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Upendra (actor)
Indian actor and politician
This article is about the Kannada actor and director. For the film, see Upendra (film).
Upendra Rao (born 18 September 1968) is an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist and politician who worked primarily in Kannada films.
He has also worked in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Upendra familyIn 2017, He joined the political party Karnataka Pragnyavanta Janata Paksha,[1][2] before quitting the party in 2018 due to internal differences and formed another party named Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP), which was based on the principles of Prajākīya (citizen-centric administration).
He received an Honorary Doctorate from Angkor University in 2015.[3]
He started his film career as a writer and an assistant director with actor and film director Kashinath. His first directorial venture was Tharle Nan Maga (1992).
In the mid-1990s, Upendra directed Om (1995) which emerged as a blo