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Pradeep Uppoor Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 1, 2026 • 2 min read

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Date of birth18 July 1958

Age64 (at time of death)

BirthplaceMumbai

ProfessionFilm Producer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseVeena Uppoor

Pradeep Uppoor Biography

Pradeep Uppoor was an Indian film and television producer from Mumbai, best known for co-founding the production company Fireworks Productions and for a多de

Early life and background

Pradeep Uppoor was born on 18 July 1958 in Mumbai. He studied at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Uppoor spent his life and career based out of his hometown of Mumbai.

Career

Uppoor began his involvement in the Indian film industry in the early 1980s. His first credited film work dates to 1981 with the movie Chakra. Over the next several years he produced a string of films including Ardh Satya (1983), Holi (1984), Hip Hip Hurray (1984), and Aghaat (1985).

Beyond feature films, Uppoor moved into television and production work that spanned commercials, documentaries and other audio-visual projects under the Neo Films banner. He was a co-founder of Fireworks Productions, a company that became widely known for the long-running investigative police drama C.I.D., which began in the 1990s.

His television producing credits include C.I.D., Achanak 37 Saal Baad (2002), Raat Hone Ko Hai (2004), Satrangi Sasural (2014–2016) and Laut Aao Trisha (2014). He also wrote the television series Supercops V/S Supervillains in 2012. Uppoor’s last listed film credit was the 2021 release Nail Polish.

Public profile

Pradeep Uppoor maintained a public profile as a producer who worked across film and television formats. Physical details reported about him list his height at approximately 175 cm (5 ft 9 in), black eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. He was married to Veena Uppoor.

In 2017 Uppoor and his family experienced a theft at their residence; reported losses were described in media accounts as cash and jewellery, and a formal complaint was lodged with local police.

Death

Pradeep Uppoor died on 13 March 2023 in Singapore, where he had been undergoing treatment. He was 64 at the time of his death. Media reports stated the cause of death as cancer. Colleagues and associates offered tributes following his passing.

Latest updates

The most recent credits associated with Uppoor include the 2021 film Nail Polish and earlier television projects that continued to air or be associated with his production companies. His passing in 2023 closed a career that ranged from feature films of the 1980s to television series and production ventures through the 2010s.

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Recent Work

Nail Polish

Listed as his last film credit (2021).

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Career Highlights

  1. Co-launched Fireworks Productions, the company behind the television series C.I.D.
  2. Produced feature films including Ardh Satya (1983), Holi (1984), Hip Hip Hurray (1984) and Aghaat (1985).
  3. Produced television series such as C.I.D., Achanak 37 Saal Baad, Raat Hone Ko Hai, Satrangi Sasural and Laut Aao Trisha.
  4. Wrote the television show Supercops V/S Supervillains in 2012.
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