The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Upendra, Kristina Akheeva, Parul Yadav, Sayaji Shinde, Shobaraj, Satyajit, Bank Janardhan, Vaijanath Biradar and Mimicry Dayanand.

[3] Uppi 2 was released on 14 August 2015, coinciding with Indian Independence Day, and received mixed reviews for its convoluted plot and narrative.

Despite this, the film became a commercial success and completed 50 days run at the box-office and became the highest grossing Kannada movie of 2015.

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.

Meanwhile, Saleem is a crime boss based in Dubai, who is aided by his trusted aide "Malpe" Bala and his henchmen in finding Neenu, regarding a property worth ₹100 crore (US$12 million) belonging to a rich widow named Mandakini, who has become a follower of Neenu, who was formerly an aghori.

The aghori is also being shown exploiting Sheela, who comes seeking spiritual advice after being dejected in love.

Neenu finally manages to subdue his chasers by instigating the cops against the goons and grips with Lakshmi.

You), which symbolizes gratitude, kindness, selflessness; and when one stops thinking about the past and the future, will khushi (transl.

[10] As the makers were on the lookout for the female lead for the film, the names of Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vidya Balan made rounds.

[14] Alongside, fan-made Dubsmash videos and teasers were circulated and shared by the official Facebook and Twitter handles of the film.

[26] Responding to the controversy, he wrote on his Facebook page, "Deeply disturbed with all these questions about the Uppi 2 script...

"[27] A day after the release of the film's soundtrack album, on 17 July 2015, another controversy came about over the lyrics of the song "No Excuse Me Please", penned and sung by Upendra himself.

It features lyrics sung in a conversation tone in the form of a monologue with rhythm, and was reported that it takes a dig at other actors including Shiva Rajkumar and Yash.

[citation needed] The media reported the story over Upendra crediting himself over introducing machete-wielding lead actors in Kannada cinema, through Shiva Rajkumar, in his directorial Om (1995).

[32] It was reported that the distribution rights for Karnataka were acquired by Srikanth of Shankar Enterprises for a sum of ₹100 million.

[36] Archana Nathan of The Hindu called the film a "self-help book" where "Upendra wonders... about the concept of you (neenu) "unearth[ing] theories about the different kinds of people on this planet, their manner of thinking..." and handing down "some life advice."

"[37] S. Viswanath of Deccan Herald wrote, "... Upendra takes on a highly philosophical pitch while narrating a convoluted, but cracker of an action plot."

"[38] Shyam Prasad S. of Bangalore Mirror felt that "[t]he execution of the film does not match the brilliance of the script."

He drew comparisons of the protagonist's role and philosophy of life to Eckhart Tolle's work The Power of Now and called the lead character a pale shadow of his trademark eccentric characters in A and Upendra which behaved like Jean-Paul Sartre's Erostratus.

Kristina Akheeva has tried her best to live up to expectations while Parul Yadav’s short and sweet role has a good impact.

She felt that Kristina Akheeva's casting was "debatable" noting that "she doesn't seem to add much weight to the film" with her lip sync also going "awry".