Best movies like Auto Shankar

The film delves into the aspirations and values of today's youth, who would go to any length to achieve their dreams. As the saying goes, the greatest journey is the one within.

A 1999 Kannada film

Naanu, who always speaks the truth, is married to Swathi. However, he is soon pursued by Rathi and is forced to accept her love but finds it difficult to let go of his obsession with Keerthi.

Basava (Puneet Rajkumar) runs a gym centre and lives with his brother Avinash and Sudharani (wife of Avinash), who treat him as their own son. When his brother start seeking a girl as his bride, he opines that he should select his future bride. He selects Gowri, daughter of an auditor who is working with Pampathy. Pampathys younger brother is Home Minister and Pampathys son is a vagabond womanizer. To gain her approval, Basava makes every effort, but before he can get her green signal, her engagement is fixed with the vagabond son of Pampathy. Supported by Gowris peppy and naughty grandmother (Lakshmidevi), Basava rises against the autocratic behaviour of Pampathy, challenges him in public, and wins, thereby also winning the heart and hand of Gowri.

A young, orphaned boy is adopted by the villagers and he grows up striving for their wellbeing. When the sons of two corrupt men rape an 11-year-old, the young man vows to punish them for the crime.

A supernatural force influences a guy's behaviour and helps him finish important tasks.

A 1995 Kannada film

Raja Rajendra is a 2015 Kannada comedy film written and directed by Pon Kumaran. It stars Sharan, Ishita Dutta, Vimala Raman and P. Ravi Shankar in the stellar roles. The film marks the reunion of director Kumaran and actor Sharan after their previous venture, Jai Lalitha. Produced by Uday K. Mehta, the film released on 6 February 2015 The story revolves around Bottle Mani (Sharan), a lame duck, who takes a supari to kill Neelakanta Raju (Ramakrishna), an elderly person from a royal family. He's been assigned the job by none other than the old man's three sons-in-law, who want to grab his property. Mani is assisted by his uncle (Tabla Nani) but he faces a lot of problems in the palace as the family is huge. He misses a couple of chances to kill Raju. There's a twist in the tale when the real Bottle Mani (Ravishankar) walks out of jail only to find that a fraud has usurped his identity and entered the palace. Henceforth, it's only chaos that reigns supreme.

After a series of deaths in Orbit Park, India, are attributed to a man-eating tiger, wildlife expert Krish and his photographer decide to investigate the incidents for a magazine article.

A thug, with his partners, is chosen to work for a criminal gang and he becomes the left-hand man of the leader. The leader declares a war against another criminal and the thug has to protect him despite losing his friends.

Auto rickshaw driver Manickam avoids violence at all costs. When some thugs begin to intimidate Manickam's family, it triggers the revival of Manickam's old self.

A 2012 Kannada film

Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.

Theodora, Jody and Carol, collectively The Violas, are on tour when their van breaks down in a small southern beach town. The local police are investigating a mass of mysterious debris on the beach and the disappearance of a little girl's parents after she's found walking the beach in a state of shock. Scientist John Patterson is called in to help investigate. Both John and local mechanic Hector Garcia fall for Violas lead singer Theodora, but she seems to have no interest in them, possibly because of a mysterious past. Hector convinces the girls to stay in town when he offers to repair their van in exchange for playing his party, but the mysterious creature is still on the loose.

A romantic film packed with fun and adventure Gandharavam tells the story of an auto mechanic who falls in love with the daughter of a crime mob family.

Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for weeks, following by sporadic violence, and casualties on both sides. His group also comes under attack by vicious terrorists, who like to cut an ear from a dead body, then leave the body as bait, in order to kill anyone who comes to the rescue. This is where Tarun makes his first kill.

Duniya Soori's Tagaru takes us on a bloody ride through the dark underbelly of the underworld and their clash against the police.

The film follows the story of a man suffering from a rare disorder called the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome (aka Kleine-Levin syndrome), which leads to excessive sleepiness and leaves him awake for less than five hours a day.

Daali is an upcoming Kannada language film directed by Prabhu Srinivas and produced by Yogesh Narayan under the banner Yogesh Motion Pictures. It is a spin-off of 2018 blockbuster film Tagaru starring Shivarajkumar, Dhananjay and Vasishta Simha. In Daali, Dhananjay reprises his role from Tagaru and it also features Rachitha Ram in an important role.

Rajaratha is a 2018 Indian Kannada romantic comedy film written and directed by Anup Bhandari who also composed the film's music. It stars Nirup Bhandari and Avantika Shetty in the lead roles in their second collaboration with the director after the success of RangiTaranga. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Rajaratham (English: Royal Chariot) with Rana Daggubati replacing Puneeth Rajkumar as the narrator. Arya, who made his debut in Kannada cinema for the first time with the film, features in a supporting role alongside P. Ravishankar and Sruthi Hariharan.

Adhyaksha is a 2014 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by Nanda Kishore. It stars Sharan, Heeba Patel, P. Ravi Shankar, Malavika Avinash, Chikkanna and Ramesh Bhat. It is a remake of the Tamil film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam. The music for the film and soundtracks were composed by Arjun Janya.

Director Srinivas Raju’s world of Dandupalya, as seen in the first two films of the series, will finally come to an end. The third film in the series will mark the end of the franchise, which has received a great deal of critical acclaim in both Kannada and Telugu.

A 2008 Kannada film.

Short documentary focused on the background story of the show, including interviews with cast and crew.

A humble auto driver is forced to go on the run, leaving his wife and two kids behind, after being cheated by a fraudster. Will he be able to save his family.

In Kasargodu, Kerala is a normal school until a big problem comes in its way.

Auto driver Shankar finds a dog in his vehicle and begins to form a strong emotional bond that becomes the talk of his town and makes his wife jealous.

Ravi and Masha are just children when they were sold into labour by their parents. When they meet, friendship blossoms between them but when the factory manager threatens to sell Masha, possibly into sex slavery, Ravi gives up his hard earned savings to buy her freedom. They agree on a way to find each other once Ravi has earned enough money to buy his freedom but a series of misunderstandings and fear tear them apart. Though they now have their freedom in life, they have to find their way in love.

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. Sundar C Babu composed the film's music.] The film’s story is about conjoined twins. Produced by Global One Studios and distributed by Hansraj Saxena's Sax Pictures, Charulatha released on 21 September 2012 with dubbed Malayalam and Telugu versions with the same title.

VIRUDDHA is a Psychological Thriller revolving around 2 close friends named Uday and Ravi , who fall in love for the same girl Nayana. Uday being an Introvert struggles to convey his love towards Nayana , before she gets engaged to his friend Ravi. Ravi being a flirt tries to betray his present girlfriend named Pooja who is adamant on marrying Ravi. Knowing this Uday decides to get rid of Ravi with the help of his old time mysterious friend Aasif who influences Uday in making this dreadful decision. The story takes unexpected twists with the entry of a Psychiatrist Dr Ramesh, as things turns OPPOSITE in all character's favor and also in the eyes of viewers who realize that whatever they believed is completely Opposite. The climax surprises the viewers with an open-end leaving a big question mark at the end shot of the movie.

Geetha is a 1981 Indian Kannada romance drama film directed by and starring Shankar Nag in the lead role, alongside Padmavathi Rao. The supporting cast features K. S. Ashwath, Ramesh Bhat and Gayathri. Ilayaraaja composed the soundtrack and the background score for the film that and was declared a blockbuster musical hit. The track "Santhoshakke" from the film became widely popular in Karnataka and is still performed for in concerts and other events

Bahaddur is a 2014 Indian Kannada language film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. Srinivas. It stars Dhruva Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar, Achyuth Kumar, Jai Jagadish and Srinivasa Murthy. The film released on October 3, 2014, in 7.1 surround sound, the first in Kannada cinema.

A 2002 Kannada film

Arakshaka is a Kannada thriller, starring Upendra, Sada and Ragini Dwivedi and directed by P. Vasu. The film explores the strange and inexplicable workings of the human mind and deals with fear, darkness and misunderstandings.