MG Srinivas

MG Srinivas (Bangalore) is an Indian film Actor,Director and screenwriter in Kannada cinema.

His Second short film Simply Kailawesome won the Platinum Remi Award during the 44th Houston Film Festival in 2011. This led to his first feature film in Kannada language, Topiwala, with Upendra in the lead. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

MG Srinivas on the sets of the movie Birbal.

Biography

He was educated at Bangalore's Presidency School. After completing his graduation and acquiring his BSc degree from Seshadripuram College he commenced his career as a dance choreographer and successfully completed couple of stage performances. Later in 2007, he joined RedFM as a professional Radio jockey. During this period, he was in charge of a popular prime time show titled 'Blade Raja' which was aired in the morning. The show was a Super-hit and he hosted it for three consecutive years before moving to the film industry.[7]

Films

Waving goodbye to his profession as a Radio jockey, MGS moved on to make short films so as to realize his dream of becoming a film director. His first movie, "Rules", grabbed attention for its slapstick comedy inter-twined with satirical tone on speed breakers. The short film was officially screened in the Australian Film Festival Bollywood and Beyond. He also acted in a small role in 2010 Kannada movie Just Maath Maathalli as Ramya's music freak brother.

The stint continued with MGS who commenced his education at Abhinaya Tharanga to learn the nuances of acting. During this period, he was inspired by the stage play Typical Arathi by AS Murthy. The inspiration evolved into reality when he made the short film "Simply Kailawesome" which was strongly based on TP Kailasm. Simply Kailawesome's win of the Platinum Remi Award paved way for a formal introduction with Kannada superstar Upendra.

The project 'Topiwala' was successfully directed by MG Srinivas and released in Karnataka, to positive critical response. He continues to be the youngest director to have directed the Sandalwood superstar in his first stint as a director.

MG Srinivas next directed a romantic comedy entertainer, Srinivasa Kalyana, produced by Bharat Jain under Mars Films. Music for the movie was scored by Midhun Mukundhan and Raghu Thane. This movie also saw MG Srinivas making his debut as a lead actor for the first time alongside Kavitha, Nikhila Rao while Achyuth Kumar, Sujay Shastry and Dattanna were seen in important roles.

Srinivasa Kalyana opened to positive reviews across the state in spite of having tough competition at the time of release. Deccan Chronicle gave the movie 3/5 and praised the movie for its light hearted comedy and youthful charm which showed philosophy in such simple manner.[8] Times of India rated 3.5/5 and praised the sass touch to this candyfloss romance.[9] IndiaGlitz gave an impressive 4/5 calling the movie a jovial journey and praised MG Srinivas for his commendable debut[10] while BookMyShow saw the film being praised by the movie buffs for its complete entertainment where the user rating went up to 8.4/10.[11] IMDb said, "The complex philosophy behind the ancient concept of "moksha" is explained simply, through the life of a young man and his relationships" and rated the movie an impressive 9.1/10.[12]

The movie was released and sustained for two weeks in USA and Australia(Melbourne and Sydney) after a critical and commercial success in India. Another element that contributed to the success of this movie was its music by Midhun and Raghu. Gapu Gapalli noticeably was a huge hit among the youth where the song garnered over a million views on YouTube.

MG Srinivas is currently working on his next venture, a crime thriller titled Birbal Trilogy. It is a series of 3 films and is said to be the first of its kind in the Kannada Film Industry. The first part is, Case No.1 : Finding Vajramuni followed by Case No.2 : Avrn bitt, Ivrn bitt, Ivryaru? and the last one is Case No.3 : Turremane.

He is currently shooting for the first film, Birbal Trilogy - Case No. 1 : Finding Vajramuni, which stars himself in the lead and Rukmini Vasanth, Sujay Shastry, Suresh Heblikar, Madhusudhan Rao are seen in prominent roles and the tentative release date is April, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Upendra's Topiwala ready for massive release 13 March 2013
  2. ↑ Topiwaala is a political satire March 14, 2013
  3. ↑ Upendra's Topiwala for election time Dec 2012
  4. ↑ Simply Kailawesome Wins Remi Award 27 April 2011
  5. ↑ Looking at Simply Kailawesome October 6, 2010
  6. ↑ award for 45 minutes short film Apr 28, 2011
  7. ↑ RJ SRINI APRIL 26, 2009
  8. ↑ Srinivasa Kalyana movie review: First, second and ‘third’ love stories Feb 25, 2017
  9. ↑ TOI - Srinivasa Kalyana Movie Review Feb 24, 2017
  10. ↑ IndiaGlitz - Srinivasa Kalyana Review Feb 24, 2017
  11. ↑ BookMyShow - Srinivasa Kalyana
  12. ↑ IMDB - Srinivasa Kalyana
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