List of Kannada films of 2025

This is a list of Kannada films that were released in 2025.

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kannada films released in 2025, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

The rank of the films in the following depends on the worldwide gross.

*	Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide

Highest worldwide gross of 2025

Rank	Title	Production Company	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	Choo Mantar	Tarun Studios	₹6.21 crores	[1]
2	Forest	NMK Cinemas	₹1.34 crores	[2]
3	Royal	Jayanna Combines	₹1.07 crores	[3]
4	Sanju Weds Geetha 2	Pavitra International Movie Makers	₹0.88 crores	[4]

January–March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	3	After Breakup	Biju	Dhanush Nisarga Manjunath	Friday Magic Studios	[5]
		Guns and Roses	H. S. Srinivas Kumar	Arjun Vishwakarma Yashvika Nishkala Kishore Avinash	Dhrona Creations	[6]
		Swechha	Suresh Raju	Anvish Anand Shree Lakshmi Spandana Prasad Murahari Reddy	Star Masth Victory Arts	[7]
	10	Choo Mantar	Navaneeth	Sharan Meghana Gaonkar Aditi Prabhudeva Chikkanna Prabhu Mundkur	Tarun Studios	[8]
		Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javaabdaararu	Keshav Murthy	Dileep Raj Shilpa Manjunath Madhusudan Govind Apoorva Bharadwaj Prasanna Shetty	Native Craft Picture Shop
		Teddy Bear	Lokesh B.	Bhargav B. V. Shyamala Simha Sparsha Rekha Disha Poovaiah	Adhyalakshmi Productions	[9]
	17	Kanna Muchhe Kaade Goode	Nataraj Krishnegowda	Raghavendra Rajkumar Atharva Prakash Prarthana Suvarna Jyothish Shetty Aravind Bolar	Darling Productions	[10]
		Ravanapura	Kumar M. Bagvalli	Rathan Kalyan Raksha Nimbargi Vasanth Kalyan Rajeshwari Kollegala	Singnalluru Chowdeshwari Combines	[11]
		Sanju Weds Geetha 2	Nagashekar	Srinagar Kitty Rachita Ram Ragini Dwivedi Rangayana Raghu Sadhu Kokila Sampath Raj	Pavithra International Movie Makers Mahanadi Creations	[12]
	24	Forest	Chandra Mohan	Chikkanna Anish Tejeshwar Gurunandan Rangayana Raghu Sharanya Shetty Archana Kottige	NMK Cinemas	[13]
		Royal	Dinakar Thoogudeepa	Viraat Sanjana Anand Chaya Singh Raghu Mukherjee Pramod Shetty Rangayana Raghu Achyuth Kumar	Jayanna Combines	[14]
		Ride	N. Bhanu Teja	R. Venkatesh Gowda P. Thanvi Neeraj Kumar Ravi	Shri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Production	[15]
		Rudra Garuda Purana	K. S. Nandeesh	Rishi Priyanka Kumar Avinash Yelandur Prabhakar Giri	Ashwini Arts	[16]
	30	Alle Draw Alle Bahumana	Rathna Theertha	Shourya Vikas Rushika Raj Rishi Vijay Chendur	Janani Films	[17]
	31	#ParuParvathy	Rohit Keerthi	Deepika Das Fawaz Ashraf Poonam Sirnaik K. S. Shridhar	Eighteen Thirty Six Pictures	[18]
		Begur Colony	Flying King Manju	Rajeev Hanu Pallavi Parva Flying King Manju Posani Krishna Murali Bala Rajwadi	Srima Cinemas	[19]
		Gana	Hari Prasad Jakka	Prajwal Devaraj Vedhika Yasha Shivakumar Sampath Raj Ravi Kale	Cherry Creations	[20]
		Hyena	Venkat Bharadwaj	Harsh Arjun Venkat Bharadwaj Laxman Shivashankar Digant	Ms. Amrutha Film Center	[21]
		Ittige Goodinalli Raja Rani	Ranadheer Vijay	Ranadheer Vijay Rithanya Shetty Jai Prakash Reddy Yogesh	Sri Chamundeshwari movie makers	[22]
		Kaadu Male	Samartha Manjunath	Artha Harshan Sangeetha Rajaram Karthik Bhat Gilli Manju	Cosmos Movies	[23]
		Nodidavaru Enanthare	Kuldeep Cariappa	Naveen Shankar Apoorva Bharadwaj Padmavati Rao Spandana Prasad Shwetha Srinivas	Hippo and Kiddo Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd	[24]
		Ravutha	Siddu Vajrappa	Raj Prawin Bhavani Purohith Maresh Yadav Narsihma Murthy	Shree Vishwakarma Cinemas	[25]
F E B R U A R Y	7	Adhipatra	Chayan Shetty	Roopesh Shetty Jahnavi Mahadi Prakash Thuminad Raghu Pandeshwar	Belaku Films	[26]
		Anamadheya Ashok Kumar	Sagar Kumar	Kishore Kumar. G Harshil Koushik Sudheendran Nair Gagana	SKN Films	[27]
		Bhagiratha	Ram Janardhan	Jaya Prakash Nisarga Annappa Chandana Raghavendra Shivaraj K. R. Pete Ravi Kale	Sai Ramesh Productions	[28]
		Gajarama	Sunil Kumar VA	Raja Vardan Tapaswini Poonachha Ragini Dwivedi Kabir Duhan Singh Sharath Lohitashwa	Life Line Films	[29]
		Mandya	Sanjay Niranjan	Gavie Chahal Deepshika Nagpal Danish Muhammad Prakash Dhotre	Sanam Productions India	[30]
		Mr. Rani	Madhu Chandra	Deepak Subramanya Parvathy Nair Shrivatsa Shyam Lakshmi Karanth	Excel Orbit Creations	[31]
		Sharanara Shakti	Dileep V. Sharma	Ramesh Pandit Shruti Hegde Manjunath Gouda Patil Sachi Jain	Srisha Films	[32]
		Talwar	Mumtaz Murali	Dharma Keerthiraj Adithi Rao Jayram Karthik Sharath Lohitashwa Avinash. S	Touch Pictures	[33]
		Unlock Raghava	Deepak Madhuvanahalli	Milind Gautham Rachel David Avinash Bhoomi Shetty Ramesh Bhat	Mayura Motion Pictures	[34]
	14	Bhuvanam Gaganam	Gireesh Mulimani	Pruthvi Ambaar Pramod Shetty Rachel David Ponnu Ashwathi Achyuth Kumar	SVC Films	[35]
		Justice	Karthik Venkatesh	Sarkar Sahill Manya Riya Chethan Krishna Ali Baba Riya Bhaskar	Max Entertainment	[36]
		Nimitta Matra	Roshan D'Souza	Poornachandra Mysore Sangeetha Rajeev Aravind Kuplikar Lakshmi Karanth	Silver Opera Productions	[37]
		Raju James Bond	Deepak Madhuvanahalli	Gurunandan Mrudula Pattanshetti Achyuth Kumar Chikkanna Sadhu Kokila	Karma Bros Productions	[38]
		Sidlingu 2	Vijaya Prasad	Yogesh Sonu Gowda Suman Ranganathan B. Suresha	Niharika Movies	[39]
	21	Bhaava Theera Yaana	Mayur Ambekallu Thejas Kiran	Thejas Kiran Ramesh Bhat Vidya Murthy Arohi Naina Anoosha Krishna	Aroha Films	[40]
		Eddelu Manjunatha 2	Guruprasad	Guruprasad Rachitha Mahalakshmi Chaithra J. Achar Sharath Lohitashwa	Ram Movies	[41]
		Gagana Kusuma	Nagendra Kumar Jain	S. K. Prakash Sannakki Kavya Prakash Harini Nataraj Dinesh Gowda		[42]
		Nanagu Love Aagidhe	Vijay Rajashekar	Soma Vijay Thejaswini Reddy Naveen Rishi Ravi Raaj	Sri Kaali Amman Pictures	[43]
		Nimagondu Sihi Suddi	Raghu Bhat Sudhindra. N	Raghu Bhat Kavya Shetty Harini Shreekanth Vijay Raghavendra Sujay Shastry	Avyakta Cinemas	[44]
		Olavina Payana	Kishan Balnad	Sunil Kumar Kushi P. S. Priya Hegde Padmaja Rao Bala Rajwadi	Mulagund Creation	[45]

April–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A P R I L	10	Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups	Geethu Mohandas	Yash Kiara Advani Nayanthara Tara Sutaria Huma Qureshi	KVN Productions Monster Mind Creations	[46]

July–September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A U G U S T	15	45	Arjun Janya	Shiva Rajkumar Upendra Raj B. Shetty Jisshu Sengupta Kaustubha Mani	Suraj Productions	[47]

October–December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T O B E R	2	Kantara: Chapter 1	Rishab Shetty	Rishab Shetty Jisshu Sengupta	Hombale Films	[48]

Upcoming Releases

Title	Director	Cast	Production company	Ref.
Billa Ranga Baasha	Anup Bhandari	Kichcha Sudeepa	Primeshow Entertainment
Cult	Anil Kumar	Zaid Khan, Rachita Ram, Malaika Vasupal	Loki Cinemas
Daiji	Akash Srivatsa	Ramesh Aravind, Radhika Narayan	Vibha Kashyap Productions
Devil: The Hero	Prakash	Darshan, Rachana Rai, Mahesh Manjrekar, Jisshu Sengupta	Vaishno Studios Jai Mata Combines
Ekka	Rohit Padaki	Yuva Rajkumar, Sanjana Anand, Sampada, Atul Kulkarni, Rahul Dev Shetty, Shruthi Krishna	PRK Productions Jayanna Combines KRG Studios
Gramayana	Devanuru Chandru	Vinay Rajkumar, Megha Shetty, Amritha Aiyer, Aparna Vastarey	LMK Film Factory Venus Entertainers
Jingo	Shashank Soghal	Dhananjaya	Daali Pictures Trishul Visionary Studios
Just Married	C R Bobby	Shine Shetty, Ankitha Amar, Shruthi Hariharan, Devaraj, Shruthi, Anup Bhandari, Achyuth Kumar	ABBS Studios Productions
Karavali	Gurudatha Ganiga	Prajwal Devaraj	Gurudatha Ganiga Films VK Films
KD – The Devil	Prem	Dhruva Sarja, Reeshma Nanaiah, Sanjay Dutt, V Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind, Shilpa Shetty, Jisshu Sengupta, Nora Fatehi	KVN Productions
Manada Kadalu	Yogaraj Bhat	Sumukha, Rashika, Anjali, Achyuth Kumar	E. K. Entertainers	[49]
Mudhol	Karthik Rajan	Vikram Ravichandran	Tandav Studios
Rachayya	Jadesh Hampi	Duniya Vijay, Rachita Ram, Raj B. Shetty	Sarathi Films
Ramarasa	B. M. Giriraj	Karthik Mahesh	G Cinemas
Richard Anthony	Rakshit Shetty	Rakshit Shetty	Hombale Films
Theertharoopa Tandeyavarige	Ramenahalli Jagannatha	Nihar Mukesh	Jai Chamundeshwari Productions
Veera Chandrahasa	Ravi Basrur	Shiva Rajkumar, Shithil Shetty, Nagashree GS, Prasanna Shettigar Mandarti	Ravi Basrur Movies Omkar Movies
Vishnu Priya	V. K. Prakash	Shreyas Manju, Priya Varrier	K Manju Cinemas
Yours Sincerely Raam	Vikhyath A. R.	Ganesh, Ramesh Aravind	The Rayala Studios

See also

• List of Kannada films of 2024
• List of Kannada films

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External links

• Kannada Upcoming Releases