Top 5 Most Expensive Kannada Movies of All Time

Last updated on January 29th, 2024 at 01:09 pm

The Kannada film industry is booming in the entire country. This industry is also known as Sandalwood. They also make very high-budget movies.

Thus today we are listing the top 5 most expensive or high budget Kannada movies of all time.

1. K.G.F 2 (2022) – Budget ₹100 Crore

Prashanth Neel wrote and directed KGF, a Bollywood action thriller released in 2022. Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Achyuth Kumar, Ramya Krishnan, and other actors star in the film.

Originally, KGF was released in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi. The film is being made on a massive budget of approximately 100 crores.

The film follows the history of gold mine in Karnataka’s Kolar district and the mafia that runs it.

Also Read: 10 Best Kannada Movies Of All Time That You Can’t Miss

2. Kurukshetra (2019) – Budget ₹75 Crore

The film Kurukshetra is based on the Mahabharata and is directed by Naganna and produced by Munirathna, with music by V Harikrishna.

Darshan will play Duryodhana in this film, while Nikhil Gowda will play Abhimanyu. The remainder of the cast, including Ambareesh, Ravichandran, Arjun Sarja, Sneha, and Saikumar, is yet to be finalized. Darshan’s film Kurukshetra is his 50th.

Also Read: Top 10 directors in Kannada film industry

3. Kotigobba 3 (2021) – Budget ₹70 Crore

The film Kotigobba 3 is an action thriller film directed by Shiva Karthik and produced by Soorappa Babu, with music by Arjun Janya.

Kiccha Sudeep, Madonna Sebastian, and Shraddha Das star in the film, which also features Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani in a supporting role.

4. James (2022) – Budget ₹65 Crore

James is an action comedy film directed by Bahaddur Chethan. In the film, Srikanth, Anu Prabhakar, R. Sarathkumar, Tilak Shekar, Mukesh Rishi, Aditya Menon, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Chikkanna, Shine Shetty, and many others play supporting roles.

Charan Raj wrote the soundtrack, Swamy J did the cinematography, and Deepu S Kumar edited the film. Kishore Pathikondu produces the film under the Kishore Productions label.

Also Read: Top 10 Highest Grossing Kannada Films Till Date

5. Roberrt (2021) – Budget ₹55 Crore

Roberrt is a dubbed version of the Kannada film of the same name, and it is a Tharun Kishore Sudhir-directed action entertainer.

Darshan, Vinnod Prabhakar, Asha Bhat, Aishwarya Prasad, and Sonal Monteiro star in the film, which also has Jagapathi Babu, Chikkanna, Tejaswini Prakash, Jason DSouza, Ravi Kishan, and other supporting actors.

Also Read: Top 10 Web Series In The World (Highest Rated)

Arjun Janya composed the music, while V Harikrishna composed the background music, while Sudhakar S Raj shot the film and K M Prakash edited it. Umapathy Srinivas Gowda produces the film under the Umapathy Films banner.

We hope you have liked our listicle Top 5 Most Expensive Sandalwood Kannada Movies 2022. Have you watched these movies? Tell us in the comments section!