Best mind-bending Kannada movies on JioHotstar in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

24 movies on JioHotstar in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Kirik Party (2016)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 45m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (8.7K votes)

TwistyHeartwarmingFunnyLow-stakes

Karna from a small town has joined this engineering college and he gangs up with his hostel mates Loki, Alexander, Manja and others to fuel a lot of mischief in the college.

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2. Raajakumara (2017)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 28m · UA · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (10.3K votes)

HeartwarmingTwisty

Siddharth, a devoted son and a prince in his father's eyes, encounters numerous challenges while maintaining his pure character. Upon losing his family, he uncovers the hardships they faced and resolves to look after the elderly at an old age home. However, Jagannath attempts to thwart his noble endeavors.

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3. Bell Bottom (2019)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 20m · UA · Comedy, Thriller · IMDb 8.1 (3.3K votes)

FunnyTwisty

A fun ride to the 80s where a detective solves the mystery of serial police station robbery.

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4. Vikrant Rona (2022)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 27m · UA · Thriller, Action · IMDb 6.9 (29.8K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

Almost half a century ago, a remote village in the middle of a tropical rain forest starts witnessing a series of unexplainable events which they attribute to the supernatural. Vikrant Rona, An eccentric police officer, is assigned to solve the mystery. A mysterious game unfolds where everyone in the village is a pote

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5. Gultoo (2018)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 27m · UA · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.8 (1.7K votes)

Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat

Struggling to find a foot in the start-up scene, two aspiring entrepreneurs are entangled in a vicious loop of investigative trials following an unprecedented crime.

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6. Aa Karaala Ratri (2018)

Movie · Kannada · 1h 45m · Thriller · IMDb 7.9 (1.2K votes)

Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwisty

Muthanna and his family, who live in abject poverty, receive a prediction that says their fortune will change overnight. The same day, a mysterious man arrives and requests them to let him stay back.

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7. Drishya (2014)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 34m · U · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.3 (922 votes)

TwistyEdge-of-seat

Rajendra is a family-oriented man and tries to keep them happy. However, when his family commits an accidental crime, he does everything to keep them out of harm's way.

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8. Operation Alamelamma (2017)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 18m · U · Thriller, Comedy · IMDb 7.8 (1.3K votes)

TwistyFamily-friendly

Purmy's life turns upside down when gets framed for kidnapping John, the schoolgoing son of a businessman, after he picks up an abandoned luggage, lying on the street. With the ongoing investigation, a number of twists and turns make the police suspect everyone, including their own kin.

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9. Kavacha (2019)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 31m · UA · IMDb 6.8 (2.2K votes)

Edge-of-seatDark & grittyTwistySerious

An unfortunate young girl becomes the target of a vengeful serial killer who is on the loose. The only person standing between the killer and the girl is a visually challenged man who has vowed to protect her at any cost.

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10. Chamak (2017)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 25m · UA · Comedy · IMDb 6.7 (971 votes)

FunnyTwistyHeartwarming

Kush, a gynaecologist and a playboy refuses his family's wishes to marry because his freedom will be curtailed if he marries. He later marries Khushi, an innocent girl while acting as if he is also an innocent guy in front of her family.

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11. Bachchan (2013)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 25m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (1.3K votes)

TwistyEdge-of-seat

Bharat alias Bachchan is a kind-hearted real estate businessman, who is the MD of the Bharat Property Solutions. He is deeply in love with Anjali (Bhavana), who is doing MS in Bellary and wants to deliver honest service to the needy people. But her wish becomes an obstacle for a mining mafia don.

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12. Maanikya (2014)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 45m · Action, Romance · IMDb 6.6 (972 votes)

TwistyFast-paced

Vijay and Manasa's families have been at each other's throat's since the past 25 years. However, things take a turn when they fall in love with each other.

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13. Veera Madakari (2009)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 55m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 6.9 (497 votes)

Fast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seat

Madakar is an honest police officer who is murdered by a local thug, Babji, and his son Munna. After his death, his daughter is mysteriously left at the door of Sathyaraju, Madakar's lookalike.

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14. Aptharakshaka (2010)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 32m · U/A · Horror, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (544 votes)

Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat

The story starts off with an ancient painting of Nagavalli (Vimala Raman), distributed as a prize to bharathanatyam dancer Saraswathi (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy), her husband and her family. At the Engagement day of Gowri (Sandhya), one of her friends had fainted by encountering a huge thirty-feet Snake/Serpent, and the brid

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15. Tarak (2017)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 25m · Action, Romance · IMDb 6.6 (812 votes)

HeartwarmingTwistyFamily-friendly

Tarak, the grandson of a Bengaluru-based businessman who grows up in Europe is reluctant to visit India despite several pleas by his grandfather. All goes well for him until he falls in love with Meera, a selfless person who lives for the happiness of others. The two share a blissful relationship, however, things chang

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16. Abhi (2003)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 19m · UA · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 7.5 (223 votes)

TwistyHeartwarming

Neighbors Abhi and Bhanu fall in love, but Bhanu's father comes to know about it and shifts to Hubli. Later, Bhanu runs away to Bangalore to tell a hidden truth to Abhi.

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17. Seetharama Kalyana (2019)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 35m · UA · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.2 (1.4K votes)

TwistyDialogue-drivenHeartwarming

Arya, the son of an influential man in the city, falls in love with Geetha, an innocent girl from a small town. He thinks his life is set but fate has more than a little trouble in store for him.

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18. Pataki (2017)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 22m · UA · Drama, Action · IMDb 5.5 (209 votes)

TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

Surya is a corrupt IPS officer and he misuses his power to gain monetary benefits in unorthodox methods. During this process he also encourages a local MP named Rudra Pratap who has become a huge headache to Agni.

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19. Chaarulatha (2012)

Movie · Kannada · 2h · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 5.4 (237 votes)

TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

Chaarulatha (also spelled as Charulatha) is a 2012 Indian horror film simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in the lead role. The film was an adaptation of the Thai horror film Alone. Sunda

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20. Gaalipata 2 (2022)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 29m · Comedy · IMDb 5.9 (1.6K votes)

TwistyFunnyHeartwarmingLight-hearted

Life surprises you with its weird plans and events which changes our lives so much so that we can never go back to being what we were earlier. At such times we have to rise against the wind just like a kite does. It is the same with the story of Gaalipata 2. Its story is set in two different time zones, in two differen

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21. Randhawa (2019)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 11m · UA · Action, Drama · IMDb 5.6 (978 votes)

TwistySerious

Robert is troubled by nightmares. In his quest to know more about his condition, he takes a trip along with his friend Razzak. They visit a village named Odeyana Samudra where Robert meets Vasupradha, the daughter of the village's landlord and falls in love with her. Vasupradha and Robert, together, go on an expedition

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22. Anna Bond (2012)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 20m · UA · Action, Romance · IMDb 4.8 (461 votes)

Fast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seat

While working in a medical camp in Singapore, Bond Ravi falls for Meera. He encounters her again in a village while shooting a documentary only to later rescue her from a drug lord. The movie revolves around Bond Ravi (Puneeth Rajkumar) and the journey of his sudden recognition by the common public as a vigilante know

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23. Madhagaja (2021)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 12m · UA · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.0 (763 votes)

Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced

Two warring lords are fighting over water and bloodshed. When the wife of one of them decides to send her son away from the land to a safe space, he returns to the same battlefield, much to her exasperation.

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24. Mark (2025)

Movie · Kannada · 2h 24m · U/A 16+ · Action, Thriller · IMDb 5.2 (1.5K votes)

Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty

Mark is suspended from his police duties for his unruly yet effective ways of operating, but when 18 children are abducted and found dead, races to catch the criminals. With only 18 hours left, he must confront powerful foes and use unconventional tactics to succeed.

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