Upendra filmography

Upendra is an Indian film 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 career spanning over 25 years, he has directed 10 films and acted in over 60 films.

Upendra in 2019

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Roles	Notes
1989	Anantana Avantara	Kamadeva	Cameo role
1991	Ajagajantara	Groom	Cameo role
1993	Shhh!	Fake Police officer	Cameo role
1995	Om		Voice Over	Dubbed for Kote Prabhakar
1995	Operation Antha	Bystander	Cameo role
1997	Omkaram	Narrator in the first scene	Telugu film
1998	A	Surya
1998	Kanyadanam	Venkat	Telugu film
1999	Upendra	Naanu
2000	Preethse	Chandru
2000	Oke Maata	Sooryam	Telugu film
2001	Raa	Sridhar	Telugu film
2002	H2O	Udayashankar
	Neethone Vuntanu	Ravi	Telugu film
	Super Star	Ricky / Deependra	Dual role
	Nagarahavu	Ajay
	Naanu Naane	Raja
	Hollywood	Upendra / Surendra / Robot US47	Triple Role
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
	Toss	Neelakanta	Telugu film
	Anatharu	Rudra
	Lava Kusha	Chakri
2008	Sathyam	Manickvel	Tamil film
	Salute	Prathap Rudhra	Telugu film
	Budhivanta	Various[lower-alpha 1]
	Mast Maja Maadi	Himself	Cameo appearance
2009	Dubai Babu	Babu
2009	Rajani	Rajani
2010	Super	Subhash Chandra Gandhi
2011	Shrimathi	Raj Kumar
2012	Aarakshaka	Arun / Vishnu	Dual role
	Katari Veera Surasundarangi	Upendra / Mohan / Temporary Yama	Triple Role
	Godfather	Shiva / Ajay / Vijay	Triple Role
	Kalpana	Raghava
2013	Topiwala	Basak
2014	Brahma	Brahma
2014	Super Ranga	Sriranga
2015	Shivam	Basavanna / Alexander	dual role
	S/O Satyamurthy	Devaraj	Telugu film
	Uppi 2	Naanu / Neenu	Dual role
2016	Kalpana 2	Raghava / Jade Shivu	Dual role
2016	Mukunda Murari	Mukunda
2017	Upendra Matte Baa	Upendra / Surendra	Dual role
2019	I Love You	Santosh
2022	Home Minister	Renuka Prasad	[2]
	Ghani	Vikramaditya	Telugu film
	Thrishulam	TBA	Filming[3][4]
	Budhivanta 2	TBA	Filming[5]
	Kabza	TBA	Filming[6]

As Director and Writer

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
1992	Sriramachandra			Dialogue Writer
1992	Tharle Nan Maga			Also Choreographer
1993	Shhh!
1995	Om
1995	Operation Antha
1997	Omkaram			Telugu Film
1998	Kanyadanam			Telugu film
1998	Swasthik
1998	A
1999	Upendra
2002	H2O
2002	Super Star
2002	Hollywood
2003	Rakta Kanneeru
2010	Super
2012	Katari Veera Surasundarangi
2013	Topiwala
2015	Uppi 2
TBA	Untitled

Discography

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

Upendra played seven different roles in the film, namely: Joseph Fernandez, Panchamrutha, Zakir Hussain, Vijay Mittal, Samarasimha Reddy, Ranjaneesh Swamy and Shyam Prasad.

References

"Upendra started his career as a dialogue writer". The Times of India. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
"Uppi for Home Minister". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
R, Shilpa Sebastian (2019-01-09). "On the sets of the film 'Ravi Chandra'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
"Upendra: ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್-ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾಂಬಿನೇಷನ್‌ನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ ಚೇಂಜ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
"Uppi to wow fans with his unique look in Buddhivantha 2". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
Khajane, Muralidhara (2019-11-27). "Upendra is back with 'Kabza', in which he's up against seven anti-heroes". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

External links

Upendra filmography at IMDb

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[2] Upendra played seven different roles in the film, namely: Joseph Fernandez, Panchamrutha, Zakir Hussain, Vijay Mittal, Samarasimha Reddy, Ranjaneesh Swamy and Shyam Prasad.

[1] "Upendra started his career as a dialogue writer". The Times of India. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[3] "Uppi for Home Minister". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

[4] R, Shilpa Sebastian (2019-01-09). "On the sets of the film 'Ravi Chandra'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

[5] "Upendra: ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್-ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾಂಬಿನೇಷನ್‌ನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ ಚೇಂಜ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[6] "Uppi to wow fans with his unique look in Buddhivantha 2". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

[7] Khajane, Muralidhara (2019-11-27). "Upendra is back with 'Kabza', in which he's up against seven anti-heroes". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-12.