List of Kannada films of 2006

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2006, presented in alphabetical order.

This year started with a major blow with the demise of icon and legend of Kannada Cinema, Dr Rajkumar.

Slowly, later cinemas like Naayi Neralu and Care of footpath made waves across the country for its meaningful themes and messages. Commercially, My Autograph became one of top grossers, only to be surpassed by industry-hit and legacy movie, Mungaru Male by the end of the year. Mungaru Male became the first South Indian movie to cross 50 crores, grossing nearly 75 crores at the box office. ^[1]

This movie turned the fate of director, Yograj Bhat and actors Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi to become one of the leading stars in the industry for several years.

Sudeep, Ganesh, Pavitra Lokesh, Ramya, Pooja Gandhi and Master Kishan were recognised for their performances and contribution for this year majorly.

Highest grossing films

Rank	Title	Collection	Ref.
1.	Mungaru Male	₹70-80 crore (₹247.97-283.82 crore in 2025)
2.	My Autograph	₹20 crore (₹70.2 crore in 2025)
3.	Mandya	₹17 crore (₹59.67 crore in 2025)
4.	Ajay	₹14 crore (₹50.14 crore in 2025)
5.	Thandege Thakka Maga	₹10 crore (₹35.81 crore in 2025)

List of released films in 2006

January–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes
J A N	7th	Mandya	Om Prakash Rao	Darshan, Rakshita, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Avinash	Gurukiran	Action	[1]
	13th	O Priyathama	Shivaprabhu	Ajay Rao, Sanchana, Geetha, Sharat Babu, Sudharani	Valisha - Sandeep	Romance	[2]
	19th	Shree	Prakash	Vijay Raghavendra, Jennifer Kotwal, Rahul Roy, Ananth Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash	Valisha - Sandeep	Action / Drama
	27th	Veeru	S. Narayan	Pankaj, Umashree, Prakash Heggodu	S. Narayan	Drama	[3]
		Mithayi Mane	Aarathi	Aditi, Surabhi J. Herur, Hanumantha Raju	N. S. Prasad	Drama	[4]
F E B	3rd	Uppi Dada M.B.B.S.	D. Rajendra Babu	Upendra, Uma, Ananth Nag, Chi. Guru Dutt, Naveen Mayur, Rohini Hattangadi	R. P. Patnaik	Romance / Comedy / Drama	Remake of Hindi film Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
		Eesha	K. A. Rahman Mustafa	Dheeraj, Neethu, Tara, Chitra Shenoy	Teja	Drama
		Bharathi	R. M. Veerabhadraiah	Sadhana, Damini	Abhimanyu	Drama
	10th	Mata	Guruprasad	Jaggesh, Pari, Doddanna, R. N. Sudarshan, Tabla Nani, V. Biradar, Mandya Ramesh	V. Manohar	Satirical Comedy
		Seven O' Clock	Santosh Rai Pathaje	Mithun Tejaswi, Pooja Kanwal, Sneha, Nithya, Komal Kumar, Sharan	M. S. Madhukar	Romance	[5]
	17th	My Autograph	Sudeep	Sudeep, Meena, Srinivasa Murthy, Sridevika, Deepu, Rashmi Kulkarni	Bharadwaj	Drama	Remake of Tamil film Autograph
		Suntaragaali	Sadhu Kokila	Darshan, Rakshita, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manya, Rangayana Raghu, Umashree	Sadhu Kokila	Action
	24th	Ramya Chaitra Kala	Sunil Kumar Desai	Sandeep, Manasi Parashar, Nanditha, Rahul Inapur	Shyam Sundar	Drama
M A R	3rd	Gopi	G. K. Mudduraj	Sri Murali, Gowri Munjal, Doddanna, Tennis Krishna	Mani Sharma	Drama / Romance	Remake of Telugu film Murari [6]
		Shishya	Vasu	Deepak, Chaitra, Rangayana Raghu	V. Nagendra Prasad	Action
	10th	Hettavara Kanasu	Om Sai Prakash	Mayoor Patel, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sunder Raj, Pramila Joshai	Vandemataram Srinivas	Drama
	17th	Ashoka	Shivamani	Shivrajkumar, Sunitha Varma, Vinaya Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy	Sadhu Kokila	Action
		Nidhi	Radhakrishna	Arjun, Devaraj	Rajesh Ramanath	Action
	24th	Hatavadi	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Doddanna, Avinash	V. Ravichandran	Drama
	31st	Thandege Thakka Maga	S. Mahendar	Upendra, Ambareesh, Laila Mehdin, Sakshi Shivanand	S. A. Rajkumar	Action / Drama	Remake of Tamil film Thevar Magan [7]
A P R	7th	Shubham	Ravi Garani	Shivadwaj, Sanjitha, Loknath, Kishore	Gurukiran	Action
	14th	Sevanthi Sevanthi	S. Narayan	Vijay Raghavendra, Ramya, Doddanna, Komal Kumar	S. A. Rajkumar	Romance
		Naaga	Y. Yesudoss	Shivaram, Poonam	Venkat Narayan	Action
	21st	Chellata	M. D. Sridhar	Ganesh, Rekha Vedavyas, Devaraj, Avinash, Umashree, Rangayana Raghu, Komal Kumar	Gurukiran	Romance
	28th	Ambi	V. Nagendra Prasad	Auditya, Manya, Shobharaj, Kishore	V. Nagendra Prasad	Action / Romance
		Nanna Hendthi Kole	B. R. Keshav	Naveen Mayur, Rohini	M. S. Maruthi	Thriller
M A Y	4th	Ajay	Meher Ramesh	Puneeth Rajkumar, Anuradha Mehta, Prakash Rai, Doddanna	Mani Sharma	Action
	13th	Julie	Poornima Mohan	Dino Morea, Ramya, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Chitra Shenoy	Rajesh Ramanath	Romance	Remake of Hindi film Julie
		Belli Betta	Shivaraj Hoskere	Sunil Raoh, Manya, Shivamani	A. T. Raveesh	Drama
		Thutturi	P. Sheshadri	H. G. Dattatreya, Dharma	Hamsalekha	Drama
	19th	Thavarina Siri	Om Sai Prakash	Shiva Rajkumar, Daisy Bopanna, Ashitha, Ashwini, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Doddanna	Hamsalekha	Drama
J U N	2nd	Miss California	Kodlu Ramakrishna	Diganth, Jhanavi, Soumya, Sharath Babu, Jayanthi, Bhavya	Ravi Dattatreya	Drama	Based on the novel by C. N. Muktha
	8th	Dattha	Chi Guru Dutt	Darshan, Ramya, Keerthi Chawla, Vinaya Prasad, Srinath	R. P. Patnaik	Action
	15th	Honeymoon Express	Nagendra Magadi	Jaggesh, S. Narayan, Deepu, Santhoshi	R. P. Patnaik	Comedy
	23rd	Good Luck	S. Nandakumar	Anirudh, Radhika, Naveen Krishna, Damini	Rajesh Ramanath	Romance
	30th	Tirupathi	Shivamani	Sudeep, Pooja Kanwal, Charanraj, P. N. Sathya	Rajesh Ramanath	Action

July – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre	Notes
J U L	7th	Cyanide	A. M. R. Ramesh	Ravi Kale, Tara, Avinash, Malavika Avinash, Nassar	Sandeep Chowta	Crime Thriller
	14th	Jackpot	N. M. Niranjan	Dhyan, Shubha Poonja, Harsha	Alwynn Fernandes M. N. Krupakar	Romance / Comedy
	28th	Ganda Hendathi	Ravi Srivatsa	Vishal Hegde, Sanjjana, Thilak Shekar, Manju Bhashini	Gurukiran	Romance / Thriller	Remake of Hindi film Murder
		Neenello Naanalle	Dinesh Babu	Vishnuvardhan, Rakshita, Aniruddh, Avinash	Ramesh Krishna	Drama	Remake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
A U G	4th	Gandugali Kumara Rama	H. R. Bhargava	Shiva Rajkumar, Laya, Anita Hassandani, Rambha, Avinash	Gurukiran	Period action
	11th	Mohini 9886788888	Rajendra Singh Babu	Auditya, Nassar, Riyaz Khan, Suhasini, Anu Prabhakar, Aadhi Lokesh	Hamsalekha	Horror / Thriller
	12th	Nanna Kanasina Hoove	S. M. Patil	Vinayak Joshi, Harish Raj, Keerthana, Preethi	N S Prasad	Romance
S E P	1st	Odahuttidavalu	Om Sai Prakash	V. Ravichandran, Rakshita, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Komal Kumar, Rangayana Raghu	R. P. Patnaik	Romance / Drama
	8th	Maha Nagara	Eshwar	Vinod Prabhakar, Shilpa	Naga Mahesh	Action
		Kadala Mage	Praveen Kumar	Diganth, Saritha Jain	S. P. Chandrakanth	Drama	Tulu film
		Gatti Taali Bitti Mela	Rajesh Kumar	Kashinath, Madhuri	Rajesh Ramanath	Romance / Comedy
	15th	Aishwarya	Indrajit Lankesh	Upendra, Deepika Padukone, Daisy Bopanna	Rajesh Ramanath	Romance	[8]
	21st	Jothe Jotheyali	Dinakar Thoogudeep	Prem Kumar, Ramya, Komal Kumar	V. Harikrishna	Romance
	22nd	Autograph Please	Bharathi Shankar	Aakash Shetty, Sanjjana, Sangeetha Shetty, Dileep Raj, Naveen Krishna	Arjun Janya	Romance
	28th	Sirivantha	S. Narayan	Vishnuvardhan, Shruti, Doddanna	S. A. Rajkumar	Drama	Remake of Telugu film Aa Naluguru [9]
O C T	6th	Ravi Shastri	M. S. Rajashekar M. R. Raghavendra	V. Ravichandran, Sneha, Ananth Nag	Rajesh Ramanath	Comedy Drama	Remake of Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu
	20th	Thangigagi	P. N. Sathya	Darshan, Poonam Bajwa, Shwetha Chengappa, Hemanth G Nag Rangayana Raghu	Sadhu Kokila	Drama	Remake of Tamil film Thirupaachi
		Avanandre Avne	A. Venugopal	Naveen Mayur, Kangana	Sangeet Sagar	Romance
		Rambha	B. Ramamurthy	Chandrakanth, Nayana Krishna	Guru Prasad	Adult romance
	27th	Saavira Mettilu	Puttanna Kanagal K. S. L. Swamy	Kalyan Kumar, Jayanthi, Pandari Bai, Vajramuni, B. V. Radha, Ambareesh, Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru	Vijaya Bhaskar Pravin Godkhindi	Drama	Delayed project [10]
N O V	10th	Hubli	Om Prakash Rao	Sudeep, Rakshita, Anantha Velu, Tarakesh Patel	A. R. Hemanth	Action
		Pandavaru	K. V. Raju	Ambareesh, Devaraj, Shashikumar, Ramkumar, Aishwarya, Gurleen Chopra, Tara	Hamsalekha	Drama	Remake of Malayalam film Godfather
	24th	Tananam Tananam	Kavita Lankesh	Ramya, Rakshita, Shaam, Girish Karnad, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan	K. Kalyan	Romance	[11]
		Kannadada Kanda	B. N. Vijayakumar	Vinod Raj, Daksha, Kishore, Leelavathi	H. Gurunath	Action
		Student	M. D. Sridhar	Mayoor Patel, Pooja Kanwal, Shraddha Arya, Komal Kumar, Avinash	R. P. Patnaik	Romance
		Care of Footpath	Master Kishan	Master Kishan, Jackie Shroff, Tara, B. Jayashree	Ravi Dattatreya	Drama
D E C	1st	Madana	Jai Jagadish	Auditya, Samiksha, Saaniya, Ramesh Bhat	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance / Thriller	Remake of Tamil film Manmadhan
	8th	Tenali Rama	Nagendra Magadi	Jaggesh, Ramesh Aravind, Deepu, Rangayana Raghu, Srinath	R. P. Patnaik	Comedy
	15th	Nage Habba	Adarsha	Adarsha, Sunaina, Sadhu Kokila	Adarsha	Comedy
	22nd	Kallarali Hoovagi	T. S. Nagabharana	Vijay Raghavendra, Uma, Ananth Nag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Sumalatha	Hamsalekha	Drama
		Neelakanta	Om Sai Prakash	V. Ravichandran, Namitha, Sridevika, Sadhu Kokila, Vijay Kashi, Sujatha	V. Ravichandran	Romance
	29th	Mungaru Male	Yogaraj Bhat	Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, Ananth Nag, Diganth	Mano Murthy	Romance
		A Aa E Ee	N. R. Nanjunde Gowda	Ramesh Aravind, Prema	V. Manohar	Drama
		Geeya Geeya	Krishna Reddy	Naveen Krishna, Swarnamalya	Bhavatharini	Romance
		Koti Chennaya	Anand P. Raju	Balakrishna, Shekar Kotyan	V. Manohar	Drama	Tulu film

References

1. "Top 2006 Kannada Movies List". chiloka.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
2. O Priyatama Kannada Movie Review
3. Veeru movie review
4. A sad, gentle tale
5. 7'O Clock Movie Review
6. Gopi review
7. Thandege Thakka Maga review
8. Deepika's Aishwarya is a must watch
9. Sirivantha:Excellent!
10. 'Savira Mettilu' this week
11. Thananam Thananam Movie Review

External links

• Kannada Movies of 2006 at the Internet Movie Database