Kannada movies

Kannada cinema
PVR Cinemas In Bengaluru
No. of screens	950 Single-screens in Karnataka
Main distributors	Vajreshwari Combines KCN Movies Jayanna Combines Yograj Creations Mysore Talkies KRG Studios Radical Frames (Rest of India)
Produced feature films (2016)
Total	187
Gross box office (2016)
National films	India: ₹1,150 crore (US$180 million)

Kannada cinema, also known as Chandanavana, which means Sandalwood in Kannada is Indian cinema with dialogue in the Kannada language. Kannada Film Industry (Sandalwood) is the fifth largest film industry in India. As of 2013, the Kannada film industry based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, produces more than 150 films each year.Kannada films are released in a total of 950 single screen theatres in Karnataka and most of them are also released across the country and in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, UAE, Singapore, Australia and other countries.

The first government institute in India to start technical courses related to films was established in 1941 named as occupational institute then called the Sri Jayachamarajendra (S J) Polytechnic in Bengaluru. In September 1996, two specialized courses, Cinematography and Sound & Television were separated and the Government Film and Television Institute was started at Hesaraghatta, under the World Bank Assisted Project for Technician Development in India. The industry is known for Kannada language literary works, being translated into motion pictures. Some of the works which received global acclaim include B. V. Karanth's Chomana Dudi (1975), Girish Karnad's Kaadu (1973), Pattabhirama Reddy's Samskara (1970) (based on a novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy), which won Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival, and Girish Kasaravalli's Ghatashraddha (1977) which won the Ducats Award at the Manneham Film Festival Germany.