The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2002, presented in alphabetical order.
Highest grossing films +RankTitleCollectionRef.1.Appu₹38 crore (₹161.33 crore in 2025)2.Thavarige Baa Thangi₹27 crore (₹114.62 crore in 2025)3.Simhadriya Simha₹19 crore (₹80.66 crore in 2025)4.H2O₹10 crore (₹42.45 crore in 2025)5.Hollywood₹6 crore (₹25.47 crore in 2025)
List of released films
Title Director Cast Music Notes Artha B. Suresha Rangayana Raghu, Kiran Barkur, Megha Nadiger, Arundhathi Jathkar Hamsalekha Aathma Sushil Mokashi Charan Raj, Kumar Govind, Sharan, Jhansi Subbayya, Varna Prashanth Raj Annayya Thammayya S. Umesh Charan Raj, Shruti, Anu Prabhakar Prashanth Raj Appu Puri Jagannadh Puneeth Rajkumar, Rakshita, Avinash, Ashok Gurukiran 26 April release Atithi P. Sheshadri Prakash Raj, H. G. Dattatreya, Lakshmi Chandrashekar V. Manohar 9 August release Bala Navika Shivaji Rao Watker Ramesh Bhat, Sneha, Bank Janardhan Peter Selvaraj Balagalittu Olage Baa Dinesh Babu S. Narayan, Chaya Singh, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat, B. Jayashree Hamsalekha 15 November release Balarama S. Mahendar Rockline Venkatesh, Prema, Avinash, Doddanna, Tara Hamsalekha Remake of Telugu film Yerra Mandaram 2 August release Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene S. Narayan S. Narayan, Shashikumar, Divya Unni, Rekha Das, Mukhyamantri Chandru Prashanth Raj Remake of Tamil film Veetla Visheshanga Boothayyana Makkalu G. K. Mudduraj Sourav, Chaitra, Ananth Nag, Lokesh, Shruti, Darshan Rajesh Ramanath Chandu V. Arun Prasad Sudeep, Sonia Agarwal, Srinath, Avinash, Chitra Shenoy, Lohithaswa Gurukiran 10 May release Chelvi Dinesh Gandhi B. C. Patil, Prema, Bhavana, Damini, Sunil Ghode Hamsalekha 4 October release Cheluve Ondu Heltheeni Saigopal Sourav, Chaitra, Karibasavaiah Hamsalekha Remake of Telugu film Swayamvaram Commissioner Narasimha G K Mudduraj Charan Raj, Shwetha, Sridhar Shivamaya 13 December release Daddy No.1 Akash Babu Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Vijayalakshmi, Tara V. Manohar Dakota Express M. S. Rajashekar Om Prakash Rao, Amrutha, Rockline Venkatesh, Doddanna, Lokanath Hamsalekha Remake of Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika 11 April release Devaru Varavanu Kotre M. D. Sridhar Vasu, Amrutha, Master Anand, Sharan K. Kalyan https://web.archive.org/web/20021223164759/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec22/filmr.asp Dharma Devathe Nagendra Magadi Devaraj, Shilpa, Jayanthi, Bank Janardhan Upendra Kumar 11 January release Dheera Om Sai Prakash Rockline Venkatesh, Sanghavi, Jayanthi, Mohan Shankar Rajesh Ramanath Dhruva M. S. Ramesh Darshan, Sherin, Om Puri, Sadhu Kokila Gurukiran 13 September release Dhumm M. S. Ramesh Sudeep, Rakshita, Nassar, Srinath, Rangayana Raghu Gurukiran 27 September release Dil P. N. Sathya Vinod Prabhakar, Sridevi, Avinash, Darshan M. N. Krupakar Dweepa Girish Kasaravalli Soundarya, Avinash, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Harish Raj Isaac Thomas Kottukapally 27 December release Ekangi V. Ravichandran V. Ravichandran, Ramya Krishna, Prakash Raj, Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar V. Ravichandran 28 March release Friends M. D. Sridhar Sharan, Vasu, Master Anand, Ruthika K. Kalyan Remake of Telugu film 6 Teens Galaate Maduve B. Ramamurthy Shashikumar, Deepthi, Tara, Sihi Kahi Chandru N. Govindan H2O Lokanath Rajaram Upendra, Prabhu Deva, Priyanka Trivedi, Babu Mohan, Bank Janardhan Sadhu Kokila 29 March release Hatthoora Odeya B. C. Patil B. C. Patil, Sanghavi, Damini, Karibasavaiah K. Kalyan 30 August release Hollywood Dinesh Babu Upendra, Felicity Mason, Ananth Nag Gurukiran 6 December release Jamindaru S. Narayan Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Raasi, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna M. M. Keeravani 3 April release Joot S. Govind Saurav, Monika, Dhruv Sharma, Vanitha Vasu, B. V. Radha Hamsalekha 13 September release Kambalahalli Senthil Nathan Devaraj, Prema, Radhika Chaudhari, C P Yogeshwar, Balaraj Hamsalekha 1 November release Karmugilu Venkatesh Prasad Avinash, Tara, Ushakiran Kitty G. K. Mudduraj Darshan, Navya Natarajan, Bhavya, Avinash Sadhu Kokila 29 November release Kodanda Rama V. Ravichandran V. Ravichandran, Shivarajkumar, Sakshi Shivanand, Asha Saini, Mohan Shankar V. Ravichandran Remake of Malayalam film Thenkasipattanam 17 May release Kogile O Kogile Vijay Venkatesh Balaraj, Ramya, Srividya, Bank Janardhan M N Krupakar Kullara Loka Sharan Davangere Vinod Alva, Niharika, Vasudev Shanbag Abhimanyu Law and Order Shivamani Sai Kumar, Sharath Babu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prathima Devi, Sadhu Kokila Rajesh Ramanath 11 January release Love Lavike Kumar Naveen Mayur, Chaithra (HP), Sara Shivakumar K. Kalyan Remake of Tamil film Parthen Rasithen Love You Shivamani Shivamani, Chandini, Damini, Rami Reddy, Nirmal Pandey Gurukiran 29 November release Majestic P. N. Sathya Darshan, Sparsha Rekha, Jai Jagadish, Vanitha Vasu Sadhu Kokila 8 February release Makeup Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Jaggesh, Laila Patel, Shakti Kapoor, Komal Kumar, Mimicry Dayanand John 8 November release Manasella Neene Mugur Sundar Nagendra Prasad, Gayathri Raguram, Prabhu Deva, Karibasavaiah, M. Sundaram, Raju Sundaram, Ananth Nag Ravi Raj Remake of Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve 21 June release Manase O Manase M. S. Rajashekar Ramkumar, Shruti, Ananth Nag V. Manohar Remake of Telugu film Manasu Mamatha Marma Sunil Kumar Desai Anand, Prema, Arun Sagar Guna Singh 15 November release Mutthu H. Vasu Ramesh Aravind, Ambareesh, Prema, Shruti, Kumar Govind Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Tamil film Kunguma Pottu Gounder 21 February release Naanu Naane D. Rajendra Babu Upendra, Sakshi Shivanand, Ananth Nag, Pavithra Lokesh, Sadhu Kokila Deva Remake of Hindi film Raja Hindustani 11 October release Nagarahavu Murali Mohan Upendra, Jyothika, Rockline Venkatesh, Sadhu Kokila Hamsalekha Remake of Hindi film Baazigar 22 August release Nammoora Yejamana K. Venkatsamy Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Shobhraj Muthuraj Nandhi D. Rajendra Babu Sudeep, Sindhu Menon, Radhika Chaudhari, Ambika, Ashish Vidyarthi Gurukiran 27 December release Nata Sudharshan Tarakesh Patel, Rashmi, K. S. Ashwath Gurukiran Remake of Tamil film Priyamudan Neela Megha Shyama Raj Kishore Srujan Lokesh, Radhika, Doddanna Prashanth Raj Ninagagi S. Mahendar Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Tara, Ramakrishna Gurukiran Remake of Telugu film Nuvve Kavali Ninagoskara Yogesh Hunsur Darshan, Ruchita Prasad, Naveen Mayur, Bhavna Pani Chaitanya 27 September release Ninne Preethisuve Om Prakash Rao Shivarajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Raasi, Sharan, Lokesh Rajesh Ramanath Remake of Tamil film Nee Varuvai Ena 9 August release Olu Saar Bari Olu Nagendra Magadi Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Anu Prabhakar, Ruchita Prasad, Balaraj Rajdev Remake of Marathi film Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi29 November release Parva Sunil Kumar Desai Vishnuvardhan, Roja, Prema, Radharavi, Naveen Mayur Hamsalekha 18 January release Police Officers Anand P. Raju Thriller Manju, Charan Raj, Madan Mallu, Shailaja Somashekar Shivamaya 3 May release Preethi Mado Hudugarigella B. C. Ranga V. Ravichandran, Naveen Mayur, Rajani, Sripriya Hamsalekha 8 February release Prema Suresh Raj Prema, Vijaykumar, Lakshmi K. Kalyan 25 October release Prema Qaidi Naganna Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Doddanna, Sadhu Kokila Prashanth Raj Remake of Telugu film Prema Khaidi2 August release Punjabi House V. R. Bhaskar Ramkumar, Vinod Alva, Damini, Shwetha Rajan Ananth Remake of Malayalam film Punjabi House Putti B. R. Keshav Abhijeeth, Karibasavaiah, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Deepa Nagesh Roja H. Vasu Alankar, Urmila Shrivastav, Abhijeeth Hamsalekha 15 November release Romeo Juliet Guna Kumar Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Ritu Singh, Doddanna Hamsalekha 11 October release Saadhu Thriller Manju Thriller Manju, Sridevi, Rami Reddy V. Manohar 20 September release Sainika Mahesh Sukhadhare C P Yogeshwar, Sakshi Shivanand, Radhika Verma, Doddanna, Ashish Vidyarthi Deva 14 June release Simhadriya Simha S. Narayan Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Meena, Ruchita Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat, Abhijeeth, Umashree Deva Remake of Tamil film Nattamai 7 June release Sri Krishna Sandhana Annayya Venkatadri, Tara, Doddanna V. Manohar Super Police H S Rajashekar Sai Kumar, Bhavana, Tennis Krishna Super Star Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Upendra, Keerthi Reddy, V. Manohar Hamsalekha 21 June release Surya IPS B. C. Patil B. C. Patil, Usha Kiran, Keerthi Raj Sadhu Kokila 1 March release Tapori B. Suresha Alankar, Anitha, Prema Hamsalekha Thavarige Baa Thangi Om Sai Prakash Shivarajkumar, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Anu Prabhakar, Komal Kumar Hamsalekha 1 November release Thuntata Indrajit Lankesh Aniruddha Jatkar, Chaya Singh, Rekha Vedavyas, Umashree, Komal Kumar, Sudeep Gurukiran 24 May release Vamshakobba Balaji Singh Babu Jaggesh, Sujitha, Mani Chandana, Mukhyamantri Chandru Sadhu Kokila Remake of Tamil film Mallu Vetti Minor1 March release
References
2002 Year Round Up
External links Kannada Movies of 2002 at the Internet Movie Database