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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

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Kannada films

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Roles Notes
1989 Anantana Avantara Kamadeva Cameo
Love Maadi Nodu Doctor 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 Kannada-Tamil bilingual
Super Star Ricky / Deependra[a]
Nagarahavu Ajay
Naanu Naane Raja
Hollywood Upendra / Surendra / Robot US47[b]
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[c] 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[a]
Katari Veera Surasundarangi Upendra / Mohan / Temporary Yama[b]
Godfather Shiva / Ajay / Vijay[b]
Kalpana Raghava
2013 Topiwala Basak
2014 Brahma Brahma
Super Ranga Sriranga
2015 Shivam Basavanna / Alexander[a]
Uppi 2 Naanu / Neenu[a] Also director
2016 Kalpana 2 Raghava / Jade Shivu[a]
Mukunda Murari Mukunda
2017 Upendra Matte Baa Upendra / Surendra[a]
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]

Other language films

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Year Film Roles Language Notes
1997 Omkaram Narrator in the first scene Telugu Also director
1998 Kanyadanam Venkat
2000 Oke Maata Sooryam
2001 Raa Sridhar
2002 Neethone Vuntanu Ravi
H2O Udayashankar Tamil Kannada-Tamil bilingual
2007 Toss Neelakanta Telugu
2008 Satyam Manickavel Tamil Tamil-Telugu bilingual film
Salute Prathap Rudra Telugu
2015 S/O Satyamurthy Devaraj
2022 Ghani Vikramaditya
2025 Coolie † Kaleesha Tamil

As director and writer

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Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1992 Sriramachandra Dialogues
Tharle Nan Maga Yes Yes Also choreographer
1993 Shhh! Yes Yes
1995 Om Yes Yes
Operation Antha Yes Yes
1997 Omkaram Yes Yes Telugu film
1998 Swasthik Yes Yes
A Yes Yes
1999 Upendra Yes Yes
2001 Raa Screenplay Telugu film
2002 H2O Yes Kannada-Tamil bilingual
Super Star Yes
Hollywood Yes
2003 Rakta Kanneeru Yes
2010 Super Yes Yes
2012 Katari Veera Surasundarangi Yes
2013 Topiwala Yes
2015 Uppi 2 Yes Yes
2024 UI Yes Yes

As narrator

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2014 Ragini IPS [8]
2022 Ponniyin Selvan Kannada dubbed version trailer [9]

Discography

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Upendra played dual roles in the film.
  2. ^ a b c 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

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  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.
  8. ^ "Upendra lends voice for Kannada film 'Ragini IPS'". ibnlive.com. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  9. ^ "These star heroes give voice-over for Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan – 1 | Latest Telugu cinema news | Movie reviews | OTT Updates, OTT". 27 September 2022.
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