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.
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 +RankTitleCollectionRef.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 OpeningTitle Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JAN 7th Mandya Om Prakash Rao Darshan, Rakshita, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Avinash Gurukiran Action 13th O Priyathama Shivaprabhu Ajay Rao, Sanchana, Geetha, Sharat Babu, Sudharani Valisha - Sandeep Romance O Priyatama Kannada Movie Review 19th Shree Prakash Vijay Raghavendra, Jennifer Kotwal, Rahul Roy, Ananth Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Avinash Valisha - Sandeep Action / Drama 27th Veeru S. Narayan Pankaj Narayan, Umashree, Prakash Heggodu S. Narayan Drama Mithayi Mane Aarathi Aditi, Surabhi J. Herur, Hanumantha Raju N. S. Prasad Drama A sad, gentle tale FEB 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 Krishne Gowda Sadhana, Damini, Sridevi 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 7'O Clock Movie Review 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 MAR 3rd Gopi G. K. Mudduraj Sri Murali, Gowri Munjal, Doddanna, Tennis Krishna Mani Sharma Drama / Romance Remake of Telugu film MurariGopi review Shishya Vasu Deepak, Chaitra, Rangayana Raghu V. Nagendra Prasad Action 10th Hettavara Kanasu Om Sai Prakash Mayur Patel, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Sundar Raj, Pramila Joshai Vandemataram Srinivas Drama 17th Ashoka Shivamani Shiva Rajkumar, Sunitha Varma, Vinaya Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy Sadhu Kokila Action Nidhi Radhakrishna Devaraj, Vinod Alva, Urvashi Patel, Sanghavi, Arjun 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 MaganThandege Thakka Maga review APR 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 K. Shivram, Poonam, Ashwini, Lamboo Nagesh, Bank Janardhan 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 MAY 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, Suchendra Prasad Hamsalekha Drama 19th Thavarina Siri Om Sai Prakash Shiva Rajkumar, Daisy Bopanna, Ashitha, Ashwini, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Doddanna Hamsalekha Drama JUN 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 Aniruddha Jatkar, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Naveen Krishna, Damini Rajesh Ramanath Romance 30th Thirupathi Shivamani Sudeepa, Pooja Kanwal, Charan Raj, P. N. Sathya Rajesh Ramanath Action
July – December Opening Title Director Cast Music Director Genre Notes JUL 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, Aniruddha Jatkar, Avinash Ramesh Krishna Drama Remake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana AUG 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, Adi Lokesh Hamsalekha Horror / Thriller 12th Nanna Kanasina Hoove S. M. Patil Vinayak Joshi, Harish Raj, Keerthana, Preethi N S Prasad Romance SEP 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 Deepika's Aishwarya is a must watch 21st Jothe Jotheyali Dinakar Thoogudeepa 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 NaluguruSirivantha:Excellent! OCT 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 Sangeeth 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 film'Savira Mettilu' this week NOV 10th Hubli Om Prakash Rao Sudeepa, 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 Thananam Thananam Movie Review Kannadada Kanda B. N. Vijayakumar Vinod Raj, Daksha, Kishore, Leelavathi H. Gurunath Action Student M. D. Sridhar Mayur Patel, Pooja Kanwal, Sarath Babu, Komal Kumar, Vinaya Prasad R. P. Patnaik Romance Care of Footpath Master Kishan Master Kishan, Jackie Shroff, Tara, B. Jayashree Ravi Dattatreya Drama DEC 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
External links Kannada Movies of 2006 at the Internet Movie Database