Upendra in 2019

Upendra is an Indian actor and director known primarily for his work in Kannada cinema. He began his career writing dialogues and lyrics for soundtrack in Kannada films.[1] He then started out as a director making his debut in 1992 with Tharle Nan Maga. In a career spanning over 25 years, he has directed 10 films and acted in over 60 films.

Filmography

Kannada films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Roles Notes
1989 Anantana Avantara Kamadeva Cameo
1991 Ajagajantara Groom Cameo
1993 Shhh! Fake Police officer Also director
Cameo
1995 Om Deena Also director
Voiceover for Kote Prabhakar
Operation Antha Bystander Also director
Cameo
1998 A Surya Also director
1999 Upendra Naanu Also director
2000 Preethse Chandru
2002 H2O Udayashankar
Super Star Ricky / Deependra[lower-alpha 1]
Nagarahavu Ajay
Naanu Naane Raja
Hollywood Upendra / Surendra / Robot US47[lower-alpha 2]
2003 Kutumba Vijay
Rakta Kanneeru Mohan
Gokarna Sidda
2004 Omkara Sathya
2005 Gowramma Venkat Swamy
News Guru
Auto Shankar Shankar
2006 Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. Rao Bahaddur Upendra
Thandege Thakka Maga Sathya
Aishwarya Abhishek Hegde
2007 Parodi Vijay Also lyricist
Masti Siddappaji
Anatharu Rudra
Lava Kusha Chakri
2008 Budhivanta Panchamrutha[lower-alpha 3] Seven roles
Mast Maja Maadi Himself Cameo
2009 Dubai Babu Babu
Rajani Rajani
2010 Super Subhash Chandra Gandhi Also director
2011 Shrimathi Raj Kumar
Maryade Ramanna Cycle (voice) Voice role[2]
2012 Aarakshaka Arun / Vishnu[lower-alpha 1]
Katari Veera Surasundarangi Upendra / Mohan / Temporary Yama[lower-alpha 2]
Godfather Shiva / Ajay / Vijay[lower-alpha 2]
Kalpana Raghava
2013 Topiwala Basak
2014 Brahma Brahma
Super Ranga Sriranga
2015 Shivam Basavanna / Alexander[lower-alpha 1]
Uppi 2 Naanu / Neenu[lower-alpha 1] Also director
2016 Kalpana 2 Raghava / Jade Shivu[lower-alpha 1]
Mukunda Murari Mukunda
2017 Upendra Matte Baa Upendra / Surendra[lower-alpha 1]
2019 I Love You Santosh
2022 Home Minister Renuka Prasad [3]
2023 Kabzaa Arkeshwara
2024 UI† TBA Also director
Post-production[4]
Buddhivantha 2†TBA Completed[5]
Thrishulam † TBA Filming[6][7]

Telugu films

Year Film Roles Notes
1997 Omkaram Narrator in the first scene Also director
1998Kanyadanam Venkat
2000Oke Maata Sooryam
2001 Raa Sridhar
2002Neethone Vuntanu Ravi
2007Toss Neelakanta
2008 Salute Prathap Rudhra / Manickavel Simultaneously shot in Tamil
as Sathyam
2015S/O Satyamurthy Devaraj
2022Ghani Vikramaditya

As director and writer

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1992SriramachandraDialogues
Tharle Nan MagaYesYesAlso choreographer
1993Shhh!Yes
1995OmYesYes
Operation AnthaYes
1997OmkaramYesYesTelugu film
1998SwasthikYesYes
AYesYes
1999UpendraYesYes
2001RaaScreenplayTelugu film
2002H2OYes
Super StarYes
HollywoodYes
2003Rakta KanneeruYes
2010SuperYesYes
2012Katari Veera SurasundarangiYes
2013TopiwalaYes
2015Uppi 2YesYes
2024UIYesYes

Discography

Year Film Song Composer Co-Singer(s)
1999Upendra"Uppiganta Ruchi Bere Illa"Gurukiran
2002H2O"Bida Byada", "Dil Ilde Love"Sadhu Kokila
2002Nagarahavu"Yaaking Aadthiye"HamsalekhaAnuradha Sriram
2003Rakta Kanneeru"Baa Baaro Rasika"Sadhu KokilaSowmya Raoh
2004Omkara"Othla Othla"GurukiranShamitha Malnad
2006Uppi Dada M.B.B.S."Makkar Maado Maliniye"R. P. Patnaik
2006Aishwarya"Yella Okay Madhuve Yaake"Rajesh Ramanath
2007Parodi"Rowdy Mele"Rajesh Ramanath
2008Budhivanta"Chitranna"Vijay AntonySangeetha Rajeshwaran
2010Super"Sikkapatte Ishtapatte"V. Harikrishna
2011Jogayya"Thagalakonde"V. HarikrishnaPriya Himesh
2011Jarasandha"Pade Pade Phone-inalli"V HarikrishnaPriya Himesh
2012Katari Veera Surasundarangi"Muthinantha Muthondhu"Harikrishna
2013Brindavana"Oye Kalla"HarikrishnaIndu Nagaraj
2014Jai Lalitha"Thorisabedammi"Sridhar V. Sambhram
2014Super Ranga"Ondsali Avala"Harikrishna
2015Krishna-Leela"Phoneammangu Simmappangu"Sridhar V.
2015Uppi 2"Excuse Me Please"Gurukiran
2016Kalpana 2"H2O Kudidivni"Arjun JanyaAishwarya Rangarajan
2016Mukunda Murari"I Am God, God is Great"Arjun Janya
2019I Love You"Life Ene T20"Dr. Kiran ThaotambyleChethan Naik, Vasushree Halemane

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Upendra played dual roles in the film.
  2. 1 2 3 Upendra played triple roles in the film.
  3. ↑ Upendra played seven different roles in the film, namely: Joseph Fernandez, Panchamrutha, Zakir Hussain, Vijay Mittal, Samarasimha Reddy, Ranjaneesh Swamy and Shyam Prasad.

References

  1. ↑ "Upendra started his career as a dialogue writer". The Times of India. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Review: Maryade Ramanna relies on Komal's comedy". Rediff.com. 26 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Uppi for Home Minister". The New Indian Express. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Upendra stuns with an audio-only 'UI' teaser". The New Indian Express. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Upendra's 'Buddhivantha 2' is to release on this date". The New Indian Express. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  6. ↑ R, Shilpa Sebastian (9 January 2019). "On the sets of the film 'Ravi Chandra'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Upendra: ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್-ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾಂಬಿನೇಷನ್‌ನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ ಚೇಂಜ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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