Kannada Cinema

Kannada film industry, also referred as Sandalwood, is based in Bengaluru and caters mostly to the state of Karnataka.

First Kannada Film " Sati Sulochana " directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao, released on 3 March 1934.

Kannada cinema, along with Bengali and Malayalam films, contributed simultaneously to the age of Indian parallel cinema. Some of the influential Kannada films in this genre are Samskara(based on a novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy), Chomana Dudi by B. V. Karanth, Tabarana Kathe,Vamshavruksha, Kadu Kudure, Hamsageethe, Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, Accident, Maanasa Sarovara, Ghatashraddha, Tabarana Kathe, Mane, Kraurya, Thaayi Saheba, Dweepa.