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His comedy-streak was showcased in Ganeshana Maduve, Gauri Ganesha, Udbava, Undoohoda Konduhoda, Beladingala Baale, Hasyaratna Ramakrishna, Yarigu Helbedi, dairya lakshmi. Bhakta Prahlada, in which Rajkumar played Hiranya Kashyapu and Ananthnag as Narada muni was a big success.
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He held his own with matinee idol Rajkumar in the movie Kamana Billu. In the 90s, he experimented with negative roles ( Shanti Kranti). Starting with Jhenkaara in 1994 where he acted as fathre to hero Kumar Bangarappa, He started accepting character roles. He also dabbled in television during this period. Both the actors have signed a new film together in 2013 called "Gulmohar" directed by Devanuru Chandra that has already started shooting.īeginning with New-Wave artistic movies in early 70's, Ananth Nag branched into commercial cinema.Ĭomedy in Narada Vijaya, Suspense in Kuduremukha, Action in Minchina Ota showed his comfort in different genres. Right from late 70's, Chandanada Gombe, Naa Ninna Bidaalare (1979), Benkiya Bale, Ibbani Karagitu, Makkaliralavva Mane Thumba, Mududida Taavare Aralitu, Amma and other movies turned out as blockbuster hits that made Anant Nag and Lakshmi household names in Karnataka. Subba Rao's novels and some of them directed by Dorai-Bhagavan. They acted together in more than 25 films. Nag and fellow popular actress Lakshmi are a hit-pair in Kannada movies. It is one of the most critically acclaimed of his movies and is about trysts of a learner whose greatest search is finding the right Guru. His entry into Kannada films was through legendary G. Although he is well known for his mainstream Kannada films, Nag is also active in alternative Indian cinema. Anant Nag acted in many of Shyam Benegal's movies after that. Shyam Benegal introduced him into Hindi cinema in his 1973 film Ankur. Film careerįollowing a theatre career in Bombay, Nag made his film debut with Sankalpa a 1973 Kannada film. Nanjaraja Urs' Kannada film, Sankalpa and Shyam Benegal's Hindi film, Ankur. Around this time, in the early 1970s, he received two film offers, in P. He also played major roles in Hindi language plays of Amol Palekar and Satyadev Dubey's socially and politically relevant plays. In Karnad's play Yayati, Nag played the role of Pururava. Following these, he played important roles in plays in Konkani and Kannada languages, the latter mostly with directors K. He then played a role in a play based on the life of sage Gautama Buddha. His first role came in a play when he played the role of a Hindu monk, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, that proved to be a success among the audiences. Once in Bombay, thanks to his good looks, he was suggested by theatre personalities Prabhakar Mudur and Venkatrao Talageri to participate in theatrical plays.