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Upendra Rao, also known as Uppi, is a South Indian Actor in addition to being a well reputed producer, director, playback singer, screenwriter as well as a song-writer in Kannada film industry. He was born on 18th September 1987 in Koteshwara, Mysore to his parents Anusuya and Manjunatha Rao. He also has an elder brother Sudheendra Rao. He attended APS College of Commerce, Bangalore to pursue his higher education and obtain a degree in B. Com. He used to perform in college stage plays during his college years. Upendra had been a writer and assistant director during the initial days of his career in the film industry.

In 1992, He gave direction for his first movie “Tharle Nan Maga”. This movie immediately became a success, giving Upendra the much needed recognition as a director in Kannada film industry In 1993, Upendra directed his second movie, a horror flick named “Shhh” starring Kashinath and Kumar Govind. It went on to become one of the best horror movies in Kannada. Upendra later directed his third film “Om”. This was an action film, based on the life of the gangsters in Bangalore and carried the message of peace.

“Om” became a phenomenal hit in the box office making Upendra an A grade director in the Indian Cinema. Later, a remake of this movie was made in several languages including Tamil and Hindi in India. Soon afterwards, Upendra debuted as an actor in a self directed romantic comedy titled “A”. This movie described the hard realities of the film industry. There were also many speculations that it was based on Upendra’s life. This movie too became a huge success and got huge recognition in the Kannada film industry. Later, it was dubbed in Telugu and ran shows over 100 days in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka.

His next film “Upendra” starred Raveena Tandon as the lead alongside him. “Uppi-2” co-starring Kristina Akheeva is his latest movie which was released on 18th of September 2013. He has won many awards and has got nominations in various award ceremonies. He won the best director award six times in Filmfare Awards of the South, Suvarna Film Awards &, Udaya Film Awards. In addition to this, he has won the award for Best Actor fourteen times till date. He has worked in 17 films as a playback singer since year 1999 and in 2011 was nominated for best male playback singer in Udaya Film Awards, for “Sikka Patte”. He has won all of this within just two decades of his career as an actor and director.

Currently, Upendra is 48 years old. He is married to Priyanka Trivedi and is a father of two children. He & his wife have worked together in Telugu films such as “Raa” and “H2O”. He lives in Bangalore as of date.