Janumada Jodi is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and written by Baraguru Ramachandrappa, based on Pannalal Patel's 1941 Gujarati novel Malela Jeev.

The film's plot follows Krishna (Shiva Rajkumar) and Kanaka (Shilpa), who fall in love despite belonging to different castes.

The film won five Karnataka State Film Awards that year for- Best Actress (Shilpa), Best Music Director (V. Manohar), Best Male Playback Singer (L. N. Shastry), Best Lyricist (Doddarange Gowda) and the Jury's Special Award (Parvathamma Rajkumar).

[5] Popular Malayalam actress Chippy made her Kannada debut with this film.

The film had a theatrical run of more than 365 days in maximum centres across Hubbali, Belgavi and Bijapur.

Janumada Jodi holds the record for silver jubilee run in maximum number (5) of film halls in Bengaluru.

[14] V. Manohar composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, while also writing the lyrics for some tracks.