Anant Nag

Biography

Anant Nag is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. He is considered to be one of the all time greatest actors in the Kannada film industry with a vast number of commercially successful movies. As a result, he is popularly known as an actor with no-failures, by critics. In addition to Kannada movies, he has acted in Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu 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 fluent in Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Hindi and with a good understanding ofTamil, Telugu and Malayalam. The versatile natural acting coupled with the style of speaking (accent of southern kannada with a tint of coastal touch) made him one of the most successful actors in Kannada cinema.                                                                                

Filmography

Major Subbaiah
Kyatha / Karthik Kamplapur, the Writer
The Psychiartist
Parthasarthy
Anjaiya
Arun
Kodandaram
Padmanabha Acharya
Wanderer (Nameless)
Chandavarkar
Narayana Shastri
Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah
Rajashekar
Jayasimharaja
Tony D'Souza
Pontiff of Shankara Narayana Mutt
Senior Thimayya
Prahlad Hiranandani
Rajashekhara Aras
IAS Avinash Balachandran
Lambodhara
Professor A.D. Das
Anand Ingalagi
Sathya Narayan
Bangaadi Sundar Rao
Kanneshwara Rama
Avinash / Girish Achari
Anand Somashekar Somavarpet
Gopinath
Former Judge
Parashuram R. Rao
Bharat Raj/Arjuna
Inspector Anand
Ananth
Politician Dharmadhikari
Anand Ingalagi
Muttanna
Collector Satish Chandra
Anantha Krishna
Bheeshma
Vittal Gowda
Vishwa Joshi
Narayana Ullagaddi
Mysore Matha's Brother
Appanna Bhatru
Ekanth's Father
Police Commissioner Subhash Chandra
Dr. Anand
Rajendra Prasad
Chakravarthy