From 'Tharle Nan Maga' to 'Super'; Here is the list of the best films by director Upendra

Upendra Rao is one the best director in Sandalwood who has made movies in different genres including comedy, horror, suspense, thriller and many more. Upendra has a specialty of mixing up different genera and then making a film. Upendra started working under director Kashinath and then got an opportunity to direct 'Tharle Nan Maga'. He also proved his capacity by producing different movies. Apart from being a director, Upendra is also an actor, writer, and singer. Here are few best directorial films of Upendra.

Tharle Nan Maga is a romantic comedy movie written and directed by Upendra. This is the directional debut film of Upendra. Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh, Anjali Sudhakar, Nithya, Tennis Krishna, and M.S Umesh have played the lead roles in the film. 'Tharle Nan Maga' is a story of a family, where the father wants to get his son married for dowry but later realized that it is bad. The director has carried out the comedy very well in a critical story. ‘Nam Nam Dagar’ song is one of the super hit songs which created a huge sensation at that time.

'Shhh!' Is one of the best horror-suspense movies of Sandalwood. This is the second successful movie under Upendra direction. Kumar Govind, Kashinath, and Suresh Heblikar played the lead roles in the film. 'Shhh!' was a big commercial hit and the audience accepted it for its unique story. The story sees an estate owner wife would’ve murdered his friend and family for the treasure but his friend's son remains alive and takes revenge. The famous music director Sadhu Kokila was introduced in this film.

Om is an epic movie in Sandalwood which was made in 1995. The crime drama film was directed by Upendra and which was re-released more than 550 times and sold its TV rights in 2015. Om starred real-life rowdies Jedarahalli Krishnappa, Bekkina Kannu Rajendra, Tanveer, Korangu Krishna for supporting roles in the film. The movie starts with a journalist who motivates real-life gangsters to leave underworld. The movie revolves around Satya (Shivrajkumar) who is the son of a priest turned as rowdy because of his girlfriend who encourages murder. Later his girlfriend realizes her fault and tries to get back him to her life. Satya leaves the underworld to lead a happy life. The film was remade in Hindi and Telugu.

'Swasthik' is another best directorial film of Upendra starring Raghavendra Rajkumar and Vijaylakshmi in the lead roles. The film revolves around terrorism and how it's attracting the youth. In this film, Upendra has experimented with the reverse screenplay and introduced non-linear narrative form which attracted people.

Upendra movie was written and directed by Upendra himself. It is a psychological thriller which changed the face of Sandalwood. Upendra starred Upendra, Prema, Raveena Tandon, and Damini. Upendra planned the movie very well, he showed three different emotions of a person in three different female roles. This movie later continued to a sequel, Uppi 2.

Super is dystopian science fiction, it is a Utopian concept movie which portrays the future of society. After a long gap of 10 years, Upendra directed Super which shows the future of India. South Indian actress Nayanthara starred for the first time in Kannada with this film. This movie revolves around an NRI who tries to remove poverty and corruption from the society.