‘K.G.F.: Chapter 1’ to ‘Avane Srinamnarayana’: Top 5 highest-grossing films in the history Sandalwood

The Kannada film industry is growing every day as people have been coming up with new concepts for films. And with globalization, Kannada films have got the highest exposure than ever before, increasing their popularity and revenue worldwide. Kannada films were always made on smaller budgets but things have changed over time and now, producers are making huge investments in good stories and getting huge revenues out of them. ‘KGF: Chapter 1’, ‘Kurushetra’, and other movies have become huge grossing films. Let’s take a look at top 5 highest-grossing movies in the Kannada film industry from ‘K.G.F.: Chapter 1’ to ‘Avane Srinamnarayana’.

‘K.G.F.: Chapter 1’ became the first highest-grossing movie in Kannada film industry by breaking all records at the box office. This movie was dubbed and released in multiple languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. It was also the first Kannada movie to join the 100 and 200 crores clubs in the Kannada film industry. According to sources, this movie earned a total of an estimated Rs 250 crore across the world. The film was directed by Prashanth Neel and produced under the banner of Hombale Films. Rocking Star Yash played the lead role in this movie and ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ is also expected to break all the records in Indian cinemas in terms of revenue.

‘Kurushetra’ was a historical war movie based on ‘Mahabharata’, and the movie portrays Duryodhana, the king of Kauravas in the major role. Challenging Star Darshan played the role of Duryodhana in this movie. Sources say that this movie earned Rs 90 crore across the world. This movie was directed by Naganna, and had a huge cast like Ambareesh, V. Ravichandran, Arjun Sarja, Sneha, Meghana Raj, Sonu Sood, Nikhil Kumar Haripriya, Shashikumar, and others. This movie was produced by Munirathna.

‘Raajakumara’ was a successful movie in Puneeth Rajkumar’s career, which was directed by Santhosh Ananddram. This movie was also produced under Hombale Films. The film is based on the fatherly sentiment, and Puneeth Rajkumar played his role really well because he loved his father Dr Rajkumar. According to sources, this movie earned Rs 75 crore across the world. V. Harikrishna was one of the huge attractions in the movie.

‘The Villain’ is a multi-starrer which featured Kiccha Sudeep and Shivarajkumar in lead roles. This movie was directed by Prem and produced by C. R. Manohar. According to sources, the movie earned Rs 57 crore across the world. Even though the movie had huge expectations, it didn't do too well at the box office. However, it did earn back the money the producer had invested. Amy Jackson, Mithun Chakraborty, Srikanth played the lead roles in this movie.

‘Avane Srimannarayana’ is a fantasy adventure comedy directed by debutant director Sachin Ravi. Rahshit Shetty and Shanvi Srivastava played the lead roles in this movie which was jointly produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah and H.K.Prakash. According to sources, the movie earned Rs 56 crore worldwide. This movie also created a record for shooting more than 200 days in Kannada film industry but didn’t keep up to the audience’s expectations.