Uday K. Mehta

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Uday K Mehta is an Indian Film producer and writer who predominantly works in South Indian cinema. [1] He has worked in popular movies, including Brahmachari , Sinnga . [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Uday K Mehta started his career as a film producer in 2009 with his film Ravana. [5] After this Mehta produced a Kannada film Krishnan Love Story in 2010. The film was a box office hit. [6]

In 2013 Mehta produced Bachchan , starring Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu and Bhavana. It is the biggest big budget movie of Mehta's career. [7]

In 2016, Mehta produced another Kannada romantic film Krishna-Rukku . [8] [2]

In 2019. Uday Mehta produced Brahmachari , a comedy-drama film starring Sathish Ninasam and Aditi Prabhudeva. [9] He also wrote the script for this film. [10] Brahmachari is the sequel to Mehta's 2014 Kannada film Love in Mandya . [11] In the same year Mehta produced Sinnga starring Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aditi Prabhudeva. [12]

Filmography

S.No.YearFilmLanguageComments
12009 Raavana KannadaProducer
22010 Krishnan Love Story KannadaProducer
32013 Bachchan KannadaProducer
42014 Love in Mandya KannadaProducer
52015 Raja Rajendra KannadaProducer
62016 Krishna-Rukku KannadaProducer
72019 Sinnga KannadaProducer
8 Brahmachari KannadaProducer and writer
92024 Martin KannadaProducer

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  5. "Check out lists of Movies by #UdayKMehta #Filmography". FilmiBeat.
  6. "Krishnan Love Story completes 10 years since its release - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 September 2020.
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  8. "Playing Krishna made me a 'mass' hero - Times of India". The Times of India. 24 January 2017.
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