List of Kannada films of 2026

This is a list of Kannada language films produced in Karnataka in India that are scheduled to be released in the year 2026.

Box office collection

Rank	Title	Production company	Worldwide gross	Ref.

January–March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	1	Shivaleela	Ashok Jayram	Manjamma Jogathi Dachchu Divakar	Jayram Creations	[1]
		Theertharoopa Thandeyavarige	Ramenahalli Jagannatha	Nihar Mukesh Rachana Inder Sithara Rajesh Nataranga Ravindra Vijay	Jai Chamundeshwari Productions	[1]
		The Ice	Subbu Bharadwaj	Venkat Reddy Yogitha Kumbar Rekha Sushmitha	Vinayakaiah Entertainments	[1]
	2	Jaganmathe Akkamahadevi	Vishnukanth B. J.	Sulaksha Kaira Suchendra Prasad Tabla Nani Vaijanath Biradar Radhakrishna Pallaki	Bharat Cine Creations	[2]
	10	Maazar	Local Loki	Local Loki Srihan Deepak Ugramm Ravi Sambhramashree Raju Ranjan Ajay Sharma	Sangeetha Cine House	[3]
	14	Halka Don [α]	Chala	Pramod Panju Amrutha Iyengar Sai Kumar	Venus Enterrtainers	[4]
	15	Mango Pachcha	Viveka	Sanchith Sanjeev Kajal Kundar Mayur Patel	KRG Studios Supriyanvi Studios	[5]
		Surya	Sagar Das	Prashant Harshitha Pramod Shetty Shruti P. Ravi Shankar T. S. Nagabharana Kaddipudi Chandru Bhajarangi Prasanna Bala Rajwadi	Nandi Cinemas	[6]
	23	Landlord	Jadesh K Hampi	Duniya Vijay Rachita Ram Raj B. Shetty Achyuth Kumar Rakesh Adiga	Sarathi Films	[7]
		Cult	Anil Kumar TM	Zaid Khan Rachita Ram Malaika Vasupal Rangayana Raghu Achyuth Kumar Kishan Bilagali	KVN Productions Loki Cinemas	[8]
	30	Mudhol	Karthik Rajan	Vikram Ravichandran Sanjana Anand	Tandav Studios	[9]
F E B	6	Rakkasapuradhol	Ravi Saranga	Raj B. Shetty Swathishta Archana Kottige	KN Entertainments	[10]
M A R	19	Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups [β]	Geetu Mohandas	Yash Kiara Advani Nayanthara Tara Sutaria Huma Qureshi Rukmini Vasanth	KVN Productions Monster Mind Creations	[11]

April–June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio (production house)	Ref.
A P R	2	Janarinda Naanu Mele Bande	Navilugari Naveen PB	Gandharva Raj Navilugari Naveen PB Soundarya Krithika Diwakar Pranav Sathish Shanmukha Govindaraj	Navilugari Cinemas	[12]
	10	Love Mocktail 3	Krishna	Krishna Milana Nagaraj Samvrutha Abhilash Dileep Raj Shwetha Prasad	KrissMi Films	[13]
	30	KD: The Devil	Prem	Dhruva Sarja Reeshma Nanaiah Sanjay Dutt V. Ravichandran Ramesh Aravind Shilpa Shetty	KVN Productions	[14]

Upcoming releases

Title	Director	Cast	Production company	Ref.
666 Operation Dream Theatre	Hemanth M. Rao	Shiva Rajkumar, Dhananjaya	Vaishak J Films	[15]
BMW	Gandharva Raya Rahut	Praveen Tej, Priyanka Malnad, Ekta Rathod, Chikkanna	Neeltop Productions	[16]
Bhairavana Kone Paata	Hemanth M. Rao	Shiva Rajkumar	Vaishak J Films	[17]
Billa Ranga Baasha	Anup Bhandari	Kichcha Sudeep, Vinay Gowda	Primeshow Entertainment	[18]
Chowkidar	Chandrashekar Bandiyappa	Pruthvi Ambaar, Dhanya Ramkumar, Sai Kumar, Sudharani	Vidya Shekhar Entertainment	[19]
Criminal	Raj Guru	Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram, Tara	Goldmines Telefilms	[20]
Daiji	Akash Srivatsa	Ramesh Aravind, Radhika Narayan	Vibha Kashyap Productions	[21]
Father	Rajamohan.R	Krishna, Prakash Raj, Amrutha Iyengar, Nagabhushana	R. Chandru Cinemaas	[22]
Godhraa	K. S. Nandeesh	Sathish Ninasam, Sonu Gowda, Vasishta N. Simha, Achyuth Kumar	Jacob Films	[23]
Gramayana	Devanuru Chandru	Vinay Rajkumar, Megha Shetty, Amritha Aiyer	LMK Film Factory Venus Entertainers	[24]
Janarinda Naanu Mele Bande	Navilugari Naveen PB	Gandharva Raj	Navilugari Films	[25]
Jingo	Shashank Soghal	Dhananjaya	Daali Pictures Trishul Visionary Studios	[26]
Jockey 42	Gurutej Shetty	Kiran Raj, Hrithika Srinivas, Deepak Rai Panaje, Bala Rajwadi	Golden Gate Studios	[27]
Kantara 3	Rishab Shetty	Rishab Shetty	Hombale Films
Karavali	Gurudatha Ganiga	Prajwal Devaraj, Raj B. Shetty, Sampada Hulivana	Gurudatha Ganiga Films VK Films	[28]
Koragajja	Sudhir Attavar	Kabir Bedi, Bhavya, Shruti, Ganesh Acharya	Success Films Trivikram Cinemas	[29]
Lankasura	Pramod Kumar D S	Vinod Prabhakar, Parvathy Arun, Yogesh, Devaraj	Tiger Talkies	[30]
Life is Beautiful	Sabu Aloysius	Pruthvi Ambaar, Lasya Nagaraj, Priyanka Upendra, Mahantesh Hiremath	Friday Films banner Silver Train International.	[31]
Mafia	Lohith H	Prajwal Devaraj, Aditi Prabhudeva, Devaraj, Vasuki Vaibhav	Bangalore Kumar Films	[32]
Next Level	Aravind Kaushik	Upendra, Aradhanaa Ram	Tarun Studios	[33]
Pinaka	Dhananjay	Ganesh, Jagapati Babu, Sunil	People Media Factory	[34]
Raktha Kashmira	Rajendra Singh Babu	Upendra, Ramya, Parvati Melton	MDM Productions	[35]
Ramarasa	B. M. Giriraj	Karthik Mahesh, Hebah Patel	G Cinemas	[36]
Richard Anthony	Rakshit Shetty	Rakshit Shetty	Hombale Films	[37]
Ugraayudham	Punith Rudranag	Sri Murali	Suram Movies	[38]
Uttarakaanda	Rohit Padaki	Shiva Rajkumar, Diganth, Dhananjaya, Bhavana Menon, Aishwarya Rajesh	KRG Studios	[39]
Yours Sincerely Raam	Vikhyath A. R.	Ganesh, Ramesh Aravind	The Rayala Studios	[40]

See also

• List of Kannada films
• List of Kannada films of 2025

Notes

1. The film was produced in Kannada and Telugu
2. The film was produced in Kannada and English

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