List of Kannada films of 1981

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Sandalwood
(Kannada) cinema

1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s
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The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 1981, presented in alphabetical order.

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Music

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Aalemane | Mohan Kumar | Suresh Heblikar, Seetharam, Roopa Chakravarthi | Ashwath-Vaidi
Antha | Rajendra Singh Babu | Ambareesh, Lakshmi, Leelavathi, Vajramuni | G. K. Venkatesh
Anupama | Renuka Sharma | Ananth Nag, Madhavi, M. S. Umesh | Ashwath-Vaidi
Avala Hejje | H. R. Bhargava | Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Lakshmi, Dwarakish | Rajan–Nagendra
Avali Javali | A. V. Seshagiri Rao | Srinath, Lokesh, Manjula, Lokanath | Satyam
Baalu Bangara | Geethapriya | Ashok, Srinivasa Murthy, Srilalitha, Maanu | Vijaya Bhaskar
Bangarada Mane | Basavaraj Kesthur | Srinath, Ashok, Roja Ramani | Vijaya Bhaskar
Bhagyada Belaku | K. V. S. Kutumba Rao | Aarathi, Maanu, Jayamala, Dheerendra Gopal | Jayaprakash
Bhagyavantha | B. S. Ranga | Master Lohith, Aarathi, Jai Jagadish, Leelavathi, K. S. Ashwath | T. G. Lingappa
Bhaari Bharjari Bete | Rajendra Singh Babu | Ambareesh, Shankar Nag, Jayamala, Prabhakar | Ilaiyaraaja
Bhoomige Banda Bhagavantha | K. S. L. Swamy | Lokesh, Jai Jagadish, Lakshmi, Vajramuni, Roja Ramani | G. K. Venkatesh
Chadurida Chitragalu | N. T. Jayarama Reddy | Rajesh, Aarathi, Balakrishna | Rajan–Nagendra
Devara Aata | V. Somashekhar | Shankar Nag, Sulakshana, M. P. Shankar, Leelavathi | Satyam
Ediyooru Siddalingeshwara | Hunsur Krishnamurthy | Lokesh, Aarathi, K. S. Ashwath, Jai Jagadish | T. G. Lingappa
Etu Ediretu | Mani Murugan | Srinath, Lakshmi, K. S. Ashwath | Satyam
Gaali Maathu | Dorai-Bhagavan | Lakshmi, Kokila Mohan, Jai Jagadish, Hema Chowdhary, K. S. Ashwath | Rajan–Nagendra
Ganeshana Mahime | Mani Murugan | Ashok, Aarathi, Sundar Krishna Urs, Musuri Krishnamurthy | M. S. Viswanathan
Garjane | C. V. Rajendran | Rajinikanth, Madhavi, Geetha, Jai Jagadish, Dwarakish | Ilaiyaraaja
Geetha | Shankar Nag | Shankar Nag, Akshata Rao, Ramesh Bhat, K. S. Ashwath | Ilaiyaraaja
Grahana | T. S. Nagabharana | Anand Paricharan, Malathi Rao, Mallika Isaak, G. K. Govinda Rao | Vijaya Bhaskar
Guru Shishyaru | H. R. Bhargava | Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, Jayamalini, Dwarakish, Balakrishna, Dinesh, M. S. Umesh, Shivaram | K. V. Mahadevan
Havina Hede | V. Somashekhar | Rajkumar, Sulakshana, Dinesh | G. K. Venkatesh
Hennina Sedu | Sameeulla | Kokila Mohan, Geetha, Srinath | Ramesh Naidu
Jeevakke Jeeva | K. S. R. Das | Shankar Nag, Ananth Nag, Saritha, Dwarakish | Rajan–Nagendra
Keralida Simha | Chi. Dattaraj | Rajkumar, Saritha, Srinivasa Murthy | Satyam
Koodi Baalidare Swargasukha | Siddalingaiah | Srinivasa Murthy, Rajyalakshmi, Loknath | Rajan–Nagendra
Kula Puthra | T. R. Ramanna | Shankar Nag, Gayathri, Dwarakish, Udaykumar | Satyam
Leader Vishwanath | Mani Murugan | Ambareesh, Jayanthi, K. S. Ashwath, Leelavathi | Vijaya Bhaskar
Maha Prachandaru | Joe Simon | Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Kumari Vinaya, Halam, Tiger Prabhakar | Upendra Kumar
Mane Mane Kathe | Rajachand | Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Jayachitra, Lokesh, Deepa | Satyam
Mareyada Haadu | R. N. Jayagopal | Ananth Nag, Manjula, Leelavathi | G. K. Venkatesh
Muniyana Madari | Dorai-Bhagavan | Shankar Nag, Jayamala, Kokila Mohan | Rajan–Nagendra
Naga Kala Bhairava | Tiptur Raghu | Vishnuvardhan, Jayanthi, Jayamala, Dheerendra Gopal | M. Ranga Rao
Nee Nanna Gellalare | Vijay | Rajkumar, Manjula, Balakrishna, K. S. Ashwath | Ilaiyaraaja
Prachanda Putanigalu | Geethapriya | Ramakrishna Hegde, Bhanuprakash, Baby Indira, Dwarakish, Srilalitha | Upendra Kumar
Preethisi Nodu | Geethapriya | Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Srinivasa Murthy | Vijaya Bhaskar
Premanubhandha | R. Ramamurthy | Srinath, Manjula, Manorama, K. Vijaya | Rajan–Nagendra
Ranganayaki | Puttanna Kanagal | Ambareesh, Aarathi, Ramakrishna, Ashok | M. Ranga Rao
Sangeetha | Chandrashekhara Kambara | Lokesh, Jayamala, Maanu, Pramila Joshai | Chandrashekhara Kambara
Shikari | C. R. Simha | Srinath, Manjula, Leelavathi, Vajramuni | Ilayaraja
Simhada Mari Sainya | Rajendra Singh Babu | Arjun Sarja, Baby Rekha, Bhanuprakash, Jayanthi | Satyam
Snehitara Savaal | K. S. R. Das | Ambareesh, Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, K. S. Ashwath, Tiger Prabhakar | Satyam
Sri Raghavendra Vaibhava | Babu Krishnamurthy | Srinath, Chandrakala, Ramanamurthy | Chittibabu
Swapna | Dasari Narayana Rao | Swapna | Satyam
Thayiya Madilalli[1] | B. Subba Rao | Ashok, Aarathi, Balakrishna, Leelavathi | Satyam

## See also

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* Kannada films of 1980
* Kannada films of 1982

## References

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1. ^ "Thayiya Madilalli". Rotten Tomatoes.

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1981 films

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Indian films by year and decade

* Most expensive Indian films
* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhojpuri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Meitei (Manipuri)
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu

* Highest-grossing Indian films
* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhojpuri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu

Assamese|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2023

Bengali|

* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Bhojpuri|

* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Gujarati|

* Before 2014
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Hindi|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Kannada|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Malayalam|

* 1928–1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Marathi|

* 1910s
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Meitei (Manipuri)|

* Brief list
* 2013
* 2018
* 2019

Odia|

* 1936
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1953
* 1954
* 1956
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Punjabi|

* 1970
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1981
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Tamil|

* 1930s
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Telugu|

* 1930s
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Tulu|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Other|

* Konkani
* Tripuri
* Sanskrit

Related|

* Silent films of South India

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