List of Kannada films of 2002

The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2002, presented in alphabetical order.

Top Grossing films

• Appu
• Ninagagi
• Thavarige Baa Thangi
• Friends
• Dakota Express
• Majestic
• Simhadriya Simha
• Dhumm
• Olu Sir Bari Olu
• Thuntata

Critically Acclaimed films

• Dweepa
• Ekangi
• Parva
• Marma

List of Released films

Title	Director	Cast	Music	Notes
123	K. Subhash	Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Jyothika, Nagendra Prasad	Deva	Kannada - Tamil bilingual
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	April 26 release
Atithi	P. Sheshadri	Prakash Raj, H. G. Dattatreya, Lakshmi Chandrashekar	V. Manohar	August 9 release
Bala Navika	Shivaji Rao Watker	Ramesh Bhat, Sneha, Bank Janardhan	Peter Selvaraj
Balagalittu Olage Baa	Dinesh Babu	S. Narayan, Chaya Singh, Ramesh Bhat, Mukhyamantri Chandru, B. Jayashree	Hamsalekha	Nov 15 release
Balarama	S. Mahendar	Rockline Venkatesh, Prema, Tara, Avinash, Doddanna	Hamsalekha	Remake of Telugu film Yerra Mandaram Aug 2 release
Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene	S. Narayan	S. Narayan, Shashikumar, Divya Unni, Rekha, 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	May 10 release
Chelvi	Dinesh Gandhi	B. C. Patil, Prema, Bhavana, Damini, Sunil Ghode	Hamsalekha	Oct 4 release
Cheluve Ondu Heltheeni	Saigopal	Sourav, Chaitra, Karibasavaiah	Hamsalekha
Commissioner Narasimha	G K Mudduraj	Charan Raj, Shwetha, Sridhar	Shivamaya	Dec 13 release
Daddy No.1	Akash Babu	Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Vijayalakshmi, Tara	V. Manohar
Dakota Express	M.S.Rajshekar	Om Prakash Rao, Amrutha, Rockline Venkatesh, Doddanna, Lokanath	Hamsalekha	Remake of Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika April 11 release
Devaru Varavanu Kotre	M. D. Sridhar	Vasu, Amrutha, Master Anand, Sharan	K. Kalyan
Dharma Devathe	Nagendra Magadi	Devaraj, Shilpa, Jayanthi, Bank Janardhan	Upendra Kumar	Jan 11 release
Dheera	Om Sai Prakash	Rockline Venkatesh, Sanghavi, Jayanthi, Mohan Shankar	Rajesh Ramanath
Dhruva	M. S. Ramesh	Darshan, Sherin, Om Puri, Sadhu Kokila	Gurukiran	Sep 13 release
Dhumm	M. S. Ramesh	Sudeep, Rakshita, Nasser, Srinath, Rangayana Raghu	Gurukiran	Sep 27 release
Dil	P N Satya	Vinod Prabhakar, Sridevi, Avinash	M. N. Krupakar
Dweepa	Girish Kasaravalli	Soundarya, Avinash, Vasudeva Rao, Harish Raj	Issac Thomas Kattukapally	Dec 27 release
Ekangi	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Ramya Krishna, Prakash Raj, Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar	V. Ravichandran	March 28 release
Friends	M. D. Sridhar	Sharan, Vasu, Master Anand, Ruthika	K. Kalyan
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	March 29 release
Hatthoora Odeya	B. C. Patil	B. C. Patil, Sanghavi, Damini, Karibasavaiah	K. Kalyan	August 30 release
Hollywood	Dinesh Baboo	Upendra, Felicity Mason, Ananth Nag	Gurukiran	Dec 6 release
Jamindaru	S. Narayan	Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Raasi, Anu Prabhakar, Doddanna	M. M. Keeravani	April 3 release
Joot	S. Govind	Saurav, Monika, Dhruv Sharma, Vanitha Vasu, B. V. Radha	Hamsalekha	Sep 13 release
Kambalahalli	Senthil Nathan	Devaraj, Prema, Radhika Chaudhari, Yogeshwar, Balaraj	Hamsalekha	Nov 1 release
Karmugilu	Venkatesh Prasad	Avinash, Tara, Ushakiran
Kitty	G. K. Mudduraj	Darshan, Navya, Bhavya, Avinash	Sadhu Kokila	Nov 29 release
Kodanda Rama	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Shivarajkumar, Sakshi Shivanand, Asha Saini, Mohan Shankar	V. Ravichandran	Remake of Malayalam film Thenkasipattanam May 17 release
Kogile O Kogile	Vijay Venkatesh	Balaraj, Ramya, Srividya, Bank Janardhan	M N Krupakar
Kullara Loka	Sharan Davangere	Vinod Alva, Niharika, Vasudev Shanbag
Law and Order	Shivamani	Sai Kumar, Sharath Babu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prathima Devi, Sadhu Kokila	Rajesh Ramanath	Jan 11 release
Love You	Shivamani	Shivamani, Chandini, Damini, Rami Reddy, Nirmal Pandey	Gurukiran	Nov 29 release
Majestic	P. N. Satya	Darshan, Rekha, Jai Jagadish, Vanita Vasu	Sadhu Kokila	Feb 8 release
Make Up	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Jaggesh, Laila Patel, Shakti Kapoor, Komal Kumar, Mimicry Dayanand	John	Nov 8 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 June 21 release
Manase O Manase	M.S.Rajshekar	Ramkumar, Shruti, Ananth Nag	V. Manohar
Marma	Sunil Kumar Desai	Anand, Prema, Arun Sagar	Guna Singh	Nov 15 release
Mutthu	H. Vasu	Ramesh Aravind, Ambarish, Prema, Shruti, Kumar Govind	Rajesh Ramanath	Remake of Tamil film Kunguma Pottu Gounder Feb 21 release
Naanu Naane	D. Rajendra Babu	Upendra, Sakshi Shivanand, Ananth Nag, Pavitra Lokesh, Sadhu Kokila	Deva	Remake of Hindi film Raja Hindustani Oct 11 release
Nagarahavu	Murali Mohan	Upendra, Jyothika, Rockline Venkatesh, Sadhu Kokila	Hamsalekha	Remake of Hindi film Baazigar August 22 release
Nammoora Yejamana	K. Venkatsamy	Charan Raj, Mohan Shankar, Shobharaj	Muthuraj
Nandhi	D. Rajendra Babu	Sudeep, Sindhu Menon, Radhika Chaudhari, Ambika, Ashish Vidyarthi	Gurukiran	Dec 27 release
Nata	Sudharshan	Tarakesh Patel, Rashmi, K. S. Ashwath	Gurukiran
Neela Megha Shyama	Raj Kishore	Ravishankar, Radhika, Srujan Lokesh	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	Sep 27 release
Ninne Preethisuve	Om Prakash Rao	Shivarajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Raasi, Sharan, Lokesh	Rajesh Ramanath	Remake of Tamil film Nee Varuvai Ena August 9 release
Olu Sir Bari Olu	Nagendra Magadi	Ramesh Aravind, Mohan Shankar, Anu Prabhakar, Ruchita Prasad, Balaraj	Rajdev	Nov 29 release
One Two Three	Subaash	Prabhu Deva, Jyothika, Nagendra Prasad, Raju Sundaram	Deva	A Tamil - Telugu - Kannada trilingual film
Parva	Sunil Kumar Desai	Vishnuvardhan, Roja, Prema, Radharavi, Rekha	Hamsalekha	Jan 18 release
Police Officers	Anand P Raju	Thriller Manju, Charan Raj, Madan Mallu, Shailaja Somashekar	Shivamaya	May 3 release
Preethi Mado Hudugarigella	B. C. Ranga	V. Ravichandran, Naveen Mayur, Rajani, Sripriya	Hamsalekha	Feb 8 release
Prema	Suresh Raj	Prema, Vijaykumar, Lakshmi	K. Kalyan	Oct 25 release
Prema Khaidi	Naganna	Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Doddanna, Sadhu Kokila	Prashanth Raj	August 2 release
Punjabi House	V. R. Bhaskar	Ramkumar, Vinod Alva, Damini, Shwetha	Rajan Ananth
Putti	B. R. Keshav	Abhijeeth, Karibasavaiah, Vasudeva Rao, Deepa	Nagesh
Roja	H. Vasu	Alankar, Urmila Shrivastav, Abhijeeth	Hamsalekha	Nov 15 release
Romeo Juliet	Guna Kumar	Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika, Ritu Singh, Doddanna	Hamsalekha	Oct 11 release
Saadhu	Thriller Manju	Thriller Manju, Sridevi, Rami Reddy	V. Manohar	Sep 20 release
Sainika	Mahesh Sukhadhare	Yogeshwar, Sakshi Shivanand, Radhika Verma, Doddanna, Ashish Vidyarthi	Deva	June 14 release
Simhadriya Simha	S. Narayan	Vishnuvardhan, Bhanupriya, Meena, Ruchita Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat, Abhijeeth, Umashree	Deva	Remake of Tamil film Nattamai June 7 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	June 21 release
Surya IPS	B. C. Patil	B. C. Patil, Usha Kiran, Keerthi Raj	Sadhu Kokila	March 1 release
Tapori	B. Suresh	Alankar, Anitha, Prema	Hamsalekha
Thavarige Baa Thangi	Om Sai Prakash	Shivarajkumar, Radhika, Anu Prabhakar, Komal Kumar	Hamsalekha	Nov 1 release
Thuntata	Indrajit Lankesh	Aniruddh, Chaya Singh, Rekha Vedavyas, Umashree, Komal Kumar, Sudeep	Gurukiran	May 24 release
Vamshakobba	Balaji Singh Babu	Jaggesh, Sujitha, Manichandana, Mukhyamantri Chandru	Sadhu Kokila	March 1 release

References

• 2002 Year Round Up

External links

• Kannada Movies of 2002 at the Internet Movie Database