List of Kannada films of 2022

This is a list of Kannada films that were releases, or scheduled to be released, in 2022.^[1]

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Sandalwood films released in 2022, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:

Highest worldwide gross of 2022

Rank	Title	Production company	Gross	Ref.
1	K.G.F: Chapter 2	Hombale Films	₹1,200 crore (equivalent to ₹13 billion or US$150 million in 2023)–₹1,250 crore (equivalent to ₹13 billion or US$160 million in 2023)	[2]
2	Kantara		₹400.93 crore (US$47 million)	[a]
3	Vikrant Rona	Kichcha Creations Shalini Arts Invenio Origin	₹158.5 crore (US$19 million) - ₹210 crore (US$25 million)	[b]
4	James	Kishore Productions	₹151 crore (US$18 million)	[26]
5	777 Charlie	Paramvah Studios	₹105 crore (US$12 million)	[27]
6	Gaalipata 2	Suraj Production	₹35 crore (US$4.1 million)	[28]
7	Gandhada Gudi	PRK Productions Mudskipper	₹26.9 crore (US$3.2 million)	[citation needed]
8	Love Mocktail 2	Krishna Talkies	₹21 crore (US$2.5 million)	[29]
9	Vedha	Zee Studio Geeta Pictures	₹19.8 crore (US$2.3 million)	[30]
10	Lucky Man	Parsa Pictures Pvt. Ltd.	₹6.50 crore (US$770,000)	[citation needed]

January – March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J A N U A R Y	28	Ombattane Dikku	Dayal Padmanabhan	Yogesh, Aditi Prabhudeva	D Pictures & G Cinemas	[31]
F E B R U A R Y	3	One Cut Two Cut	Vamshidhar Bhograj	Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad, Prakash Belawadi, Aruna Balraj	PRK Productions; Amazon Prime release	[32]
	11	Oppanda	S.S.Sameer	Arjun Sarja, Radhika Kumaraswamy, J. D. Chakravarthy	FS Entertainments	[33]
		Fourwalls	SS Sajjan	Achyuth Kumar	SV Pictures	[34]
		Love Mocktail 2	Darling Krishna	Darling Krishna, Rachel David	Krishna Talkies	[35]
		Rowdy Baby	Epuru Krishna	Divya Suresh, Ravi Gowda	Warfoot Studios, Short Man Creations, Sumukha Entertainers	[36]
	17	Family Pack	Arjun Kumar S	Likith Shetty, Rangayana Raghu, Amrutha Iyengar	PRK Productions; Amazon Prime release	[37]
	18	By Two Love	Hari Santhosh	Dhanveerah, Sree Leela	KVN Productions	[38]
		Varada	Uday Prakash	Vinod Prabhakar, Amitha Ranganath	Tiger Talkies	[39]
	24	Old Monk	MG Srinivas	MG Srinivas, Aditi Prabhudeva, Sudev Nair	Abhijit Enterprises	[40]
		Ek Love Ya	Prem	Raana, Rachita Ram, Reeshma Nanaiah	Rakshitha's Film Factory	[41]
	25	Stabiliti	Goutham Kanade	Kashyap Bhaskar, Sandeep TC, Lakshmi Ambuga, Srinidhi Talak	WinterSun Studios	[42]
M A R C H	2	Dear Sathya	Shiva Ganesh	Aryann Santosh, Arachana Kottige	Purple Rock Entertainers	[43]
	4	Sold	Prerana Agarwal	Kavya Shetty, Danish Sait	Horn Ok Films	[44]
	17	James	Chethan Kumar	Puneeth Rajkumar, Priya Anand	Kishore Productions	[45]

April – June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A P R I L	1	Home Minister	Sujay K Shrihari	Upendra, Vedhika, Tanya Hope, Suman, Avinash	Sreeyas Chitra Poorna Naidu Production	[46]
		Taledanda	Praveen Krupakar	Sanchari Vijay, Mangala, Ramesh Pandit, Mandya Ramesh, Chaitra Achar, Bhavani Prakash	Kripanidhi Kreations	[47]
		Local Train	T N Rudramani	Krishna, Meenakshi Dixit, Ester Noronha, Saurav Lokesh	Sanjana Cine Arts	[48]
		Body God	Prabhu Srinivas	Manoj Kumaraswamy Guruprasad	Alpha and Omega Productions	[49]
	8	Trikona	Chandrakantha	Lakshmi, Suresh Heblikar, Achyuth Kumar, Sudha Rani, Mandeep Roy, Sadhu Kokila	Police Praki Production	[50]
	14	K.G.F: Chapter 2	Prashanth Neel	Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Srinidhi Shetty, Prakash Raj, Raveena Tandon, Malavika Avinash	Hombale Films	[51]
	29	Shokiwala	Jocky	Ajay Rao, Sanjana Anand	Crystal Park Cinemas	[52]
		Kshamisi Nimma Khaatheyalli Hanavilla	Vinayaka Kodsara	Diganth Manchale, Ranjani Raghavan, Aindrita Ray	Uppi Entertainers	[53]
M A Y	5	Man of the Match	D Satya Prakash	Vasuki Vaibhav, Dharmanna Kadooru, Nataraj S Bhat	PRK Productions;Amazon Prime release	[54]
	6	Avatara Purusha	Simple Suni	Sharan, Ashika Ranganath, Sai Kumar, Sudha Rani	Pushkar Films	[55]
		Takkar	Nagesh Kogilu	Manoj Kumar, Ranjani Raghavan, Saurav Lokesh.	SLN Creations	[56]
	13	Selfie Mummy Googl Daddy	Madhuchandra R	Srujan Lokesh, Meghana Raj	Aakasha Butti Cinemas	[57]
		Critical Keerthanegalu	Kumaar	Tabla Nani, Suchendra Prasad, Aruna Balraj	Kesari Films Capture	[58]
	20	Cutting Shop	Pavan Bhat	K. B. Praveen, Archana Kottige, Naveen Krishna, S. K. Bhagavan	Young Thinkers films	[59]
		Garuda	Dhana Kumar. K	Srinagar Kitty, Siddharth Mahesh, Aindrita Ray, Ashika Ranganath	Orange Pixels film factory	[60]
		Kandhidi Nodona	S K Nagendra Urs	Pranava Surya, S K Nagendra Urs, Vijay Chendoor, Priyanka Malali	The Manleo Creations	[61]
		Prarambha	Manu Kalyadi	Manoranjan Ravichandran, Keerti Kalakeri	Jenusri Tanusha Productions	[62]
		Saara Vajra	Aarna Saadya	Anu Prabhakar, Rahman Hassan, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi	Sambrama Dream House	[63]
		Sakutumba Sametha	Rahul PK	Bharath GB, Siri Ravikumar	Paramvah Studios	[64]
		Twenty One Hours	Jaishankar Pandit	Dhananjay, Rahul Madhav, Durga Krishna, Sudev Nair	Aham Conceptam Pvt. Ltd, Entertainment LLP	[65]
	27	Anjan	R. Sagar	Anjan, Josita Anola	Pradeep Sagar Movies	[66]
		Dheeran	Swamy Y B N	Swamy Y B N, Laksha Shetty, Pramod Shetty, B V Bhaskar	DIOXE Entertainments	[67]
		Kaaneyaadavara Bagge Prakatane	Anilkumar T. M.	P. Ravi Shankar, Rangayana Raghu, Tabla Nani, Ashika Ranganath	AJ Talkies	[68]
		Kirik Shankar	R. Anantha Raju	Yogesh, Advika, Ashalatha	MNK Movies	[69]
		Physics Teacher	Sumukha	Sumukha, Prerana Kambam, Rajesh Nataranga, Mandya Ramesh	Passing Shots Films	[70]
		Koli Taal	Abhilash Shetty	Radha Ramachandra, Prabhakar Kunder, Ganesh Mogaveera	Gubbi Cinema	[71]
		Wheelchair Romeo	G. Nataraj	Ram Chethan, Mayuri Kyatari, Rangayana Raghu	Agasthya Creations	[72]
		Seethayana	Prabhakar Aaripaka	Akshith Shashikumar, Anahitha Bhooshan, Vikram Shankar	Color Clouds Entertainments	[73]
J U N E	3	Gajanana And Gang	Abhishek Shetty	Shri Mahadev, Aditi Prabhudeva	Brindavan Enterprises	[74]
	10	777 Charlie	Kiran Raj K	Rakshit Shetty, Sangeetha Sringeri	Paramvah Studios	[75]
	17	Made in China	Preetham Tegginamane	Nagabhushana, Priyanka Thimmesh	NK Studios	[76]
	23	Harikathe Alla Girikathe	Karan Ananth, Anirudh Mahesh	Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty, Rachana Inder	Rishab Shetty Films	[77]
	24	Thurthu Nirgamana	Hemanth Kumar L	Suneel Rao, Samyuktha Hegde, Hitha Chandrashekar	Prime Focus Ltd	[78]
		Trivikrama	Sahana Murthy S	Vikram Ravichandran, Akansha Sharma, Akshara Gowda	Gowri Entertainers	[79]
		Buddies	Gurutej Shetty	Kiran Raj, Siri Prahlad, Arvind Bolar	Bharti Shetty Films	[80]
	30	Dear Vikram	K. S. Nandheesh	Sathish Ninasam, Shraddha Srinath, Vasishta N. Simha, Sonu Gowda	Backgate Productions	[81]

July – September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref.
J u L Y	1	Window Seat	Sheetal Shetty	Nirup Bhandari, Sanjana Anand, Amrutha Iyengar	KSK Show Reel	[82]
		Bairagee	SD Vijay Milton	Shiva Rajkumar, Dhananjaya, Pruthvi Ambaar, Anjali	Krishna Creations	[83]
	8	Sugarless	K. M. Shashidhar	Pruthvi Ambaar, Priyanka Thimmesh, Dharmanna Kadur	Shashidhar Studios Productions	[84]
		Hope	Amabarish.M	Shwetha Srivatsav, Sumalatha Ambareesh, Prakash Belawadi, Pramod Shetty	Goldie Productions	[85]
	15	Petromax	Vijay Prasad	Sathish Ninasam, Hariprriya, Karunya Ram	Satish Picture House	[86]
	22	Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode Heege	Islahuddin NS	Rishi, Dhanya Balakrishna, Apoorva Bharadwaj	Starfab Production	[87]
	28	Vikrant Rona	Anup Bhandari	Sudeepa, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nirup Bhandari, Neetha Ashok	Kichcha Creations Shalini Arts Invenio Origin	[88]
A U G U S T	12	Ravi Bopanna	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Kavya Shetty	Eshwari Productions	[89]
		Gaalipata 2	Yogaraj Bhat	Ganesh, Diganth, Pawan Kumar, Anant Nag	Suraj Productions	[90]
	19	Love 360	Shashank	Praveen, Rachana Inder	Shashank Cinemass	[91]
	26	Shiva 143	Anil Kumar	Dheeren Ramkumar, Manvitha Kamath	Jayanna Films
S E P T E M B E R	2	Fantasy	Pavan Kumar R	Priyanka Shivvanna, Bala Rajwadi, Harini Srikanth, Hemanth Srinivas	Pavan Dream Films
		Dhamaka	Lakshmi Ramesh	Shivraj K.R. Pete, Nayana	SR Media Productions
	9	Lucky Man	S. Nagendra Prasad	Darling Krishna, Sangeetha Sringeri, Roshini Prakash, Puneeth Rajkumar	Parsa Pictures
	16	Kapala	Vinay Yadunandan	Abhimanyu prajwal, Prateeksha gowda, Giriraj BM, Yamuna Srinidhi	SKAR Productions. Soumya K Shetty
		Monsoon Raaga	S. Ravindranath	Dhananjaya, Rachita Ram	Vikhyath Chitra Productions	[92]
		Pampa Panchalli Parashivamurthy	S. Mahendar	Keerthi Banu, Sangeetha Sringeri	KEE Creations
	23	Guru Shishyaru	Jadeshaa K Hampi	Sharan, Nishvika Naidu	Laddu Cinema House	[93]
	30	Kantara	Rishab Shetty	Rishab Shetty, Sapthami Gowda, Kishore, Achyuth Kumar, Pramod Shetty	Hombale Films	[94]
		Totapuri	Vijayaprasad	Dhananjaya, Jaggesh, Aditi Prabhudeva, Suman Ranganath	Moniflix Studios	[95]

October – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref.
O C T O B E R	14	Champion	Shahuraja Sindhe	Sachin Dhanpal, Aditi Prabhudeva, Pradeep Rawat	Shivanand S Neelannavar	[96]
	21	Head Bush	Shoonya	Dhananjaya, Payal Rajput, Shruthi Hariharan, Devaraj, Yogesh, Vasishta N. Simha, Raghu Mukherjee	Daali Pictures, Somanna Talkies	[97]
	28	Gandhada Gudi	Amoghavarsha JS	Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar	PRK Productions	[98]
N O V E M B E R	4	Banaras	Jayathirtha	Zaid Khan, Sonal Monteiro	Tilakraj Ballal	[99]
	11	O	Mahesha C. Ammalidoddy	Milana Nagaraj, Amrutha Iyengar, Siddu Moolimani, Suchendra Prasad	Ekaakshara Films	[100]
		Raana	Nanda Kishore	Shreyas Manju, Reeshma Nanaiah	Gujjal Talkies	[101]
		Dilpasand	Shiva Tejass	Darling Krishna, Nishvika Naidu, Megha Shetty	Rashmi Films	[102]
	18	Abbara	K Ramnarayan	Prajwal Devaraj, Rajshri Ponnappa, Lekha Chandra, Nimika Ratnakar	C and M Movies	[103]
		Mata	Ravindra Venshi	Santhosh Davanagere, Guruprasad, Sadhu Kokila, Mandya Ramesh	VR Combines	[104]
	25	Raymo	Pavan Wadeyar	Ishan, Ashika Ranganath	Jayaditya Films
		Triple Riding	Mahesh Gowda	Ganesh, Aditi Prabhudeva, Megha Shetty, Rachana Inder	Krupalu Entertainments
D E C E M B E R	2	2nd Life	Raju Devasandra	Adarsh Gunduraj, Sindhu Rao, Naveen Shakti, Shiv Pradeep	Jayanna Films	[105]
		Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage	Sridhar Shanmukha	Naveen Shankar, Aishani Shetty, Yash Shetty, Bala Rajwadi, Omkar Aryaa	Hyperlink Cinemas	[106]
		Dushtakoota	Shadakshari Neelakantaiah	Shadakshari Neelakantaiah, J. Suraj, Akash Akki	Yes 26 Studios	[107]
		Flat #9	Kishor M C	Skanda Ashok, Chandu Gowda, Thejaswini Sharma	Kishore Creations	[108]
		Thimayya & Thimayya	Sanjay Sharma	Ananth Nag, Diganth, Shubra Aiyappa, Aindrita Ray, Vineet Beep Kumar	Garuda Motion Pictures	[109]
		Vasanthi Nalidaga	Venshi Ravindra	Rohit Sridhar, Jeevitha Vasishta, Bhavana Srinivas, Sudharani, Saikumar, Sadhu Kokila	Jenugudu Films	[110]
	9	Dr.56	Rajesh Anandaleela	Priyamani, Praveen Reddy, Raj Deepak Shetty, Ramesh Bhat	Hari Hara Pictures	[111]
		Pankhuri	Dosti V. Anand	P. Shivakumar, Kundhana Reddy, Sasi Sekhar, Pavan Putra	Prakruthi Pictures	[112]
		Prayashaha	Ranjith Rao	Rahul Amin, Krishnaa Bhat, Vineeth Kumar, Shine Shetty, Shanil Guru	Prakruthi Pictures	[113]
		Vijayanand	Rishika Sharma	Nihal Rajput, Bharat Bopanna, Siri Prahlad, Anant Nag, Ravichandran, Vinaya Prasad, Shine Shetty	VRL Film Productions	[114]
	16	10	Karm Chawla	Vinay Rajkumar, Anusha Ranganath, Gopal Krishna Deshpande, Suvin Hegde	Pushkar Films	[115]
		Ninga	Bhairava. S	Arjeeth, Supritha, Kavya, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi	Arjeeth Productions	[116]
		Temper	Manju Kavi	Aryan Surya, Kaashima Rafi, Tabla Nani, Tennis Krishna, Mithra	Shree Balaji Enterprises	[117]
	23	Aihole	Ravindranath Sirivara	Revanth Malige, Pragathi Soorve	Sirivara Creations	[118]
		Hosa Dinachari	Keerthi Shekhar	Deepak Subramanya, Sripriya, Chethan Vicky, Babu Hirannaiah, Aruna Balraj	Dees Films	[119]
		Vedha	Harsha	Shiva Rajkumar, Shwetha Chengappa, Aditi Sagar, Ganavi Laxman, Veena Ponnappa, Umashri	Geetha Pictures & Zee Studios	[120]
	30	Alpha	Chirantha Kumar	Chirantha Kumar, Jagadeesh. D, Shama Taj	Shree Dharmashastha Movies	[121]
		Jordan	Vinod Dayalan	Mahendra Prasad, Sampath Kumar, Gauri Lankesh, Manju Pavagada	No Nonsense Creations	[122]
		Once Upon a Time in Jamaligudda	Kushal Gowda	Dhananjay, Aditi Prabhudeva, Bhavana, Prakash Belawadi, Triveni Rao	Niharika Movies	[123]
		Made in Bengaluru	Pradeep K. Shastry	Madhusudhan Govind, Ananth Nag, Saikumar, Puneeth Manjunath, Prakash Belawadi, Sudha Belawadi	Rajani Thursday Stories	[124]
		Naanu Adu Mattu Saroja	Vinay Pritham	Yogesh, Apoorva Bharadwaj, H. G. Dattatreya, Prerana Kambam, Prasanna Shetty	UK Productions	[125]
		Padavipoorva	Hariprasad Jayanna	Pruthvi Shamanur, Anjali Anish, Yasha Shivakumar, Shri Mahadev, Aditi Prabhudeva, Divya Uruduga	Ravi Shamanur Films Yograj Cinemas	[126]

Notes

1. India Today,^[3] The Times of India,^[4] Udayavani,^[5] Firstpost,^[6] International Business Times,^[7] The Financial Express,^[8] Times Now,^[9] ABP News,^[10] Asianet,^[11] DNA,^[12] Bollywood Hungama^[13] News 18,^[14] The Economic Times,^[15] The Indian Express,^[16] GQ India^[17]
2. Zee Business reported that the movie collected ₹158.50 crore^[18] But The Hindustan Times mentioned the collection as ₹159 crore.^[19] While Times Of India,^[20] India Today,^[21] DNA^[22] and ABP Marathi^[10] stated the collection to be ₹200 crore, Zee News,^[23] WION ^[24] and Telegraph ^[25] reported the collection to be ₹210 crore