South
actress
Saloni
Aswani,
who
is
playing
female
lead
opposite
Superstar
Upendra
in
Basavanna
says
that
Uppi
has
thought
her
life
lessons
and
she
knows
the
spiritual
side
of
Upendra.
The
actress
was
also
paired
opposite
Upendra
in
Budhivantha
and
Dubai
Babu.
Saloni,
who
was
also
seen
in
Shivaraj
Kumar's
Lakshmi
and
Sudeep
starrer
Mr
Theertha
said
that
she
likes
to
credit
her
success
to
Uppi's
movie
Budhivantha.
The
actress
also
said
that
Budhivantha
was
the
biggest
success
in
her
life.
Saloni
said,
"I
made
my
acting
debut
in
2003,
but
I
had
my
first
big
success
with
Budhivantha
in
2008.
So,
it's
only
fair
that
I
attribute
my
success
to
Sandalwood."
Talking
about
her
relationship
with
Upendra,
the
actress
said,
"Upendra
called
me
and
asked
if
I
could
act
in
this
film.
He
wanted
bulk
dates
and
since
I
was
able
to
alter
my
dates
to
suit
the
film's
schedule,
I
said
yes.
We
also
share
a
great
comfort
level
since
I've
worked
with
him
earlier.
While
everyone
knows
about
his
creative
side,
people
don't
know
about
his
spiritual
side.
Our
conversations
went
to
another
level
and
were
about
life
lessons.
I
wouldn't
call
him
my
godfather;
he's
more
like
my
2
am
friend
in
Sandalwood."