Priyanka Upendra - Actress (Kannada Telugu Tamil Hindi Bengali)

 

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About:
Saturday 29, March 2025, 18:15.
Born Priyanka Trivedi
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s) Actress, producer
Years active 1997–present
Spouse Upendra Rao ​(m. 2003)​
Children 2


Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films and in a few Tamil and Bengali language films.

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Early life:

Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten years of her schooling life in the US and about three years in Singapore, before graduating with a commerce degree from a college in Kolkata. She described herself as "little introverted, pretty flexible as a person, a good listener and overtly sensitive." She appeared in television commercials for brands such as Britannia, Orient Electric and Pillsbury in the late 1990s. During this time, she was cast by director Basu Chatterjee in his first Bengali film, Hothat Brishti (1998). She went on to make two more films with him, Chupi Chupi (2001) and Tak Jhal Mishti (2002).

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Career:

Beginnings:

Priyanka made her silver screen debut in Prabhat Roy's Bengali film Joddha (1997). She subsequently moved to Mumbai and acted in the Hindi film Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001). In 2002, she acted in the Bengali film Saathi, which became one of the highest grossers of Bengali cinema. She then began receiving offers for South Indian films, and went on make Telugu films Soori and Raa, the former of which was remade in Hindi as Durga with Priyanka acting in that too; H2O and Kotigobba in Kannada; and Raajjiyam, Raja, Kadhal Sadugudu and Jananam in Tamil.

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2015–present:

In 2015, she starred in Priyanka, a film based on a real-life incident involving a murder where a 27-year-old man killed another man whose wife he was in love with. Released in 2016, the film was received well by critics and her performance received praise. S. Viswanath of Deccan Herald felt that Priyanka turned in "with a polished show as the doting, Facebook-addicted wife." In her second release of the year, the horror film Mummy, Priyanka played a widow and a mother to a young girl and pregnant with a second child, who move in to a haunted villa. Her performance was received well by critics. A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express called the film "technically brilliant" and that "Priyanka carries the film on her shoulders with ease..." In 2nd Half, her only release of 2018, she played Anuradha, a police constable, who takes it upon herself to solve a case after receiving no support from her superiors. Critic Sharadhaa felt, "Priyanka carries a lot of responsibility on her shoulders. Being the central focus of the film, she has ample scope to perform and does justice to her role." In H. Lohith's crime-thriller Devaki (2019), who also directed Mummy, Priyanka played a mother who frantically searches the streets of Kolkata for her kidnapped daughter (played by real-life daughter, Aishwarya)[ with the help of a police officer. Vivek M. V. of Deccan Herald wrote of her performance, "Priyanka is earnest but for the most part, she is in tears. We wonder if she could have brought out other facets like anxiety, fear and the pain of a single mother separated from her daughter. Thankfully, she makes it up in the final scene."

In her first release after Devaki, a period film 1980, set in the same year as the title, Priyanka played a novelist. The film explored the concept of an alternate universe. It was released on the OTT platform Namma Flix on 15 October 2021. Critic Prathibha Joy wrote for Ottplay.com that the film lacked "execution" despite having an "intriguing narrative" and "[the makers'] best efforts, most notably by lead actress Priyanka Upendra..."

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Personal life:





On 14 December 2003, she married Upendra, who first starred opposite her in the Telugu movie Raa and then in H2O.

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Filmography

Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref(s)

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1997 Joddha Bengali

1998 Hothat Brishti Deepa Bengali

Rakter Doshe — Bengali

Bada Din — Hindi

1999 Sautela — Hindi

Katha Kahiba Mo Matha Sindura Pinky Odia

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2001

Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao Sonia Malkani Hindi

Chupi Chupi — Bengali

Soori Gayatri Telugu Telugu film

Raa Shanthi Telugu Telugu film

Kotigobba Priya Kannada


2002 H2O Kaveri Kannada credited as Priyanka Upendra

Durga Gayatri Hindi

Raajjiyam Anuradha Tamil

Sathi Sonali Bengali

Raja Priya Tamil

Tak Jhal Mishti Dipantika Bengali

Guru Mahaguru — Hindi

2003 Kadhal Sadugudu Kausalya Tamil

Ice Anjali Tamil

Sangee Rupa Bengali

2004

Rowdy Aliya Rani Kannada

Malla Priya Kannada

Jananam Shruthi Tamil

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2006 Agnipariksha Kabita Bengali

2008 Aamar Pratigya Rina Sen Bengali

Golmaal Chandni Bengali

2009 Aparadhi Nandini Bengali

2010 Pancharangi Herself Kannada

2011 Shrimathi Priya Kannada

Hello Memsaheb Mita Bengali

2013 Enemmy Eklavya's Wife Hindi


2014 Crazy Star Ravi's Wife Kannada

2015 Uppi 2 Herself Kannada Also producer

2016 Priyanka Priyanka Kannada

Mummy Priya Kannada


2018 2nd Half Anuradha Kannada

2019 Devaki Devaki Kannada

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2021 1980 Priya Kannada Direct OTT Release – Namma Flix

2023 Master Anshuman Madhabi Sen Bengali


2024 Gowri — Kannada Special appearance


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