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{{short description|Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = N. Om Heat Prakash Rao
| image = OmPrakashRaoImage.jpg
| caption =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[screenwriter]]|producer|actor}}
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| spouses = {{ubl
| {{marriage|[[Rekha Das]]|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Denissaa Prakash<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/english/cinema_scoop/omprakash_marriage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010620225857/http://www.chitraloka.com/english/cinema_scoop/omprakash_marriage.html |archive-date=2001-06-20 |title=Chitraloka |date=2001-06-20 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>|2002}}
}}
| children = 4
}}

'''Om Prakash Rao''' is an Indian [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[film producer]] and [[film actor]] who primarily works in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] film industry. He has, till date, directed about 25 films in [[Kannada]] language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/10477/3/om-prakash-rao.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227133333/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/10477/3/om-prakash-rao.html |archive-date=2012-02-27 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{when|date=November 2020}}

==Career==
Om Prakash Rao's successful films such as [[Lockup Death]] (1996), [[Simhada Mari]] (1997), [[AK-47 (film)|AK-47]] (1999), [[Huchha]] and [[Kalasipalya]] (2004) have been huge blockbusters in Kannada cinema.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

===Controversies===
Omprakash Rao was beaten up in Srirangapattina. The filmmaker, who was revealed as a director who took advantages of all actresses sexually, was said to have been physically abused for all his wrongdoings. The director couldn't even complete the shooting of his ongoing film. The film was said to have been stalled by angry people. Om Prakash Rao was said to have asked for sexual favours by actresses by offering them some top projects<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Om-Prakash-Rao-gets-beaten-up-in-Srirangapattina/articleshow/41014447.cms|title=Om Prakash Rao gets beaten up in Srirangapattina - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Omprakash Rao and Guru Deshpande, and producers Diwakar Babu and Rajashekar, were caught on camera luring young girls with the promise of roles in films<ref name="IndiatodayCasting">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/casting-couch-sting-kannada-film-industry-omprakash-rao-guru-deshpande-diwakar-babu-rajashekar-girls-205978-2014-08-28|title=Kannada film big shots caught in casting couch sting - India News|website=India Today|date=28 August 2014|access-date=2020-12-14}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As director===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film Title !! Notes
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Palegaara]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Lockup Death]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Gold Medal'' ||
|-
| 1995 || Emergency ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Simhada Mari]]'' ||
|-
| 1997 || ''CBI Durga'' ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[AK-47 (film)|AK-47]]'' ||
|-
|1999 ||''[[A. K. 47 (film)|A. K. 47]]''||Telugu
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Huchcha]]'' || Nominated, [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Vande Matharam (2001 film)|Vande Matharam]]'' ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Ninne Preethisuve]]'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Partha (film)|Partha]]'' || Also producer
|-
| 2003 || ''Sachi'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Kalasipalya (film)|Kalasipalya]]'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Sahukara]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Annavru]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Ayya (Kannada film)|Ayya]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Thunta'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Hubli (film)|Hubli]]'' || Also producer
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Mandya (film)|Mandya]]'' || Also producer
|-
| 2009 || ''Kannadada Kiran Bedi'' ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Yodha (2009 film)|Yodha]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Sugreeva (film)|Sugreeva]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Huli'' ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Prince (2011 film)|Prince]]'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Ak56 film|AK 56]]'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Bheema Theeradalli]]'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Shiva (2012 film)|Shiva]]'' ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Election (2013 film)|Election]]'' ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Chandralekha (2014 film)|Chandralekha]]'' ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Katte'' ||
|-
| 2018 ||''Huccha 2'' ||
|-
| 2020 ||''Thrishoolam'' ||
|}

===As actor===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Note(s)
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Dakota Express]]'' || Sundar ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Sachi'' || ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Kanakambari'' || Krishna ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Aliya Mane Tholiya'' || Krishna ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Abhay (2009 film)|Abhay]]'' || Shastri ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Devru'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Thipparalliya Tharlegalu'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Shourya]]'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Swayamvara'' || ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Dhool (2011 film)|Dhool]]'' || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Fair & Lovely (film)|Fair & Lovely]]'' || ||
|-
| 2015 || ''The Man''|| Ravishankar ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Khanana (2016 film)|Khanana]]'' || Dr. Narasimha ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External sources==
*{{IMDb name|5674731|Om Prakash Rao}}
*{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/search.html?topic=om-prakash-rao |title=Filmibeat - Bollywood (Hindi), Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, English (Hollywood) Movies database |website=Entertainment.oneindia.in |access-date=2016-12-01}}
*{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/om-prakash-rao/filmography.html |title=Om Prakash Rao Filmography, Om Prakash Rao Movies, Om Prakash Rao Films - Filmibeat |website=Entertainment.oneindia.in |date=2013-08-22 |access-date=2016-12-01}}

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