MG Srinivas

MG Srinivas (Bangalore) is an Indian film Actor,Director and screenwriter in Kannada cinema.

His Second short film Simply Kailawesome won the Platinum Remi Award during the 44th Houston Film Festival in 2011. This led to his first feature film in Kannada language, Topiwala, with Upendra in the lead.

He was educated at Bangalore's Presidency School. After completing his graduation and acquiring his BSc degree from Seshadripuram College he commenced his career as a dance choreographer and successfully completed couple of stage performances. Later in 2007, he joined RedFM as a professional Radio jockey. During this period, he was in charge of a popular prime time show titled 'Blade Raja' which was aired in the morning. The show was a Super-hit and he hosted it for three consecutive years before moving to the film industry.

Waving goodbye to his profession as an Radio jockey, MGS moved on to make short films so as to realize his dream of becoming a film director. His first movie, "Rules", grabbed attention for its slapstick comedy inter-twined with satirical tone on speed breakers. The short film was officially screened in the Australian Film Festival Bollywood and Beyond. He also acted in a small role in 2010 Kannada movie Just Maath Maathalli as Ramya's music freak brother.

The stint continued with MGS who commenced his education at Abhinaya Tharanga to learn the nuances of acting. During this period, he was inspired by the stage play Typical Arathi by AS Murthy. The inspiration evolved into reality when he made the short film "Simply Kailawesome" which was strongly based on TP Kailasm. Simply Kailawesome's win of the Platinum Remi Award paved way for a formal introduction with Kannada superstar Upendra.

The project 'Topiwala' was successfully directed by MG Srinivas and released in Karnataka, to positive critical response. He continues to be the youngest director to have directed the Sandalwood superstar in his first stint as a director. MG is currently working on his second venture, a romantic comedy "Srinivasa Kalyana".

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