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== Top-grossing films ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Rank
!Title
!Collection
!Ref.
|-
|1.
|''[[Amruthavarshini (film)|Amruthavarshini]]''
|₹12 crore (₹65.17 crore in 2025)
|
|-
|2.
|''[[America! America!!]]''
|₹10 crore (₹54.32 crore in 2025)
|
|-
|3.
|''[[Agni IPS]]''
|₹8 crore (₹43.44 crore in 2025)
|
|-
|4.
|''[[O Mallige]]''
|₹7 crore (₹38.01 crore in 2025)
|
|-
|5.
|''[[Simhada Mari]]''
|₹5 crore (₹27.15 crore in 2025)
|
|}

==Released films==
The following is a list of films produced in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film]] industry in [[India]] in [[1997 in film|1997]], presented in alphabetical order.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://chiloka.com/kannada/movies/1997 | title=Top 1997 Kannada Movies List }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Director
! Cast
! Music
|-
| ''[[Agni IPS]]'' || Anand P. Raju || [[P. Sai Kumar|Sai Kumar]], [[Ranjitha]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Umashree]] || Rama Chakravarthy
|-
| ''Akka'' || Raj Kishore || [[Arun Pandian]], [[Malashri]], Pramod Chakravarthy, Keerthi Raj || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Aliya Alla Magala Ganda]]'' || Y. Yesudas || [[Jaggesh]], [[Udaya Bhanu (actress)|Udaya Bhanu]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Sundar Raj]] || [[Rajesh Ramanath]]
|-
| ''[[Ammavra Ganda]]'' || [[Phani Ramachandra]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Bhagyashree Patwardhan]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], [[Suman Nagarkar]], [[Balaraj]] || Raaj
|-
| ''[[America! America!!]]'' || [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekar]] || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Akshay Anand]], [[Hema Panchamukhi]] || [[Mano Murthy]]
|-
| ''Anna Andre Nammanna'' || J. Balaram || [[Jaggesh]], Kusuma, Usha, [[Rockline Venkatesh]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Amruthavarshini]]'' || [[Dinesh Baboo]] || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], [[Sharath Babu]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Nivedita Jain]] || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''April Fool'' || A. N. Jayaramaiah || [[Ambareesh]], [[Ramkumar]], Srikanya, Srikrupa, [[Girish Karnad]] || Guna Singh
|-
| ''Baalida Mane'' || G. K. Mudduraj || [[Ambareesh]], [[Shashikumar]], [[Nivedita Jain]], [[Vinaya Prasad]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
|-
| ''Baduku Jatakabandi'' || S. Umesh || [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]], [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]], [[Abhijeeth]], [[Bank Janardhan]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Bhanda Alla Bahadur'' || H. Vasu || [[Jaggesh]], [[Ananth Nag]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Subhashri]], [[Doddanna]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Bhoomi Geetha]]'' || Kesari Haravu || [[Lokesh]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|-
| ''CBI Durga'' || [[Om Prakash Rao]] || [[Malashri]], [[Charanraj]], [[Ashok (Kannada actor)|Ashok]]|| [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Central Jail'' || V. Vasu || [[Arun Pandian]], [[Charanraj]], [[P. Sai Kumar|Sai Kumar]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''[[Cheluva]]'' || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Gautami]], [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Chikka'' || V. Umakanth || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]], [[Shobhraj]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Choo Baana'' || [[Phani Ramachandra]] || [[Devaraj]], Ravinder Mann, [[Suvarna Mathew|Swarna]], [[Vajramuni]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
|-
| ''Dhairya'' || H. S. Rajashekar || [[Sai Kumar (Kannada actor)|Sai Kumar]], Jyothi, Dileep || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi'' || Majji Krishna Prasad || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Archana (Kannada actress)|Archana]], [[Sangeetha Krish|Rasika]], [[Lokesh]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
|''[[Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda]]'' || S. Umesh || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]], [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[B. C. Patil]] || [[Upendra Kumar]]
|-
| ''Enoondre'' || [[Relangi Narasimha Rao]] || Anil, [[Bhavya]], [[Anjana (actress)|Anjana]], [[Dwarakish]], [[Doddanna]] || [[Koti (composer)|Koti]]
|-
| ''[[Ganesha I Love You]]'' || [[Phani Ramachandra]] || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], Ravinder Mann || [[Rajesh Ramanath]]
|-
| ''[[Ganga Yamuna]]'' || [[S. Mahendar]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Malashri]], Ravinder Mann, [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidhyasagar]]
|-
| ''Hai Bangalore'' || Anand P. Raju || [[Shashikumar]], [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Arun Pandian]], Bhavyashree Rai, [[Padma Vasanthi]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Halliyadarenu Shiva'' || V. Umakanth || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Charulatha]], [[Ramesh Bhat]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Honeymoon'' || S. R. Raju || [[Charanraj]], [[Dolly Minhas]], Pournami || Sarang
|-
| ''Jackie Chan'' || [[Thriller Manju]] || [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Thriller Manju]], [[Arun Pandian]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''[[Janani Janmabhoomi]]'' || [[H. R. Bhargava]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], Srikanya, [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Ramesh Bhat]] || [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
|-
| ''Jenina Hole'' || Peraala || [[Ramkumar]], Sumanth, [[Udaya Bhanu (actress)|Udaya Bhanu]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] || [[Rajesh Ramanath]]
|-
| ''[[Jodi Hakki (film)|Jodi Hakki]]'' || [[D. Rajendra Babu]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]], [[Charulatha]], Harish Rai || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Kalavida]]'' || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Roja Selvamani|Roja]], [[Heera Rajagopal]], [[Raghuvaran]], [[Dolly Minhas]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Kalla Banda Kalla'' || Y. Nanjundappa || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Doddanna]], [[Tennis Krishna]], [[Girija Lokesh]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || Guna Singh
|-
| ''Kalyani'' || [[S. Narayan]] || [[Charanraj]], [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]], [[Kumar Govind]] || [[K. Kalyan]]
|-
| ''Kandalli Gundu'' || J. Bhavale || [[Abhijeeth]], Nagesh Mayya, [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]], [[Vanitha Vasu]], Venki || [[Dhina]]
|-
| ''Kodagina Kaveri'' || [[S. Mahendar]] || [[Ramkumar]], [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]], [[Lokesh]], [[Master Anand]], [[Tennis Krishna]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''[[Laali]]'' || [[Dinesh Babu]] || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Harish (actor)|Harish]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Lady Commissioner'' || [[Naganna]] || [[Arun Pandian]], [[Malashri]], [[Srividya]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Lakshmi Mahalakshmi'' || Yogish Hunsur || [[Shashikumar]], [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]], [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Maduve'' || V. Umakanth || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Charulatha]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]], [[Babloo Prithiveeraj]] || [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
|-
| ''Mahabharatha'' || [[S. Narayan]] || [[Vinod Raj]], [[Charanraj]], Chaithali, [[Darshan Thoogudeep|Darshan]] || [[K. Kalyan]]
|-
| ''Manava 2022'' || C. Vasu || [[Devaraj]], [[Vijay Adhiraj]], [[Vineetha]], [[Suman Nagarkar]] || Nanda
|-
| ''Mangala Suthra'' || C. H. Balaji Singh Babu || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Priya Raman]], [[Jai Jagadish]] || [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
| ''Mavana Magalu'' || G. K. Mudduraj || [[Shashikumar]], [[Subhashri]], [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]], [[Lokesh]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Mommaga]]'' || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] || [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Prakash Rai]], [[Umashri]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''[[Muddina Kanmani]]'' || Ravi Kottarakara || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Saikumar Pudipeddi|Sai Kumar]], [[Maathu|Suchitra]], [[Shilpa (actress)|Shilpa]] || [[S. P. Venkatesh]]
|-
| ''[[Mungarina Minchu]]'' || [[Rajendra Singh Babu]] || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Suman Nagarkar]], [[Shilpa (actress)|Shilpa]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[Nagamandala]]'' || [[T. S. Nagabharana]] || [[Prakash Raj]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]], [[B. Jayashree]], [[Vanitha Vasu]], [[Mandya Ramesh]] || [[C. Ashwath]]
|-
| ''Nagarika'' || Y. Nanjundappa || Krishne Gowda, G. V. Sharadha, Shankar Bhat, [[Master Anand]] || Sadguna Raj
|-
| ''Nee Mudida Mallige'' || [[Kodlu Ramakrishna]] || [[Ramkumar]], [[Kumar Govind]], [[Nivedita Jain]], [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Nodu Baa Nammoora'' || Nanjunde Gowda || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]], [[Doddanna]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''[[O Mallige]]'' || [[V. Manohar]] || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Charulatha]], [[Zulfi Syed|Amar Mayur]], Chaithali || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Police Bete'' || G. K. Mudduraj || [[Saikumar Pudipeddi|Sai Kumar]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], [[Rajashree (actress)|Rajashree]], [[Ashok (Kannada actor)|Ashok]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Prema Geethe'' || Srikanth Nahata || [[Ambareesh]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Yamuna (actress)|Yamuna]], [[K. S. Ashwath]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''[[Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi]]'' || [[Sunil Kumar Desai]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Nivedita Jain]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|-
| ''Raaja'' || [[Relangi Narasimha Rao]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], Neena, [[Abhijeeth]] || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
|-
| ''Ranganna'' || H. Vasu || [[Jaggesh]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]] || [[Rajesh Ramanath]]
|-
| ''[[Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda]]'' || V. Umakanth || [[Ambareesh]], [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Ashwini Bhave]], Bhavyashree Rai || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Rough and Tough'' || H. S. Rajashekar || [[Vinod Alva]], [[Thriller Manju]], [[Madhoo|Madhubala]], [[Thyagarajan]], [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Sangliyana Part 3'' || Ravindranath || [[Devaraj]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], Srikanya, [[Ramesh Bhat]], [[Shobaraj (Kannada Actor)|Shobaraj]] || Vaidi - Krishna
|-
| ''Shivaranjani'' || H. S. Rajashekar || [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]], [[Nivedita Jain]], [[Dheerendra Gopal]], [[C. R. Simha]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''Shreemathi'' || Hariprasad || [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], Janaki || Raj
|-
| ''Shruthi Haakida Hejje'' || [[Dwarakish]] || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]], [[Dwarakish]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Manya (actress)|Manya]] || [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Ramani Bharadwaj]]
|-
| ''[[Simhada Mari]]'' || [[Om Prakash Rao]] || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[Krishnam Raju]] || [[Hamsalekha]]
|-
| ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]'' || [[Girish Kasaravalli]] || [[Jayamala]], [[Suresh Heblikar]] || [[C. Ashwath]]
|-
| ''Thavarina Theru'' || G. K. Mudduraj || [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]], [[Doddanna]] || [[Rajesh Ramanath]]
|-
| ''[[Thayavva]]'' || V. Umakanth || [[Charanraj]], [[Sudeep]], Sindhu, [[Umashree]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Thayi Kotta Seere'' || [[S. Narayan]] || [[Kumar Govind]], [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]], [[Doddanna]] || [[K. Kalyan]]
|-
| ''[[Ulta Palta (1997 film)|Ulta Palta]]'' || N. S. Shankar || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sanketh Kashi]], Sushma Veer, [[Pavitra Lokesh]], [[Pooja Lokesh]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Vimochane'' || [[T. S. Nagabharana]] || [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]], [[Sundar Raj]] || [[L. Vaidyanathan]]
|-
| ''Yuddha'' || [[K. V. Raju]] || [[Devaraj]], [[Charanraj]], [[Pooja Lokesh]], [[Ahana (actress)|Aahana]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
| ''Yuva Shakti'' || [[Joe Simon (film director)|Joe Simon]] || [[Arun Pandian]], Bob Anthony, Anjum Sait, [[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]], [[Vinaya Prasad]] || [[Sadhu Kokila]]
|-
| ''Zindabad'' || Anand P. Raju || [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Malashri]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Shobhraj]] || [[V. Manohar]]
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[Kannada films of 1996]]
* [[Kannada films of 1998]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&languages=kn|1&sort=user_rating&year=1997,1997 Kannada Movies of 1997] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/info/moviepages.htm]
*[http://www.kannadastore.com/]

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[[Category:Lists of 1997 films by language|Kannada]]
[[Category:1997 in Indian cinema]]

List of Kannada films of 1997 - Revision history

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