Upendra (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Upendra (actor)

director, writer and actor

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1967

Place of Birth: Kundapura, Karnataka, India

Profession: screenwriter, actor, lyricist, film director

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Upendra (actor)

  • Upendra Rao, known as Upendra, is an Indian filmmaker, actor, and politician known for his work in Kannada cinema.
  • He started his film career under actor and film director Kashinath, as a writer and an assistant director.
  • His first directorial venture was Tharle Nan Maga (1992).
  • He is currently one of the highest paid directors and actors in the Kannada cinema industry.In the mid 1990s, Upendra directed Om, which portrayed actual Bangalore gangsters, followed by A, which was his debut film as an actor.
  • Upendra, his next film, starred Raveena Tandon, a Bollywood actress.
  • After a decade of acting in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films, he returned to the role of director with the multilingual movie Super, which was well-received critically and commercially.
  • Upendra is known for his work in films such as A (1998), Upendra (1999), Preethse (2000), Super Star (2002), Kutumba (2002), Gokarna (2002),Hollywood (2002), Raktha Kanneeru (2003), Gowramma (2005), Aishwarya (2006), Anatharu (2007), Budhivanta (2008), Super (2010), Kalpana (2012), S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Uppi 2 (2015), I love you (2019).
  • Upendra directed movies were not remade in other languages.
  • Upendra got an Honorary Doctorate from Angkor University in 2015.Upendra is known for his thematic representation of Indian politics and society in films directed by him.
  • In October 2017, he joined a political party Karnataka Pragnyavanta Janata Paksha.
  • However, owing to internal differences, he quit the party five months later and formed another party named Uttama Prajakeeya Party (UPP) based on the principles of Prajakiya (citizen-centric administration).

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