The will made by Mandakini of her property gives a philosophical view that when one stops saying Naanu or I, which symbolizes fear, anger, jealousy and selfishness holds to Neenu or You, which symbolizes gratitude, kindness, selflessness and when one stops thinking about the past and the future, will happiness ( khushi), the 'daughter' of Mandakini (calmness in the heart) would stay with him forever. It becomes apparent that Mandakini is a fictional character imagined by the cops and Neenu is just a normal man.
Neenu finally manages to subdue his chasers by instigating the cops against the goons and grips with Lakshmi. Unknown about this, sleuths of the Crime Investigation Department (India) interpret Neenu as an undercover agent trying to nab the most wanted fugitive don, Saleem. Simultaneously, Neenu is seen being chased by top cop Sayaji Shinde who tries to find him and embezzle the property. The aghori is also being shown exploiting Sheela ( Parul Yadav) who comes seeking spiritual advice after being dejected in love. Meanwhile, Saleem (Shobhraj), an underworld don based in Dubai, aided by his trusted aide Malpe Bala and his henchmen, has been in constant quest of finding Neenu, regarding a property worth hundreds of crores belonging to a widow, Mandakini, who has become a follower of an aghori, Neenu (before posing as the humble Neenu).
Yet she fails to take him out of his strange world of selflessness. Moved by his happy, unblemished and selfless personality, she eventually falls in love with him. Her constant pursuit of him eventually leads to his discovery. Lakshmi ( Kristina Akheeva), a psychology student takes interest in him after she learns about Naanu, which translates to 'I', (played by Upendra in the prequel Upendra, who eventually becomes Neenu in Uppi 2) from her professor. He hardly earns anything despite his toil since he never takes money from anyone for his services, often menial jobs, asked to him to be done by the people of his locality and the crew of the film production unit. Neenu, which translates to 'You' ( Upendra), is a happy and content person who never thinks about the future and is undisturbed by the past. In Uppi 2, a song titled Uppittu is part of the movie. While the movie Upendra had a song titled "Uppiginta ruchi bere illa" which means nothing tastes better than salt, it also has another meaning that "Uppi" is better than others (Upendra is addressed as Uppi). The name also is synonym to the dish Uppittu. While, the movie Upendra was all about "Naanu" (I), Uppi 2 is about "Neenu" (You). Upendra won the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Director for the film. Īlthough the film got mixed response because of its confusing story-line and screenplay, it was highly profitable at the box office and completed 50 days of run. The dubbed Telugu version titled Upendra 2, was released the same day. The soundtrack and film score were composed by Gurukiran. The supporting cast features Sayaji Shinde, Shobhraj, Satyajit, Bank Janardhan and Mimicry Dayanand. Alongside Upendra, the film stars Kristina Akheeva and Parul Yadav in lead roles. Uppi 2 (titled Upendra 2 in Telugu) is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film written, directed and starring Upendra in the lead role, and is a sequel to his 1999 film Upendra, and was produced under his production company, Upendra Productions.