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Upendra
Upendra
	File:Upendra with his family.jpg Upendra with Priyanka Upendra and children in a family photo
Born	September 18, 1968 (age 55); Kundapura, Karnataka, India
Other names	Uppi
Occupation(s)	film director, film actor, film producer, writer, screenwriter, lyricist, singer
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Priyanka Upendra
Children	Ayush, Aishwarya
Website	twitter.com/realupendra

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Upendra (born 18 September 1968) (popularly also called Uppi^[2]) is an Indian film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and singer. He stars primarily in Kannada films and is well-known in Sandalwood and Tollywood. He started his career under the director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director.

Upendra is the most popular and commercially successful director of the Kannada Film Industry^[3], with many of his directorials creating box office history, such as Tharle Nan Maga (1992), Shhh! (1993), Om (1995), A (1998) which was also his debut film as an actor, Upendra (1999) which starred bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, and Super (2010) which was his directorial comeback after a decade of acting in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films.^[4]

As an actor, Upendra has starred in 38 films, many of which went on to become big grossers at the box office^[5], such as A (1998), Kanyadanam (1998), Upendra (1999), Preethse (2000), Raa (2001), H2O (2002), Super Star (2002), Hollywood (2002), Kutumba (2003), Raktha Kanneeru (2003), Gokarna (2003), Omkara (2004), Gowramma (2005), Auto Shankar (2005), Aishwarya (2006), Anatharu (2007), Budhivanta (2008), Super (2010), Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012), Godfather (2012) and Kalpana (2012). Upendra has thus established himself as one of the most successful directors and actors of Kannada cinema.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] He is currently one of the highest paid directors and actors in the Kannada Film Industry.^[10]

Upendra is famous for having directed Nonlinear narrative films which involve complicated narration and reverse screenplays with multiple number of flashbacks within flashbacks, thus making the audience to watch the film multiple number of times to understand the story. Films like Om, A, Swasthik, Upendra, and Super are most notable for their Nonlinear narrative screenplays with flashbacks within flashbacks. Upendra's films have been acclaimed by popular film personalities of Hindi, Tamil and Telugu film industries like Rajinikanth^[11] , Amitabh Bachchan, Manirathnam^[12], S S Rajamouli^[13], Prabhu Deva^[14] and Anil Kapoor.

Career as a director

It was Upendra's ambition to become a director, for which he first sought to assist director Kashinath. He started off as a director with a typical Kashinath style comedy called Tharle Nan Maga in 1992. The film introduced a comedian called Jaggesh, it was also a hit.^[15]

Upendra directed a horror suspense thriller next called Shhh! in 1993. The film featured his mentor Kashinath and a young producer and actor named Kumar Govind. The movie was a major commercial success^[16], and Upendra finally could come out as an independant director.

His next film was a gangster film called Om which was released in 1995. The film starred Shivrajkumar and also had real gangsters in its cast, and had a message of peace. The movie was a major blockbuster^[17] and went on to become one of the the highest grossing Kannada films of its time and gained recognition in the National arena. With Om, Upendra also introduced an actress from Coorg, Prema. Om was also remade into several languages - the Hindi version was called Arjun Pandit and had Sunny Deol essaying Shivrajkumar's role.

Upendra then turned towards a project of directing an extended version of the 1981 film Antha and he called it Operation Antha. The film had Ambareesh reprising his role from the earlier 1981 version, as Kanwar Lal. The film contained revolutionary ideology and a strong feeling against corruption, where the protagonist is obsessed by the corrupt world and finds a way to change the system through extremist way. The film was much ahead of its time and hence was not very successful. However, it was controversial for its taunts on some real life political figures.^[18]

In 1998 Upendra directed A, through which he made a successful transition to acting. A was again a revolutionary film about exploring deeper meanings of love. The film had outrageous posters, even more outrageous dialogues, and a controversial storyline. The plot was of a director falling in love with his lead actress while filming, and then becoming dejected as she leaves him when she becomes successful. The film also dealt with dark truths of the film world, like the casting couch. Rumors were thick that it was Upendra's own story, and the actress in the film was his protege Prema. This only added to the popularity of the film and it broke many box office records upon release and went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada films of its time.^[19] The film was also dubbed to Telugu, and repeated its success in Andhra Pradesh too. The film won accolades from Bollywood personalities like Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor. Upendra was now a big name in Kannada cinema and was also popular in Andhra Pradesh.^[20]

Upendra's next movie was Swasthik with lead Raghavendra Rajkumar which was released in 1998. Taking a plot with terrorism as its core, it narrates the story of an Indian raised by Pakistani parents living in India, who are later revealed to be terrorists. The film was not a big success, but was still a hit with the critics.^[21] However, it is still remembered for its smart narration and innovative screenplay and is considered to be one of the best works of Upendra with respect to screenplay.

In 1999, Upendra made a self-titled film, Upendra, a psychological thriller that explored the nuances of ego. Upendra acted in this film as the unnamed protagonist (or antagonist) Naanu (I or Myself). The film starred three heroines, Damini, Prema, and Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon. Naanu was an arrogant character, bordered on misogyny, and was very insulting to women, which led to a lot of criticism on the film. However, the film broke many box office records and went on to be a much bigger blockbuster than A. The film's telugu version was also a huge success in Andhra Pradesh. Upendra was now not only a remarkably successful director, but also a big star with a large fan base in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.^[22]^[23] Since then, Upendra gave up direction and concentrated more on his on screen career.

Upendra came back as a director after a hiatus of 10 years in 2010 with the movie Super. The movie was released in a record number of theatres all over Karnataka^[24] and was also dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh. The Utopian film, set in a futuristic India, tells the story of a NRI who, through political manipulations, helps India become a superpower in 2030. The film broke many box office records upon release and went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada films of recent times and was also critically acclaimed.^[25]

In 2011, Tamil actor Rajinikanth attended a private screening of Super in Bangalore. Rajinikanth watched the film along with Upendra and a couple of friends. Once outside the auditorium, the actor spoke to a huge crowd of media-men who were gathered outside. "Upendra is a great actor and director. There is hardly anyone in Indian Cinema, who would think like him. Only he can think like that. I like watching Upendra's films and this was no exception. If I get an opportunity and an impressive script, I'd like to act in an Upendra film in the future," said Rajini.^[26]^[27]

In January 2012, Upendra announced that he is working on the script for his next directorial titled Upendra 2 or Uppi 2,^[28] a sequel to his 1999 film Upendra. Upendra 2 will be directed and produced by Upendra under his home banner, Upendra Productions. The movie will be a comeback film of a trio of musician Gurukiran, cinematographer HC Venu and Upendra. The posters of Upendra 2 which were released over the Internet have aroused a lot of curiosity among millions of fans and viewers.^[29] The posters featured a huge rectangle, with no clear name inside it, but with a heap of mathematical formulae - be it arithmetic, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, calculus and so on - and had a byline - "directed by Upendra".^[30]

Career as an actor

After acting in small roles in his mentor Kashinath's films such as Anathana Avanthara and Ajagajanthara, Upendra started his acting career with a bunch of walk on roles notably in his directorial films such as Tharle Nan Maga, Shhh! and Operation Antha.

In 1998 Upendra made a transition to acting in his own directorial A. Upon release, it broke many box office records and went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada films of its time.^[31] The film was also dubbed to Telugu, and repeated its success in Andhra Pradesh too. The film won accolades from Bollywood personalities like Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor. Upendra was now a big name in Kannada cinema and was also popular in Andhra Pradesh.^[32] The same year, Upendra made his Tollywood debut with Kanyadanam directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana, which was a commercial success.^[33] The film explored the soft and romantic side of Upendra, who had gained a much dreaded image after his psychopath performance in A.

In 1999, Upendra directed and starred in a self-titled film, Upendra, a psychological thriller that explored the nuances of ego. The film starred three heroines, Damini, Prema, and Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon. The film broke many box office records upon release and went on to be a much bigger blockbuster than A. The film's telugu version was also a huge success in Andhra Pradesh. Upendra was now not only a remarkably successful director, but also a big star with a large fan base in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.^[34]^[35] Since then, Upendra gave up direction and concentrated more on his on screen career.

In 2000, Upendra starred opposite Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre in the film Preethse which was a remake of the Bollywood film Darr. The film was a Psychological thriller, in which Upendra plays a mad lover who stops at nothing to achieve his love and goes on committing series of murders. Preethse was a big commercial success and became Upendra's third consecutive blockbuster.^[36]

In 2001, although Upendra did not have any releases in Kannada, his Telugu film Raa became box office hit in Andhra Pradesh.^[37] Upendra starred opposite Priyanka Trivedi for the first time in this film. Raa was again a typical Upendra style film, in which Upendra plays a womanizer.

In 2002, Upendra went on to write and star in a highly controversial film, H2O. Upendra again starred opposite Priyanka Trivedi in this film for the second time. The film also starred Tamil dancer Prabhu Deva. H2O was about the sensitive Kaveri River water dispute, which Upendra chose to show symbolically through a love triangle between a Kannadiga (Upendra), a Tamilian (Prabhu Deva) and their object of affection, Kaveri (Priyanka Trivedi). Stuck amidst regionalistic controversies, H2O could not perform as well as expected, although it had an above average run at the box office.^[38] Upendra's next film titled Super Star, was based on the true incidents of the Nepalese royal massacre. This film too, despite getting a massive opening like H2O, turned out to be a below average grosser upon release. He then appeared in films like Nagarahavu and Naanu Naane. While the former was a below average grosser, the latter box office flop.^[39] Upendra then wrote and starred in a big budget Science fiction robot film titled Hollywood, in which he starred opposite Australian actress Felicity Mason. This film too, could not meet expectations and was only a moderate success at the box office.^[40]

In 2003, Upendra made a strong comeback with films like Kutumba, Raktha Kanneeru and Gokarna, all of which were hugely successful at the box office.^[41]^[42]. Raktha Kanneeru became one of the biggest hits in Upendra's career and was the top grossing film of the year. Upendra was declared as 'The Star of 2003'.^[43] The same year, Upendra married his Raa and H2O co-star Priyanka Trivedi.

In 2004, Upendra's most awaited gangster film Omkara could not meet expectations and became an average grosser at the box office,^[44] despite getting a massive opening.^[45] However, his next film in 2005, Gowramma opposite Ramya was a huge commercial success.^[46] The same year, Upendra starred opposite Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in the film Auto Shankar which was also a box office hit.^[47]

In 2006, Upendra starred in a Candyfloss Romantic Comedy film Aishwarya directed by Indrajit Lankesh. It was the debut film of bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. The film was made on a high style quotient, and was commercial success.^[48] His other films of 2006 such as Uppi Dada MBBS and Tandege Takka Maga were box office failures.^[49]

In 2007, Upendra won critical acclaim for his performance in Anatharu which was a moderate success at the box office.^[50] His other films of 2007 included Parodi, Masti, and Lava Kusha in Kannada, Toss in Telugu, and Sathyam in Tamil, all of which failed at the box office.^[51]^[52]^[53]

In 2008, Upendra rose back to Superstardom, with his only release of the year Budhivanta becoming the top box office grosser of the year.^[54] Budhivanta was declared as a blockbuster,^[55]^[56] in which Uppi played a womanizing con-man, and his seven get-ups were highly appreciated as were his witty dialogues. His next films in 2009 such as Dubai Babu and Rajani did not fare well at the box office.^[57]^[58]

After many ups and downs in his career as an actor, Upendra finally came back as a director after 10 years in 2010 with the movie Super in which he starred opposite Tamil actress Nayantara and Mumbai model Tulip Joshi. The movie was released in a record number of theatres all over Karnataka^[59] and was also dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh. The film broke many box office records upon release and went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada films of recent times and was also critically acclaimed.^[60]

In 2011 Upendra starred opposite his wife Priyanka Trivedi and bollywood actress Celina Jaitly in the film Shrimathi, which was a remake of the 2004 Bollywood film Aitraaz.

In 2012 Upendra had the highest number of releases among A-list actors. While his Aarakshaka failed at the box office, his 3D fantasy film Katari Veera Surasundarangi became a huge hit, Godfather did average business and the comedy horror film Kalpana did well at the box office.^[61]

In 2013 Upendra's much anticipated film Topiwala did below average business at the box office.^[62] His next film is said to be a big budget bilingual film to be made in Kannada and Telugu titled as Brahma which will be directed by R. Chandru of Mylari and Charminar fame. According to R. Chandru the film's story line is set in a time slot between the 17th century and the present day 21st century.^[63] Upendra is also set to work with Dandupalya director Sreenivasa Raju in an action film titled Basavanna, which evoked controversies regarding its title and first look poster.^[64] After facing oppositions from religious communities, the makers of the film have reportedly decided to shoot the film without a title.^[65]

Endorsements

Upendra has endorsed Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, United Breweries, Mavalli Tiffin Room, Karnataka Milk Federation, Emani Navaratna and Lunars Footwear. He has been the Brand Ambassador of United Breweries Group since 1999 and has been instrumental in driving the mass appeal of the brand with his iconic punch line Yella OK. Cool drink yaake? as part of the ad campaign.

In March 2012, UB Export celebrated more than a decade long association with Upendra in a ceremony at the Taj Vivanta in Bangalore. Commenting on the occasion Samar Singh Sheikhawat, Senior Vice President Marketing, United Breweries Ltd, said "The iconic Yaake? by Upendra in his trademark style has echoed for years and has been successful in capturing the imagination of the people and more importantly it has also enabled us to win several awards and laurels! It’s indeed a happy occasion for us."^{[This quote needs a citation]} Commenting on his long standing association with the brand, Upendra added "UB Export was successful in bringing out the quirky side of me in one of my most popular punch lines ever, Yella ok. Cool drink Yaake? It’s been almost 10 years since the ad broke out but the fad of Yaake? still seems to linger. Fans even now refer to it whenever I meet them on occasions"^[66].

Personal life

Born in a middle-class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, Upendra belongs to the Tulu speaking Koteshwara Magane Kota Brahmin community. On December 14, 2003, Uppi married former Miss Kolkata Priyanka Trivedi who met him first on the sets of the Telugu movie Raa and then on the sets of H2O. Upendra and his family reside in Banashankari III Stage in Bangalore.^[67]^[68] His residence, SuMane (which is an abbreviation of Surendra Upendra Mane, meaning House of Surendra - his elder brother and Upendra).^[69]

Filmography

As director

Year	Film	Lead Actor(s)	Run in theaters	Awards	Notes
1992	Tharle Nan Maga	Jaggesh	150 days^[70]		Appears as narrator, writer, lyricist, Debut film as director
1993	Shhh!	Kumar Govind	250 days^[70]		Cameo appearance, writer, lyricist
1995	Om	Shivaraj Kumar	16 years, continues to run in theaters^[70]		Voice-over, writer
1995	Operation Antha	Ambareesh	150 days^[70]		Cameo appearance, writer, lyricist
1998	A	Himself	250 days^[70]	Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor	Writer, lyricist
1999	Swasthik	Raghavendra Rajkumar	100 days^[70]		Writer, lyricist
1999	Upendra	Himself	200 days^[70]	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada (1999), Filmfare Award for Best Film (Kannada)	Writer, lyricist
2010	Super	Himself	175 days^[71]	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director, Udaya Film Award for Best Screenplay, Suvarna Film Awards 2011 - Favorite Film Award, Suvarna Film Awards 2011 - Favorite Director Award.^[72]	Writer, lyricist

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Run in theaters	Notes
1989	Anathana Avanthara		Kannada		Cameo appearance (Lord Kamadeva in a song)
1991	Ajagajanthara		Kannada		Cameo appearance
1993	Shhh!		Kannada		Cameo appearance
1995	Operation Antha		Kannada		Cameo Appearance
1998	A	Surya	Kannada & Telugu	25 weeks	Highest Grossing Kannada film of 1998
1998	Kanyadanam		Telugu	100 days^[37]	Debut movie in Telugu, a box office success.^[73]
1999	Upendra	Naanu	Kannada & Telugu	25 weeks^[37]	Highest Grossing film of 1999^[37] The film starred Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon.
2000	Preethse	Chandru	Kannada	25 weeks	Highest Grossing film of 2000^[74] The film starred the Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre.
2000	Oke Maata	Sooryam	Telugu
2001	Raa	Sridhar	Telugu	75 days^[37]^[75]
2002	H2O	Udayashankar	Kannada, Tamil, Telugu	75 days^[76]
2002	Neethone Vuntanu	Ravi	Telugu
2002	Super Star	Praveen, Deependra	Kannada & Telugu	50 days
2002	Nagarahavu	Ajay	Kannada
2002	Naanu Naane	Raja	Kannada
2002	Hollywood	Upendra, Surendra, Robot US47	Kannada & Telugu	75 days^[77]
2003	Kutumba	Vijay	Kannada	125 days^[78]
2003	Rakta Kanneeru	Mohan	Kannada & Telugu	120 days	Highest Grossing film of 2003^[79]
2003	Gokarna	Sidda	Kannada	25 weeks^[80]
2004	Omkara	Sathya	Kannada	50 days^[81]
2005	Gowramma	Venkat Swamy	Kannada	125 days
2005	News	Guru	Kannada
2005	Auto Shankar	Shankar	Kannada	100 days^[82]	The film starred Shilpa Shetty opposite Upendra.
2006	Uppi Dada M.B.B.S.	Rao Bahaddur Upendra	Kannada
2006	Tandege Takka Maga		Kannada
2006	Aishwarya	Abhishek Hegde	Kannada	75 days^[83]	Debut film of the Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone
2007	Parodi	Vijay	Kannada		Special Appearance
2007	Masti	Siddappaji	Kannada & Telugu		Special Appearance
2007	Toss	Neelakanta	Telugu
2007	Anatharu	Rudra	Kannada	63 days^[84]
2007	Lava Kusha	Chakri	Kannada
2008	Sathyam	Manickvel	Tamil
2008	Budhivanta	Joseph Fernandez, Panchamrutha, Zakir Hussain, Vijay Mithal, Samarasimha Reddy, Sri Sri Sri Bhagavan Ranjaneesh Swamy, Shyam Prasad	Kannada & Telugu	100 days	Highest Grossing film of 2008,^[85] released as Buddhimanthudu in Telugu.
2008	Mast Maja Maadi	Himself	Kannada		Special Appearance
2009	Dubai Babu	Babu	Kannada
2009	Rajani	Rajani	Kannada
2010	Super	Subhash Chandra Gandhi	Kannada & Telugu	25 weeks
2011	Shrimathi	Raj Kumar	Kannada
2012	Aarakshaka	Arun, Vishnu	Kannada
2012	Katari Veera Surasundarangi	Upendra, Mohan	Kannada	56 days	One of the Highest grossing Kannada films of 2012,^[86] First full length 3D film in Kannada cinema.
2012	Godfather	Shiva, Ajay, Vijay	Kannada	50 days	^[87] Music for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman^[88]
2012	Kalpana	Raghava	Kannada	56 days
2013	Topiwala	Basak	Kannada
2014	Bramha		Kannada & Telugu		Filming^[89]
2014	Basavanna		Kannada & Telugu		Announced^[90]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1999	Udaya Film Awards	Best Male Actor^[91]	A	Won
1999	Udaya Film Awards	Best Director	A	Nominated
1999	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada	A	Nominated
2000	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada	Upendra	Won
2000	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada	Upendra	Won
2003	Udaya Film Awards	Best Male Actor	Nagarahavu^[92]	Won
2004	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada	Raktha Kanneeru	Nominated
2008	Suvarna Film Awards	Special Award For Performance	Anatharu	Won
2008	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada	Anatharu	Nominated
2008	Udaya Film Awards	Best Male Actor	Anatharu	Nominated
2009	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada	Budhivanta	Nominated
2011	Udaya Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Super	Won
2011	Udaya Film Awards	Best Director	Super	Nominated
2011	Udaya Film Awards	Best Male Actor	Super	Nominated
2011	Suvarna Film Awards	Favorite Director Award	Super	Won
2011	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada	Super	Nominated
2011	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada	Super	Nominated
2011	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada	Sikka Patte - Super	Nominated
2012	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director^[93]	Super	Won
2012	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film^[94]	Super	Won
2012	South Indian International Movie Awards	Special Appriciation Award^[95]	Shrimathi	Won
2013	Udaya Film Awards	Best Male Actor	Kalpana^[96]	Won
2013	Suvarna Film Awards	Best Male Actor	Kalpana	Nominated
2013	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor	Katariveera Surasundarangi	Nominated

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^ "SIIMA Awards 2012 Results".
^ "Udaya film Awards 2013 Results".

External links

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[1] "Ruppis Resort Official Page".

[2] "Ruppis Resort Official Page".

[3] "Top 5 directors of sandalwood - Upendra's the best".

[4] Excited Upendra on Tamil Film 'Sathyam'

[5] "Sandalwood Directors love to act". Times of India.

[6] "Speculation of Kannada top director Upendra about India in 2030. A scene from movie Super by Kannada's top director Upendra".

[7] "Interview with Kannada Cinema's Top Star - Upendra".

[8] "Upendra - The 'Super' man in your neighbourhood".

[9] "Top Director of Kannada Cinema Upendra wins State Award".

[10] "Highest Paid Actors of Kannada Film Industry".

[11] Written by: By: Shekhar H Hooli (2011-01-29). "Rajinikanth describes Upendra's Super as different film - Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

[12] "Manirathnam at special premier of Upendra's H2O".

[13] "S S Rajamouli impressed by Upendra's OM".

[14] "Prabhu Deva about Upendra".

[15] "Top Director of Sandalwood - Upendra".

[16] "Top Director of Sandalwood - Upendra".

[17] "Top Director of Sandalwood - Upendra".

[18] "Rediff review of Super".

[19] "'A' film Producer Jagannath Departs".

[20] "Upendra ups and downs".

[21] "Vishwaroopam Similar To Upendra's Swasthik". Times of India.

[22] "Upendra Super Telugu version".

[23] "Upendra ups and downs".

[24] "Upendra on the success of Super".

[25] "Upendra Super critically acclaimed".

[26] Madhu Daithota, TNN Jan 30, 2011, 12.00am IST (2011-01-30). "I like watching Upendra's films: Rajinikanth - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[27] Written by: By: Shekhar H Hooli (2011-01-29). "Rajinikanth describes Upendra's Super as different film - Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

[28] "Uppi 2 getting ready".

[29] "Upendra 2 poster hits internet".

[30] "Upendra 2 poster hits internet".

[31] "'A' film Producer Jagannath Departs".

[32] "Upendra ups and downs".

[33] "TC Star Interviews - Upendra".

[34] "Upendra Super Telugu version".

[35] "Upendra ups and downs".

[36] "Rediff preview of Kannada Blockbuster Preethse".

[He's_'different'-37] "He's 'different'".

[38] "H2O Director Rajaram interview".

[39] "Upendra's Naanu Naane to telugu".

[40] "Upendra's Hollywood moderate success".

[41] "Kutumba marks successful 125 days".

[42] "2003 - yearly roundup of kannada films".

[43] "2003 - yearly roundup of kannada films".

[chakpak1-44] "Preeti Jhangiani returns to Sandalwood". Chakpak. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-01.

[45] ttp://chitraloka.com/news/2230-topiwala-to-get-released-on-january-25.html

[46] "Gowramma going great guns".

[47] "Namma Basava and Auto Shankar hit the 100 days mark".

[48] "Upendra-Deepika Padukone starrer 'Aishwarya' among the Hit Kannada films of 2006".

[49] "Kannada films 2006 Report".

[50] [entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/2007-superstar-ganesh-040108.html "Kannada films 2007 Round up"]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[51] "The Hindu - Kannada films 2007".

[52] "Telugu films 2007 Report".

[53] "Tamil films 2007 Report".

[54] "Upendra's 'Buddhivantha' - The Top Grosser of 2008".

[55] "Kannada films 2008 Report".

[56] "Buddhivatha completes 100 days".

[57] "Kannada films 2009 - Hits and misses".

[58] "Kannada films 2009 - BO Report".

[59] "Upendra on the success of Super".

[60] "Upendra Super critically acclaimed".

[61] "Best Kannada Actor of 2012".

[62] "Topiwala average business at box office".

[63] "Bramha - Upendra and Chandru".

[64] "Upendra's Basavanna first look creates controversy".

[65] "Basavanna to release without title".

[66] "'Yella ok; cool drink yaake?'". The New Indian Express.

[67] "The 'Super' man in your neighborhood - Upendra". The Hindu.

[68] "Upendra & Priyanka - When two cultures merge".

[69] "SuMane - Upendra's residence".

[rocklineproductions.com-70] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Upendra Directional films Run in theaters - Rockline Productions Official Website".

[71] "Super Completes 100 days and still going strong".

[72] "Upendra's 'Super' tops State Awards". Deccan Herald.

[73] "Kanyadaanam 1999 Cast and Crew".

[74] "Kannada Blockbuster Preethse - Mindless Entertainment!".

[75] "Producer of 'Raa' Nallamalupu Bujji Interview".

[76] "Upendra explains that H2O completed 75 days of run and was a moderate success".

[77] "Is Endhiran inspired by Uppi's Hollywood ?".

[78] "Kutumba marks successful 125 days".

[79] "2003 - yearly roundup of kannada films".

[80] "Rakshita explains 'Gokarna' was a good money spinner at the box office".

[81] "Upendra's Om was a Super Hit, Omkara a Decent Hit; Now teams up with Om Prakash Rao".

[82] "Namma Basava & Auto Shankar hit the 100 days mark".

[83] "Upendra-Deepika Padukone starrer 'Aishwarya' among the Hit Kannada films of 2006".

[84] "Kannada films of 2007 - Roundup".

[85] "Upendra's 'Buddhivantha' - The Top Grosser of 2008".

[86] "Anna Bond and Katari Veera - Biggest Hits of 2012 so far".

[87] "Kannada film 'God Father' earns Rs 7 Cr in two weeks".

[88] "Godfather audio release: AR Rahman honoured".

[89] "Bramha - Upendra and Chandru".

[90] "Upendra's Basavanna first look creates controversy".

[91] "Udaya film Awards won by Upendra".

[92] "Udaya film Awards won by Upendra".

[93] "Karnataka State Film Awards 2012".

[94] "Karnataka State Film Awards 2012".

[95] "SIIMA Awards 2012 Results".

[96] "Udaya film Awards 2013 Results".

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