Upendra Rao is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer, and politician from Kannada. His most recent film, 'UI', was released today in theaters alongside actress Reeshma Nanaiah. In an interview with IANS, he discusses the motivation for this film and his return to directing after a 9-year absence. Talk about the fantastic response that Aamir Khan gave to this film as well.
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00:00You and I. That is inspiration. And them and everybody. You know that is what, it is very
00:13psychological thriller, this film. And it is global also. It is very personal as well
00:19as global.
00:20There was, there was no inspiration. When it comes to Upi sir, he himself is the best
00:32director out there. So just getting to work with him and watching him work inspired me
00:37a lot. You can put it that way. I think whatever he creates, everyone loves his work. The films
00:46that he has given to the industry is going to be evergreen. So just getting to work with
00:52sir was a huge deal for me. And I am so happy to be a part of UI. And UI is one kind of
00:58a movie where people will have to do a lot of thinking and a lot of self-reflection.
01:04So I am excited for that.
01:11Because I am an actor also, I keep doing movies with other directors. In between, if I get
01:17an idea, if I think, if it excites me, then I work on that. Then I made myself free. Then
01:24I started this movie because of that actually.
01:32Credit should go to my producer. My producer is Manohar Naidu. He is a very big legacy
01:37of Lahiri music. And they are in this business from past 50-60 years. And luckily I got such
01:45producer K.P. Shrikant, another big producer. Both of them joined together to make this.
01:51And they made it very big actually.
01:59It is like a dream come true for me. I don't know, I got a chance to meet him and I showed
02:05this Warner, the teaser. And I never expected he called me and suddenly he snatched his
02:12own phone and started making this video. And he insisted me that you do this promotion.
02:19You have very limited days, you start this promotion. He only encouraged me. I am really
02:25touched. I am speechless. Thank you, sir. Thank you again and again. I want to tell.
02:29No, it is not like that, sir. I never think like that actually. Because in North, in Hindi,
02:40so many great films they have made. Still they are making all big films. We are all
02:46inspired from those movies actually.
02:53Small, small that keeps happening actually. That is not a big thing actually.
03:00I think his direction itself makes the artist perform the way they should. Because he crafts
03:07each and every character in the film so well. And it holds their own weightage to the film.
03:13So his thinking, his vision of the character leads in a way that it is so beautifully promoted,
03:21it is so beautifully crafted.
03:24No, sir. I don't think like that actually. It is like one movie I made, luckily I am
03:33here. That also I don't know. That too because of my producers and they are encouraging it
03:41actually. We have to release in other languages also. Now we are releasing this film in five
03:46languages. It is all up to audience actually, how much they support me.
03:54No, I believe they already had their own recognition worldwide. Because the South Indian
04:02actresses are so, they have given such amazing films, be it Keerthi Suresh with Mahanatti.
04:09They have given such amazing films that it has reached a wider audience otherwise. I
04:16don't think now they are making a recognition. I feel they have already made their mark in
04:22every way possible.
04:29As I mentioned, I think the reach is higher now because when we release a certain film
04:36in all languages, the film is connected better in their local language. So anything that
04:42comes in our local language, we get connected more. So it is good that we have a wider exposure
04:49to a lot of audience.
04:53No, I always think like that. I always try different things. Even my films also, whatever
05:00earlier I have made films, I don't want to follow that. I want to explore different genres.
05:06That is what I keep trying. I will try more actually in the future also.