Upendra

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Upendra
Born September 18, 1967(1967-09-18)
Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka
Other name(s) Uppi
Spouse(s) Priyanka Trivedi
Official website

Upendra (Kannada: ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ, popularly known as Uppi) (born 18 September 1967) is a Kannada cinema director, actor and script writer. Born in a middle class family, Upendra started his career off with film director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director. His first directorial venture was Tharle Nanmaga.

In the late 90s he broke into the scene with the extremely violent Om, which also starred actual Bangalore gangsters. He followed this up with A, in which he starred. Upendra, his next film, starred Raveena Tandon, a popular Bollywood actress.His two films "A" and "Upendra" explore human emotions in a new dimension.

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[edit] Career as a director

Tharle Nanmaga, his maiden venture as a director, was declared a major success. This film was Jaggesh's [1] first movie as a lead actor. This cult hit is popular even today for its slapstick comedy and out-of the box narration. His second movie Sshhh with Kumar Govindu in the lead was another box of success. This surprise suspense thriller also starred Kashinath and introduced Kumar Govindu as mainstream hero. Interestingly it has small cameo by Uppi as a brash youth in police costume. His next directorial venture Om was a super hit movie starring Shiv Rajkumar and Prema. This story explored and exposed Bangalore underworld. The movie was controversial because of presence of numerous famous real-life rowdy sheeter(s) (underworld gang members). It had a sound track with hit numbers like "Hey Dinakara", "Mehbooba", "College Kumaru" etc.

[edit] Endorsements

In 2004 he ventured into Ad film making through his own startup advertising agency UppiAds. He even acted as brand ambassador for the following:

  • Nandini Milk
  • Navaratna Hair Oil
  • UB Pint Beer (ella OK cool drinks yake)
  • Udayavani Daily
  • big92.7fm

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Director

  • Tharle Nan Maga
  • Shhh
  • Om
  • Operation Antha
  • A (1998)
  • Swasthik(1999)
  • Upendra(1999)
  • Thamasoma Jyothirgamaya
Title Director Co-Star Role Notes
Ananthana Avanthara Kashinath Manmatha Guest appearance
Sshhhh Upendra Police Guest appearance
Operation antha Upendra Guest appearance
A Upendra Chandini Soorya
Upendra Upendra Prema, Damini & Raveena Naanu
Preethse D. Rajendra Babu Sonali Bendre Chandru
H2O Loknath & Rajaram Priyanka Uday Shankar
Superstar Nagathihalli Keerthi Reddy Ricky and Deependra Double Role
Nagarahavu Murali Mohan Jyothika Ajay
Naanu Naane D. Rajendra Babu Saakshi Shivanand Raja
Hollywood Dinesh Babu Felicity Upendra and Sudeendra Double role and also as robot US47
Kutumba Naganna Nethanya Vijay
Raktha Kanneru Saadu Kokila Ramya Krishna & Abhirami Mohan Screenplay and dialogues by Upendra
Omkara Shivamani Preethi Jhangiani Sathya
Gokarna Naganna Rakshitha Sidda produced the film
Gowramma Naaganna Ramya Venky
News K. Mahesh Reema Sen & Renuka Menon Guru
Autoshankar D. Rajendra Babu Shilpa Shetty & Radhika Shankar
Uppi Dada MBBS D. Rajendra Babu Uma Rao Bahaddur Upendra
Tandege Takka Maga S. Mahendar Laila & Saakshi Sathya
Aishwarya Indrajeeth Lankesh Deepika Padukone Abhishek Hegde
Parodi Sai Prakash Neha Vijay
Masti Shivamani Jeniffer Siddappaji Alias Masti
Anatharu Kokila Saadu Saanghvi Rudra
Lavakusha Sai Prakash Charmi Chakri Alias Kusha
Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids Rajendra sing Ramya
Buddhivantha 6 heroines Upendra (11 roles)
Raitha Upendra Upendra

Other languages

  • Sathyam (2007) (Tamil)
  • Toss (2007) (Telugu)
  • Kaveri (Tamil)
  • Raa (Telugu)
  • Sarpa
  • Okemata (Telugu)
  • Neethone Vuntanu (Telugu)
  • H2O (Telugu)

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