Films set in Bengaluru

Dacoit: A Love Story is a 2026 Indian action romantic drama film directed by Shaneil Deo in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the film with Adivi Sesh. Produced by Supriya Yarlagadda under Annapurna Studios, the film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi.

Little Hearts is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sai Marthand, and produced by Aditya Hasan for ETV Win. The film features Mouli Tanuj Prasanth and Shivani Nagaram in the lead roles, alongside a supporting cast of Rajeev Kanakala, S. S. Kanchi, Jai Krishna and Nikhil Abburi.

2021 film directed by Ramin Bahrani

2018 Indian Kannada film by Prashanth Neel

2015 film by Pawan Wadeyar

2023 film by Prashanth Neel

1990 film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi

Mahanati () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan (in his Telugu debut) plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. The film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda, while Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya, Divyavani, Mohan Babu and Prakash Raj appear in supporting roles. The plot follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage

2012 film by Prabhu Devaa

2012 film by Aashiq Abu

2017 film directed by Harsha

2015 film by Remo D'Souza

1991 film by Mahesh Bhatt

1991 film directed by Mukul S. Anand

1987 film by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

2016 film by M. Saravanan

Minnale () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directorial debut. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The film, starring Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen, tells the story of a man stealing the identity of his former college foe, to pursue his lady love, and the eventual repercussions he has to face when his cover is blown before he could come clean.

1956 Indian film

2017 film directed by Akshay Roy

2017 film directed by Narasimha

2014 film directed by Anjali Menon

Paiyaa () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action-adventure film directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by N. Subash Chandra Bose under the banner Thirrupathi Brothers. The film stars Karthi and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles, while Milind Soman, Jagan and Sonia Deepti appear in supporting roles. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and the cinematography and editing were handled by R. Madhi and Anthony, respectively.

2006 film by Indrajit Lankesh

1995 Tamil film directed by Balu Mahendra

2016 film directed by Rishab Shetty

2007 film directed by Prakash

2014 film directed by K. Madesh

2015 Tamil film directed by Mani Ratnam

2020 Tamil film directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad

2011 film by Pawan Kumar

2010 film by Duniya Soori

1995 film directed by Upendra

1983 film by Mani Ratnam

2003 film by Dinesh Baboo

2013 Indian film

2007 film by Mahesh Babu

2005 film by Mahesh Babu

2024 film directed by Jithu Madhavan

2016 Tamil film directed by Bhaskar

Balupu () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni. The film is produced by Prasad Vara Potluri under his PVP cinema banner. The film stars Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Anjali, and Prakash Raj along with Adivi Sesh, Ashutosh Rana, and Brahmanandam in supporting roles.

2012 film

Panchatanthiram () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The story is written by Kamal Haasan with the dialogues by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Simran and Ramya Krishnan, with Urvashi, Aishwarya, Sanghavi, Vidhya Venkatesh, Devayani and Nagesh in supporting roles. It loosely adapts from the 1998 film Very Bad Things with new elements added to it.

2002 film by Puri Jagannadh

2012 film directed by Raghava Lawrence

Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language superhero action film written and directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan for Wayfarer Films. It stars Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen, with Sandy, Chandu Salim Kumar and Arun Kurian in other significant roles. In the film, Chandra, a mysterious woman, comes to Bengaluru to fight the evil. Her life changes after she meets young Sunny and his friends, and gets entangled with a corrupt cop Nachiyappa and an organ-trafficking ring associated with him.

2007 film by K. M. Chaitanya

2002 Tamil film directed by K. Subash

Toxic is an upcoming Indian period action gangster film directed by Geetu Mohandas. It stars Yash in a dual role, alongside Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, and Rukmini Vasanth. The film is jointly produced by Venkat K. Narayana and Yash under their respective banners, KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations. The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada and English. Toxic is budgeted at ₹700–800 crore and is set to be the most expensive Indian film ever made.