Anant Nag

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Anant Nag / ಅನಂತನಾಗ್
Birth name Anant Nagarakatte
Born 1948 59yrs
Mumbai
Spouse(s) Gayatri Nag

Anant Nag (Born 1948)(Kannada:ಅನಂತನಾಗ್) is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. In addition to Kannada movies, he has acted in Marathi, Malayalam and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Malgudi Days, directed by his younger brother Shankar Nag based on the stories by R.K.Narayan. His work was much appreciated by critics at that time. He is right now a politician.

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Anant Nag was born to Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte. He had his early education under the aegis of Ananda Ashrama in Dakshina Kannada district and Chitrapura matha in Uttara Kannada. He was sent to Bombay for onward education and got involved with amateur theatre activities for 8 years.[1]

He started out doing amateur theatre in Marathi and Kannada. Shyam Benegal introduced him into Hindi cinema, in his 1973 film Ankur. Anant Nag has acted in lot of Shyam Benegal's movies after that. Well-known for his mainstream Kannada films, Nag is also active in alternative Indian cinema.

Director Amol Palekar finds Nag's sensitive depiction of the King's dilemmas to have greatly enhanced the multi-faceted complexities of the film. The character portrayed by Nag has depth and dimension, powerfully drawing you into the core of the story that is *Anahat. His entry into Kannada films was through legendary G. V. Iyer's Hamsa Geethe.[2] Hamsa Geethe is one of the most critically acclaimed of all his movies which is about trysts of a learner whose greatest search is finding the right Guru.

He contested a very fierce assembly election from Janata Dal (Secular) where he was pitched against the then Chief minister of Karnataka,S. M. Krishna from Indian National Congress, alongside fellow actor Mukhyamantri Chandru from Bharatiya Janata Party in the Chamrajpet constituency in Bangalore in 2004. However, S.M.Krishna won the elections and soon became the governor of Maharashtra.

Anant Nag can be placed in the category of New India Cinema Actors. Proficient in delineating complex psychological characters, Anant Nag has the image of the boy-next-door. His persona compliments it and he has done justice to it by taking on and doing a good job of presenting characters right out of reality.

  • Nishant
  • Manthan
  • Bhumika
  • Kondura

  • Yuva
  • Ankur
  • Gehrayee
  • Kalyug
  • Raat

  • Swathi Thirunal

  • Anugraham

  1. ^ Anant Nag's biography on IMDB
  2. ^ Anant Nag's profile on Chitraranga

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