M S Umesh

M. S. Umesh aka Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, is a Kannada actor. His career has spanned almost five decades. In his starting days, he acted in stage shows and, later on, bagged the project Makkala Rajya. After his debut, he has a feature in more than 350 films. He was born on 24 April 1945 in Mysore. His parents were A. L. Srikantayya and Nanjamma.

He did his schooling from Mysore. He was drawn to stage plays and theaters in Mysore only. At a very young age of 4, he joined K. Hirannaiah's famous theater troupe. Soon he joined a much more famous company of Gubbi Veeranna and played several roles as a child artist. During one such play, he was noticed by Puttanna Kanagal and recommended Umesh for B. R. Panthulu's next film. The movie also featured Sivaji Ganesan The Honorable Mr. Ganesan was the second son in hi >> Read More... in a cameo role.

At 15, he wasn't able to fit in child roles as well as adult roles. Therefore, he shifted to stage plays again. He was struggling to find good roles. But, the again, Puttanna Kanagal came to his rescue and cast him in his film Katha Sanagama in 1977. This movie won multiple laurels and fetched Umesh Best Supporting Actor in Karnataka State Film Award. After that, he featured in a lot of films through 1980's to 2000's.

He featured in films like Nagara Hole (1978), Guru Shishyaru (1981), Apoorva Sangama Apoorva Sangama is a Kannada romantic drama series >> Read More... (1984), Anupama (1981), Kaamana Billu (1983), Shruthi Seridaaga (1987),Golmaal Radhakrishna (1990), Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare (1993), Shravana Banthu , Malaya Marutha (1986), Venkata in Sankata (2007).

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 Umesh is a popular Kannada film actor, who was born in ‘Mysore’ in the year 1945 to ‘Srikantayya’ and ‘Nanjamma’. He is in the cinema industry for fifty years. Initially, he was a stage actor. In the year 1960, he was given a prominent role in the film ‘Makkala Rajya’. He was very popular for his comedy sense and his body language. He is known for his unique dialogue delivery, due to which he became a people pleaser. 

         His performance in the film ‘Munithaayi’ adored him with, the “Filmfare Award” for the ‘Best Supporting Actor’. Munithaayi had Rajinikanth and Aarthi in the lead roles. After the success of this film, he became the most wanted actor in the industry. He was at the peak with the comedy roles. ‘Sithapathi’, the Kannada film that was released in the year, 1990 is said to be one of the top comedy Kannada movies. Umesh and Ananth Nag Ananth Nag is an actor. He was born on 24th Novemb >> Read More... starred in it. Umesh has perfomed like a lady. He performed as a toothless granny in the movie Venkata in Sankata. This movie was directed by the popular Tamil and Kannada actor, ‘ Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind [born 1964] is an Indian writer, ac >> Read More... ’. Umesh has acted in nearly 350 movies without any speed breakers.  His latest movies are ‘ Siddhartha Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘Ondu Chance Kodi’. Umesh is in his seventies, age seems to have no impact on this young hearted man.