M. S. Umesh

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M. S. Umesh
Born
Mysore, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
Years active1960-present

Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian Kannada cinema actor who has a career spanning over six decades.

Makkala Rajya
(1960). Since then, he has acted in over 350 feature films. Umesh is renowned for his unique dialogue delivery, facial expressions and comedy timing.

Early life and family

Umesh was born on 24 April 1945 to A. L. Srikantayya and Nanjamma. His basic schooling was in Mysore where he was drawn towards theater and stage performances. At the age of 4, he joined the popular theater troupe run by K. Hirannaiah. Soon he joined the more famous Gubbi Veeranna's company and performed various roles as a child artist. It was in one of such stage plays that the then assistant director Puttanna Kanagal noticed him and recommended his name to B. R. Panthulu's next film.[2]

Umesh's first appearance as an actor on the silver screen was with

Makkala Rajya in 1960 directed by veteran actor-director B. R. Panthulu for his Padmini films banner. This was also the second film produced by M. V. Rajamma.[citation needed] This film also featured veteran Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan
in a cameo role.

Career

Post the superhit debut film, Umesh who was 15, could no longer feature in child roles and adult roles either. He moved back to stage shows and took up jobs which included some back stage labor works. He struggled to find himself a good role in drama plays too. It was then that Puttanna Kanagal again came to his rescue and cast him in his anthology film

Nagara Hole (1978), Guru Shishyaru (1981), Anupama (1981), Kaamana Billu (1983), Apoorva Sangama (1984), Shruthi Seridaaga (1987), Shravana Banthu (1984), Malaya Marutha (1986), Golmaal Radhakrishna (1990), Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare (1993), Venkata in Sankata
(2007) to name a few.

Umesh's comedy role as "Sithapathi" in the 1990 comedy film,

Ananth Nag in the lead is considered one of the best comedy roles in Kannada cinema. His catchy dialogue "Apaartha Madkondbitro Eno" is widely acclaimed among the masses.[3] His role as an old toothless widow grandmother in Ramesh Aravind's directorial Venkata in Sankata was also widely appreciated.[4]

Selected filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ Veteran Kannada actor Umesh is living in poverty
  2. ^ He has many stories to tell
  3. ^ Golmaal Radhakrishna comedy scene video
  4. ^ First Look: Ramesh Arvind's Venkata In Sankata

External links

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