Shankar Nagarakatte (9 November 1954 – 30 September 1990) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work in Kannada-language films and television. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, Nag is often referred to as Karate King.[1][2] He directed the teleserial Malgudi Days, based on novelist R. K. Narayan's short stories and acted in some episodes as well. He won two National Film Awards, four Karnataka State Film Awards and two Filmfare Award South.
Nag received the inaugural IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award" at the 7th International Film Festival of India for his work in the film Ondanondu Kaladalli.[3] He co-wrote 22 June 1987, a National award-winning Marathi film. He is the younger brother of actor Anant Nag.[4][5] Vincent Canby, the chief film critic of The New York Times had opined that Shankar's performance in Ondanondu Kaladalli had the force and humor of the younger Toshiro Mifune.[6]
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younger brother of actor Anant Nag. Vincent Canby, the chief film critic of The New York Times had opined that Shankar's performance in Ondanondu Kaladalli...
ShankarNag was an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He directed seven Kannada films and one...
Awards. He is the elder brother of acclaimed director and actor ShankarNag. Anant Nag was born in a Konkani-speaking family on 4 September 1948 to Anandi...
Karnataka for a few years. Following her marriage to Kannada actor-director ShankarNag (1980–1990), her association with theatre continued in Bangalore, where...
produced by Jagadish Malnad and Kashinath Chindupurge. The film stars ShankarNag, Geetha, Vanitha Vasu and Tara in the lead roles. The film has musical...
directed by and starring Ramesh Bhat, with Arundhati Nag, Master Manjunath, Ananth Nag, ShankarNag and C. R. Simha. Parameshi (played by Ramesh Bhat) is...
1970s. The year 1980 saw the first collaboration of his with his brother ShankarNag, who appeared as a parallel lead and the director of Minchina Ota. The...
post-production work of latter version was done in London. The film stars ShankarNag, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel, Shekhar Suman, Anupam...
science fiction action film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars ShankarNag, Manjula and Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film is based on a science fiction...
his lead role in the television series Malgudi Days (1987) directed by ShankarNag and in its film version, Swami And Friends. Nayaker was born in Bangalore...
Ravikrishna films banner. ShankarNag, Geetha, Devaraj and Bhavya star. This was the debut movie of Ramkumar and Shivaranjini. ShankarNag as Shivappa Geetha...
Ambareesh, Jayamala and ShankarNag. The supporting cast features Dinesh, Tiger Prabhakar and Vajramuni. Ambareesh as Naga ShankarNag as Tyaga Jayamala as...
and scripted by ShankarNag. The film has an ensemble cast including Anant Nag, ShankarNag, Jayanthi, Jayamala and Manjula. Anant Nag as Avinash / Girish...
life story of the cop-turned-politician H. T. Sangliana. The film stars ShankarNag, Bhavya and Tara, with actor Ambareesh making a special appearance. The...
by S.D. Ankalagi, B.H. Chandannavar and M.G. Hublikar. The film stars ShankarNag, Ramakrishna, Bhavya and Tara in the lead roles. The film has musical...
Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy. It stars Rajkumar, ShankarNag and Ambika. The music of the film was composed by Upendra Kumar. The...
Christian Gnostic texts Nag Hammadi Codex XIII, a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts Nag Panchami, Hindu snake worship NagShankar, a temple in the...
by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Srinath, ShankarNag, Dwarakish and Manjula and Padmapriya. It is a remake of the 1964 Tamil...
(1986), with Mammootty, her Kannada hits were Hosa Jeevana (1990) with ShankarNag and Indrajith (1989) with Ambareesh. She had one Tamil hit film, Nangal...
directed by Girish Karnad with soundtrack by Bhaskar Chandavarkar, starring ShankarNag and Akshatha Rao in their debut. Through this movie, Kavita Krishnamurthy...
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