "Sachchi - action film of Om Prakash Rao releasing on 14th February". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. Badri - a film of Sainika Yogeshwar
10. Hay...Naan Bhishma Kano
11. Raja Narasimha review
12. "Nanna Hendthi Maduve - second film of Sa.Ra. Govindu". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
13. Hello,Yardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre and Devara Makkalu releasing on April 4th
14. "Yardo Duddu Yallammana Jathre film review - a Jaggesh film". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
15. "Panchali - film of Rambha directed by Dinesh Babu releasing". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
16. "Hudugigagi - new film of teen queen Radhika". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. Category: Reviews (22 August 2003). "Nanjundi Movie Review - chitraloka.com | Kannada Movie News, Reviews | Image". chitraloka.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "Kaasu Iddone Baasu - new comedy film of Jaggesh". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
19. "New Film this week - Jogula of B.C. Patil directed by S. Mahendar". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
20. "New Film this week - Hrudayavantha, Chigurida Kanasu and Khushi". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
21. "Game film review - a Kannada film of K. Shivaram (IAS)". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
22. "Ondagona Baa film review - a Kannada film of Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
23. "New Film this week - Namma Preethiya Ramu of Darshan and Gadibidi Brothers of Nivas". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
24. "New Film this week - Partha of Sudeep and Dreams of Ruthika". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
25. "Ardhangi - new film of Anuprabhakar". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

• Kannada Movies of 2003 at the Internet Movie Database