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== Top-grossing films ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Rank
!Title
!Collection
!Ref.
|-
|1.
|''[[Ranadheera]]''
|₹8 crore (₹114.44 crore in 2025)
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|-
|2.
|''[[Sangliyana]]''
|₹5 crore (₹71.52 crore in 2025)
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|-
|3.
|''[[Devatha Manushya]]''
|₹4 crore (₹57.22 crore in 2025)
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|-
|4.
|''[[Ranaranga]]''
|₹2 crore (₹28.61 crore in 2025)
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|-
|5.
|''[[Shiva Mecchida Kannappa]]''
|₹1 crore (₹14.35 crore in 2025)
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|}

== List ==
The following is a list of films produced in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film]] industry in [[India]] in [[1988 in film|1988]], presented in alphabetical order.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Director
! Cast
! Music
! Reference
|-
| ''[[Aasphota]]'' || [[T. S. Nagabharana]] || [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], Triveni, [[H. G. Dattatreya]] || [[C. Ashwath]] ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kannadastore.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=1988&categories_id=|title = Kannada Store}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Anjada Gandu]]'' || [[Renuka Sharma]] || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]], [[Srinivasa Murthy]], [[Devaraj]], [[Master Manjunath]], [[Umashri]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''[[Arjun (1988 film)|Arjun]]'' || [[A. T. Raghu]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Devaraj]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Avale Nanna Hendthi]]'' || K. Prabhakar<br />S. Umesh || [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]], [[Bhavya]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]], N. S. Rao || [[Hamsalekha]]||
|-
| ''[[Balondu Bhavageethe]]'' || [[Geethapriya]] || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]], [[Saritha]], [[Ramesh Bhat]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Bannada Vesha'' || [[Girish Kasaravalli]] || [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], [[Charuhasan]], Nalina Murthy || [[L. Vaidyanathan]] ||
|-
| ''Bharath'' || [[Joe Simon (film director)|Joe Simon]] || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], Abhinaya, [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| ''Bhoomi Thayane'' || Raj Kishor || Vinod Alva, [[Chi Guru Dutt]], [[Bhavya]], [[Jaggesh]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara]]'' || Rajachandra || [[Ambareesh]], [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Ananth Nag]], [[Kiran Juneja]], [[Thulasi (actress)|Thulasi]], [[Mahalakshmi (kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]] || [[Vijay Anand (composer)|Vijay Anand]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chiranjeevi Sudhakar]]'' || [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]] || [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]], [[Monisha Unni]], [[Shashikumar]], [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]], [[Balaraj]], [[Vanitha Vasu]] || [[Upendra Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Daada]]'' || [[P. Vasu]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], Sangeetha, Suparna, [[Devaraj]] || [[Vijay Anand (composer)|Vijay Anand]] ||
|-
| ''[[December 31 (film)|December 31]]'' || [[Manobala]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[Jai Jagadish]], Pavithra || [[Satyam (music director)|Satyam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Devatha Manushya]]'' || [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]] || [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Sudharani]]. [[K. S. Ashwath]] || [[Upendra Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''Dharma Patni'' || [[M. S. Rajashekar]] || [[Vinod Alva]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Dharmathma'' || A. Jagannathan || [[Shankar Nag]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Elu Suttina Kote]]'' || [[B. C. Gowrishankar]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Gautami]], [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Devaraj]] || [[L. Vaidyanathan]] ||
|-
| ''Ganda Mane Makkalu'' || T P Gajendra || [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]], [[Vanisri]], [[Dwarakish]], [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sudharani]] || [[Vijay Anand (composer)|Vijay Anand]] ||
|-
| ''Gudugu Sidilu'' || Shankar Nayyar || [[Jai Jagadish]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], Anuradha, [[Vajramuni]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jana Nayaka]]'' || [[H. R. Bhargava]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Bhavya]], [[Devaraj]], [[Doddanna]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Kadina Benki]]'' || [[Suresh Heblikar]] || [[Suresh Heblikar]], [[Vanitha Vasu]], Mamta Rao, [[Girish Karnad]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''Kampana'' || Vemagal Jagannath Rao || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], Pavithra, [[Sharath Babu]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] || [[L. Vaidyanathan]] ||
|-
| ''Kankana Bhagya'' || Perala || [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], [[Jeevitha (actress)|Jeevitha]], Shivakumar, Anand || Krishna - Chakra ||
|-
| ''Kote'' || [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]] || [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Sundar Raj]], [[Maanu (actor)|Maanu]], [[Pramila Joshai]] || [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]] ||
|-
| ''[[Krishna Rukmini]]'' || [[H. R. Bhargava]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ramya Krishna]], [[Devaraj]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]], [[Umashree]] || [[K. V. Mahadevan]] ||
|-
| ''Kirathaka'' || [[V. Somashekhar]] || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[Vajramuni]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Mahadasohi Sharana Basava'' || Shankaralinga Sugnalli || [[Srinivasa Murthy]], Thriveni, [[K. S. Ashwath]], Seetharam, [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]] || K. P. Sukhadev ||
|-
| ''Matrudevobhava'' || N. S. Dhananjaya || [[Jai Jagadish]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], [[Srinivasa Murthy]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Mahalakshmi (kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Matru Vatsalya'' || H. N. Shankar || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| ''Meenakshi Mane Meshtru'' || T. N. Narasimhan || [[Devaraj]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], Raghunandan, Kalpana Reddy || [[S. P. Venkatesh]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mithileya Seetheyaru]]'' || [[K. S. L. Swamy|Lalitha Ravee]] || [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], Akhila Thandur, [[B. V. Radha]], Kalpana Iyer, [[Shankar Nag]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''Mutthaide'' || Renuka Sharma || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Bhavya]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[M. Ranga Rao]] ||
|-
| ''[[Nammoora Raja]]'' || [[H. R. Bhargava]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Ilavarasi|Manjula Sharma]], [[Jai Jagadish]]|| [[Rajan–Nagendra]]||
|-
| ''Nanna Avesha'' || Jaganmohan Rao || [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Sundar Krishna Urs]], [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] || [[Satyam (music director)|Satyam]] ||
|-
| ''Nava Bharatha'' || [[K. V. Raju]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Mahalakshmi (kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]], [[Devaraj]], [[Doddanna]] || [[K. Chakravarthy]] ||
|-
| ''Nee Nanna Daiva'' || Sundaranath Suvarna || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Mahalakshmi (kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], Sangeetha, [[Vajramuni]], [[Devaraj]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| ''New Delhi'' || Joshi || [[Ambareesh]], [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Thyagarajan]], [[C. R. Simha]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Olavina Aasare]]'' || K. V. Jayaram|| [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Rupini]], [[Sudha Chandran]] || [[M. Ranga Rao]] ||
|-
| ''Oorigitta Kolli'' || Kallesh || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Sudha Chandran]], Vijayaraj, [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] || [[M. Ranga Rao]] ||
|-
| ''Praja Prabhuthva'' || [[D. Rajendra Babu]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Mahalakshmi (kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]], [[Umashree]], [[Vajramuni]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| ''Prema Tapaswi'' || H. Ramesh || Pramod Chakravarthy, Mohan, Abhinaya || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ramanna Shamanna]]'' || [[B. Subba Rao]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Devaraj]], [[Umashree]] || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ranadheera]]'' || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]], [[Ananth Nag]], [[Jayachitra]], [[Lokesh]], [[Jaggesh]], [[Jai Jagadish]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ranaranga]]'' || [[V. Somashekhar]] || [[Shivarajkumar]], [[Sudharani]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Master Manjunath]], [[Dheerendra Gopal]], [[C. R. Simha]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Sahasa Veera'' || [[Om Sai Prakash]] || [[Vinod Alva]], [[Gautami]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], Aparna || [[Satyam (music director)|Satyam]] ||
|-
| ''Sambhavami Yuge Yuge'' || [[Siddalingaiah]] || [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]], [[Sudharani]], [[Padma Kumta]], [[Dheerendra Gopal]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Samyuktha]]'' || K. N. Chandrashekar Sharma || [[Shivarajkumar]], Veena, [[Balaraj]], [[Chi Guru Dutt]], [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] || [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sangliyana]]'' || P. Nanjundappa || [[Shankar Nag]], [[Ambareesh]], [[Bhavya]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Devaraj]], [[Vajramuni]], [[Master Manjunath]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| ''Shakthi'' || [[Tiger Prabhakar]] || [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Shankar Nag]], [[Sharath Babu]], [[Ramya Krishna]], [[Vanitha Vasu]] || [[K. Chakravarthy]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shanthi Nivasa]]'' || [[H. R. Bhargava]] || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Bharathi (actress)|Bharathi]], [[Vijay Kashi]], [[Ramesh Bhat]] || [[M. Ranga Rao]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shiva Mecchida Kannappa]]'' || [[Vijay (director)|Vijay]] || [[Shivarajkumar]], [[Puneeth Rajkumar|Master Puneeth]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], Saraladevi || [[T. G. Lingappa]] ||
|-
| ''Sri Venkateshwara Mahime'' || Anil Baindur || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Saritha]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[Somayajulu]] || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Suprabhatha]]'' || [[Dinesh Babu]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Srividya]], [[Maanu (actor)|Maanu]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Tabarana Kathe]]'' || [[Girish Kasaravalli]] || [[Charuhasan]], Nalina Murthy, Madhava Rao, Ha Sa Kru || [[L. Vaidyanathan]] ||
|-
| ''Thayi Karulu'' || N. S. Dhananjaya || [[Srinivasa Murthy]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Vinod Alva]], [[Jai Jagadish]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Vanitha Vasu]] || [[Satyam (music director)|Satyam]] ||
|-
| ''Thayigobba Karna'' || Raj Kishor || [[Ambareesh]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Jai Jagadish]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''Thayiya Aase'' || Raj Kishor || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Pramila Joshai]], [[Bhavya]], [[Vinod Alva]] || [[Vijaya Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''Vijaya Khadga'' || [[V. Somashekar]] || [[Ambareesh]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[M. P. Shankar]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|}

==See also==
*[[Kannada films of 1987]]
*[[Kannada films of 1989]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cinema of Karnataka}}
{{1988 films}}
{{Indian film list|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kannada Films Of 1988}}
[[Category:Lists of Kannada films by year|1988]]
[[Category:Lists of 1988 films by language|Kannada]]
[[Category:1988 in Indian cinema|Films, Kannada]]

List of Kannada films of 1988 - Revision history

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