Top-grossing films +RankTitleCollectionRef.1.Kittur Chennamma₹40 lakh (₹38.8 crore in 2025)2.Vijayanagarada Veeraputra₹25 lakh (₹24 crore in 2025)
List The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 1961, presented in alphabetical order. denotes National Awarded Movie denotes Karnataka State Film Awarded Movie
TitleDirectorCastMusic directorProducerBanner Bhakta Chetha M. B. Ganesh Rajkumar, Prathima Devi, Balakrishna Srinivasa Iyengar D. Shankar Singh Venkateshwara Productions Kaiwara Mahathme T. V. Singh Thakur Rajkumar, Leelavathi, G. V. Iyer, Balakrishna, Narasimharaju G. K. Venkatesh Kaivara Films Limited Kaivara Films Kantheredu Nodu T. V. Singh Thakur Rajkumar, Leelavathi, Balakrishna G. K. Venkatesh A. K. Velan Arunachalam Studios Kittur Chennamma B. R. Panthulu Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Leelavathi T. G. Lingappa B. R. Panthulu Padmini Pictures Nagarjuna Y. V. Rao Rajkumar, G. Varalakshmi, Harini, V. Nagayya, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju Rajan–Nagendra K. N. Mallikarjuna Nandi Pictures Raja Satyavrata D. Shankar Singh Udaya Kumar, Balakrishna, Dikki Madhava Rao M.Venkataraju N. B. Vatsalan Shri Shaila Mahathme Aaruru Pattabhi Rajkumar, Dikki Madhava Rao, Sandhya T. A. Kalyanam N. Talikerappa Sri Shaila Pictures Vijayanagarada Veeraputhra R. Nagendra Rao R. Nagendra Rao, R. N. Sudarshan, B. Saroja Devi, Kalyan Kumar, Udaya Kumar, Sandhya, Balakrishna, Narasimharaju Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy R. Nagendra Rao RNR Pictures
See also Kannada films of 1960 Kannada films of 1962
References
External links Kannada Movies of 1961's at the Internet Movie Database http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/info/moviepages.htm http://www.kannadastore.com/