Om Prakash Rao

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  • Denissaa Prakash[ citation needed ]
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Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language.[ citation needed ][ when? ] He rose to fame when a regional channel, TV9 Kannada did a sting operation revealing how Om Prakash Rao casts female actors only if they were willing to give him sexual favors.

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Career

Om Prakash Rao's successful films such as Lockup Death (1996), Simhada Mari (1997), AK-47 (1999), Huchha and Kalasipalya (2004) have been huge blockbusters in Kannada cinema.[ citation needed ]

Controversies

Omprakash Rao was beaten up in Srirangapattina. The filmmaker, who was revealed as a director who took advantages of all actresses sexually, was said to have been physically abused for all his wrongdoings. The director couldn't even complete the shooting of his ongoing film. The film was said to have been stalled by angry people. Om Prakash Rao was said to have asked for sexual favours by actresses by offering them some top projects [1]

Omprakash Rao and Guru Deshpande, and producers Diwakar Babu and Rajashekar, were caught on camera luring young girls with the promise of roles in films [2]

Filmography

As director

YearFilm TitleNotes
1994 Palegaara
1994 Lockup Death
1994Gold Medal
1995Emergency
1997 Simhada Mari
1997CBI Durga
1999 AK-47
1999 A. K. 47 Telugu
2001 Huchcha Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
2001 Vande Matharam
2002 Ninne Preethisuve
2003 Partha Also producer
2003Sachi
2004 Kalasipalya
2004 Sahukara
2005 Annavru
2005 Ayya
2005Thunta
2006 Hubli Also producer
2006 Mandya Also producer
2009 Kannadada Kiran Bedi
2009 Yodha
2010 Sugreeva
2010 Huli
2011 Prince
2012 AK 56
2012 Bheema Theeradalli
2012 Shiva
2013 Election
2014 Chandralekha
2015Katte
2018 Huccha 2
2020Thrishoolam

As actor

YearTitleRoleNote(s)
2002 Dakota Express Sundar
2003Sachi
2004KanakambariKrishna
2004Aliya Mane TholiyaKrishna [3]
2009 Abhay Shastri
2009Devru
2010 Thipparalli Tharlegalu Pandu
2010 Shourya
2010Swayamvara
2011 Dhool
2014 Fair & Lovely
2015The ManRavishankar
2016 Khanana Dr. Narasimha

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References

  1. "Om Prakash Rao gets beaten up in Srirangapattina". The Times of India. 27 August 2014.
  2. "Kannada film big shots caught in casting couch sting - India News". India Today. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20041204162025/http://sify.com/movies/kannada/review.php?id=13621152&ctid=5&cid=2427 [ bare URL ]

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