<p>Upendra’s next big thing is his three-shaded character in ‘Godfather’, that had an enviable audio launch with the who’s who of the Kannada film industry showing up at the event. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The trailers that were being played non-stop during the event showed Upendra <br />in three different avatars, none remotely related to the other.<br /><br /> “It has been the most challenging role that I’ve done of late. In the second half of the film, I appear in a role that I’ve never really tried before, I hope people will like it,” he says.<br /><br />There’s a scene in ‘Godfather’ where Upendra moves, grooves and even teases like a woman. <br /><br />“I don’t know how I carried off that part. I don’t have any looks that can even distinctly be associated with a woman. <br /><br />I look tough and there’s no softness about me but I’ve tried my best to pull it off, imitating a woman,” says Upendra, who doesn’t want to reveal more details about the film.<br /><br />Upendra may be one of the hottest selling onscreen names in Sandalwood, but he is best known for his directorial ventures.<br /><br /> All the movies scripted and directed by him remain etched in people’s memory. <br />“A movie must touch people’s lives. Nothing is impossible.<br /><br /> There can be a different take to very ordinary things in life,” he says and adds, “in acting, you just have to do what the director tells you but as a director every shot and every frame is decided by you.”<br /><br />Upendra has written the story for his forthcoming Kannada movie, Topiwala and his next release Kalpana, is a comedy which has right doses of horror packed in, just for that extra punch. <br /><br />“I go to a movie to be entertained and have fun. I believe that’s what my movies must do to people — entertain them.”<br /><br />He says he has been acting for more than a decade and would now like to set apart some time for direction and to give a form to his ideas. <br /><br />Upendra says that he must stumble upon a subject that really excites him. <br /><br />“Ordinary things don’t grab my attention. There must be something that nags me and provokes me into making a movie until then, I am content with acting. Movies like Buddhivantha is still remembered by people,” he sums up.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Upendra’s next big thing is his three-shaded character in ‘Godfather’, that had an enviable audio launch with the who’s who of the Kannada film industry showing up at the event. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The trailers that were being played non-stop during the event showed Upendra <br />in three different avatars, none remotely related to the other.<br /><br /> “It has been the most challenging role that I’ve done of late. In the second half of the film, I appear in a role that I’ve never really tried before, I hope people will like it,” he says.<br /><br />There’s a scene in ‘Godfather’ where Upendra moves, grooves and even teases like a woman. <br /><br />“I don’t know how I carried off that part. I don’t have any looks that can even distinctly be associated with a woman. <br /><br />I look tough and there’s no softness about me but I’ve tried my best to pull it off, imitating a woman,” says Upendra, who doesn’t want to reveal more details about the film.<br /><br />Upendra may be one of the hottest selling onscreen names in Sandalwood, but he is best known for his directorial ventures.<br /><br /> All the movies scripted and directed by him remain etched in people’s memory. <br />“A movie must touch people’s lives. Nothing is impossible.<br /><br /> There can be a different take to very ordinary things in life,” he says and adds, “in acting, you just have to do what the director tells you but as a director every shot and every frame is decided by you.”<br /><br />Upendra has written the story for his forthcoming Kannada movie, Topiwala and his next release Kalpana, is a comedy which has right doses of horror packed in, just for that extra punch. <br /><br />“I go to a movie to be entertained and have fun. I believe that’s what my movies must do to people — entertain them.”<br /><br />He says he has been acting for more than a decade and would now like to set apart some time for direction and to give a form to his ideas. <br /><br />Upendra says that he must stumble upon a subject that really excites him. <br /><br />“Ordinary things don’t grab my attention. There must be something that nags me and provokes me into making a movie until then, I am content with acting. Movies like Buddhivantha is still remembered by people,” he sums up.<br /><br /></p>