Upendra (Kannada film)
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| Kannada | ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ |
| Directed by | Upendra |
| Produced by | Shilpa Srinivas |
| Written by | Upendra |
| Screenplay by | Upendra |
| Story by | Upendra |
| Starring | Real Star Upendra Raveena Tandon Prema Damini |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
| Cinematography | A.V. Krishna Kumar |
| Edited by | T. Shashi kumar |
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Srinivasa Productions
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138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹6.5 million (equivalent to ₹20 million or US$300,000 in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹28 crore (equivalent to ₹84 crore or US$13 million in 2016) |
Upendra is a 1999 psychological thriller Kannada film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra, Raveena Tandon, Prema and Damini in the lead roles. The film explores three human emotions through the relationship between the main character and the three heroines. The songs of the film were written by Upendra and music was composed by Gurukiran.
The film won Filmfare Award for Best Film (Kannada) and Filmfare Award for Best Director (Kannada). A Japanese who saw the film in Bangalore was impressed by it as he found it similar to the story of Buddha and the concept of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and hence got it released in Japan. It was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan in 2001. A sequel tilted Uppi 2 was released in 2015.
Betala begins to narrate one of his puzzling tales to Vikramāditya which is the story of Naanu (translates to I/Me/Myself), an ego-driven selfish rogue and the three women in his life. Naanu since childhood hates hypocrisy and always speaks the truth. In the process, he exposes the truth behind everything. A young woman Rathi comes to know her father's hatred towards her in this process and falls in love with Naanu. However she finds out that Naanu wants to marry a billionaire Keerthi whose deceased father decides that her husband would inherit her entire wealth. He prints wedding cards and distributes it to all, including the employees working in Keerthi's establishments. This angers Keerthi who orders her guardian's son (who wants to marry her for the same reason) to attack Naanu. They bring a woman Swathi, who lives in his house and torture her. Naanu comes to her rescue and it is revealed that Swathi is Naanu's wife.
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