List of Kannada films of the 1940s

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
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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The list of Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry located in Bangalore, Karnataka in the 1940s.

Year | Title | Director(s) | Cast | Production House

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1941 | Subhadra [1] | C. Pullaiah | Gubbi Veeranna, Honnappa Bhagavathar, B. Jayamma, Vasudeva Girimaji, B. Raghavendra Rao | Veeranna, Aacharya
1941 | Vasantasena [2] | Ramayyar Shirur | Lakshmi Bai, Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Kamala Bai, P. Kalinga Rao, Padma Devi | Pragathi Pictures
1942 | Bhakta Prahalada [3] | K. Subramanyam, C. S. V. Iyer | M. V. Rajamma, Chandramma, A.N. Sheshachar | Kalaivani Films
1942 |  Jeevana Nataka [4] | Wahab Kashmiri | Gubbi Veeranna, Kemparaj Urs, B. Jayamma, Shantha Hublikar | Gubbi & C S Films
1943 | Satya Harishchandra [5][6] | R. Nagendra Rao | Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Lakshmibai, J. V. Krishnamurthy Rao, M. G. Marirao | Saraswathi Cine Film Laboratory Ltd
SSS Nataka Mandali
1943 | Krishna Sudhaama [7] | K. Subramanyam | Bellave Narahari Sastry, S. D. Subbulakshmi | Kalaivani Films
1944 | Vani [8] | K. Hirannaiah
M. N. Gopal | Tirumakudalu Chowdiah, Bellary Lalitha, Pandari Bai, Bellary Rathnamala, Musuri Krishnamurthy, K. V. Achutharao, K. Hirannaiah | HRGC Sri Pictures
1944 | Radha Ramana [9] | Jyothi Sinha | B. R. Panthulu, M. V. Rajamma, G. V. Iyer, Balakrishna, Bhanumathi, Srinivasarao | Sri Vijaya Films
1945 | Hemareddy Mallamma [10] | S. Soundarya Rajan | Gubbi Veeranna, Honnappa Bhagavathar, C. B. Mallappa, B. Jayamma, Ku. Ra. Seetharama Sastry | Gubbi Sri Chennabasaveshwara Films
1947 | Chandrahasa [11] | Shanthesh Patel | Handiganoor Siddaramappa, Amirbai Karnataki, Vikas, B. Sharada | Pampa Pictures
1947 | Krishnaleela [12] | C. V. Raju | Kemparaj Urs, Marirao, Usha, Bellary Lalitha, Rathnamala, Nagarathna | Mahatma Pictures
1947 | Mahananda [13] | T. Janakiram | Kemparaj Urs, Sumathi, Kashinath, Vedaantham, Padmanabhan, Rajakumari, Prathimadevi | Thriveni Films, Nehru Pictures
1947 | Mahathma Kabir [14] | R. Nagendra Rao | Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao, Lakshmibai, Kamalabai | Ganesh Pictures, Pragathi Pictures
1947 | Rajasuya Yaga [15] | T. Dwarkanath | K. R. Seetharam, K. V. Achyutha Rao, T. Jayamma, T. Chandrashekar | Maskat Pictures
1948 | Bhakta Ramdas | Kemparaj Urs | Kemparaj Urs, Vimalananda Das, Sumathi | Mahatma Pictures
1948 | Bhakta Kumbara [16] | Bomman D. Irani | Honnappa Bhagavathar, Lakshimibai, Vimalanandadas, Pandari Bai | Surabhi Pictures
1948 | Bharathi [17] | R. M. Veerabadraiah | Tanguturi Suryakumari, Sampath, M. V. Krishnaswamy | Raghavendra Pictures
1949 | Dasara [18] | B. Y. Ramdas | Shridhar, Saraswathi, Leela, K S Simha | Shanthiram Productions
1949 | Kalaavida [19] | Krishnan
Suryanarayana | B. Sohanlal, Kantha, Shantha | Viswakalaasthan Production
1949 | Nagakannika [20] | G. Vishwanthan | Jayashri, Bellary Rathnamala, B. Raghavendrarao, S. M. Veerabadrappa, U. Mahabalarao | Mahatma Pictures
1949 | Sathi Thulasi [21] | M. V. N. Iyengar | Vimalananda Das, Sushiladevi | Iyengar Productions

## See also

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* Kannada cinema

## References

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* Kannada cinema database by University of Pennsylvania

## External links

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* Kannada Movies of the 1940s at the Internet Movie Database

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Bengali|

* 1930s
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* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980
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Bhojpuri|

* 2022
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Hindi|

* 1920
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* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
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* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
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* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
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Gujarati|

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

Kannada|

* 1930s
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* 1960
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* 1972
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* 1975
* 1976
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* 1978
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* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
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* 1985
* 1986
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* 1988
* 1989
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* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
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* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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
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* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
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* 2018
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* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Marathi|

* 1910s
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
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* 1968
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* 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
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* 1998
* 1999
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* 2010
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* 2012
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* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
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* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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
* 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
* 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
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* 1960
* 1961
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* 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
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* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
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* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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
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* 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

Other|

* Assamese
* Tripuri

Related|

* Silent films of South India

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Africa|

| Central|

* Angola
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo (Democratic Republic)
* Zaire
* Congo (Republic)
* Gabon

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Eastern|

* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Ethiopia
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Rwanda
* Somalia
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Northern|

* Algeria
* Egypt
* Libya
* Morocco
* Sudan
* Tunisia
* Western Sahara

Southern|

* Botswana
* South Africa

Western|

* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Togo

Asia|

| Central|

* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Tajikistan
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan

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Eastern|

* China
* Hong Kong
* Macau
* Japan
* Korea
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Mongolia
* Taiwan

Southern|

* Afghanistan
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* India
* Assamese
* Bengali
* Bhojpuri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Maldives
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Urdu
* Punjabi
* Pashto
* Sindhi
* Sri Lanka
* Sinhala
* Tamil

Southeastern|

* Burma
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Western|

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Cyprus
* Georgia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Syria
* Turkey
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen

Europe|

| Eastern|

* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Moldova
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Soviet Union
* Ukraine

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Northern|

* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* Iceland
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden

Southern|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Greece
* Italy
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Montenegro
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Yugoslavia

Western|

* Austria
* Belgium
* France
* Germany
* East Germany
* Ireland
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

Americas|

| Central America
and the Caribbean|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Cuba
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic
* Guatemala
* Guadeloupe
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago

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North|

* Canada
* Greenland
* Mexico
* United States

South|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga

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