Srini

M. G. Srinivas (Srini) is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a director in the Kannada film industry with Topiwala, which stars Upendra. He made his debut as a lead actor in Srinivasa Kalyana (2017).

Srini first became a radio jockey with his show on 93.5 RED FM, Blade Raja. He made short films, his first being Rules, which was screened at Australia's Bollywood and Beyond Film Festival. His next project, Simply Kailawesome, won him the Platinum Remi Award at the Houston Film Festival. The film is about the life and literary works of the Kannada writer T. P. Kailasam; it caught Upendra's attention and led to his first feature Topiwala, with Upendra in the lead.

Personal life M. G. Srinivas married Shruti IL, a journalist, on 30 June 2019 in Mysore. in the lead roles. The film's title was inspired by an alcoholic beverage brand and means "Hale Sanyasi" in Kannada. Veteran actor Rajesh, made a special cameo appearance in the film. The film was released on 25 February 2022. Critics praised the direction, comedy, writing, dialogue and performance of the film. The music-director duo Saurabh and Vaibhav worked a second time with Srinivas after Birbal, and are one of the producers of the movie.

Srinivas' next film was Ghost, which is an Indian, Kannada-language, action-heist thriller film that was written and directed by Srini, and produced by Sandesh Nagraj under Sandesh Productions. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Prashant Narayanan, Jayaram, Anupam Kher, and Archana Jois; it was officially announced in 2022 under the Sandesh Nagraj Productions Sandalwood and was released theatrically on 19 October 2023, coinciding with Dussehra. It is the second installment of a cinematic universe following Birbal Trilogy Case 1: Finding Vajramuni in which Srinivas reprises his role as Mahesh Das.

Awards

Filmography As an actor

As a director

Director Writer 2010 Simply Kailawesome

Short film 2013 Topiwala

2017 Srinivasa Kalyana

2019 Birbal Trilogy

2021 Old Monk

Also co-produced the film