Shankar Nag filmography
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Shankar Nag was an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He directed seven Kannada films and one Marathi film. He also wrote the story and screenplay of many of these including a few films that he did not direct.{{cite web |title=These 9 Movies Directed By Shankar Nag in the 80s Are Simply An Amazing Feat |url=https://metrosaga.com/movies-directed-by-shankar-nag |website=MetroSaga |access-date=13 August 2023 |date=8 November 2018}} After beginning his acting career in theatre, Nag took to films making his debut in a bit role in the 1978 Marathi anti-superstition drama Sarvasakshi. His Kannada film debut came in the same year with Ondanondu Kaladalli directed by Girish Karnad, in which Nag played the lead, a mercenary named Gandugali. The role that fetched him the Silver Peacock for the Best Actor Award (Male) at the 7th International Film Festival of India.{{cite web |title=Film flashback: 'Ondanondu Kaladalli', the film that catapulted Shankar Nag to fame |url=https://scroll.in/reel/896264/film-flashback-ondanondu-kaladalli-the-film-that-catapulted-shankar-nag-to-fame |website=Scroll.in |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=30 September 2018}}{{cite web |title=Remembering Shankar Nag on his 65th birthday |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/remembering-shankar-nag-on-his-65th-birthday-774824.html |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=9 November 2019}} Other than Minchina Ota, he also co-produced two of his directorial ventures — Janma Janmada Anubandha (1980) and Geetha (1981).{{cite web |title=Shankar Nag : Kannada Actor Age, Movies, Biography, Photos |url=https://chiloka.com/celebrity/shankar-nag#filmography |website=chiloka.com |access-date=16 August 2023}}
Nag co-wrote the 1979 Marathi film 22 June 1897 with director Nachiket Patwardhan. His directorial debut came in the heist film Minchina Ota (1980), a film that he also wrote and starred in, alongside brother Anant Nag. Anant would go on to become a frequent collaborator. Shankar remade Minchina Ota in Hindi as Lalach (1983). He would go on to direct six other films, all in Kannada, most notably the crime-drama Accident (1985), that highlighted a nexus between the media and the political system.{{cite web |title=Revisiting 'Accident': An '80s Kannada film that's still relevant for its sociopolitics |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/revisiting-accident-80s-kannada-film-thats-still-relevant-its-sociopolitics-104937 |website=The News Minute |access-date=17 August 2023 |language=en |date=6 July 2019}}{{cite web |last1=FC |first1=Team |title=Best Kannada Thrillers From Different Eras Now Available On OTT |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/indepth-stories/streaming/best-kannada-movies-thriller-on-amazon-prime-video-youtube-zee5-mx-player-dr-rajkumar-lucia-accident-kavaludaari |website=Filmcompanion.in |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=24 September 2020}} The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 32nd National Film Awards.{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=16 August 2023}} His last film as a director was Ondu Muttina Kathe (1987), based on the John Steinbeck's novella The Pearl, that starred Dr. Rajkumar.{{cite web |title=Ondu Muttina Kathe: ನಾನು ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ ಇಮೇಜ್ ಬ್ರೇಕ್ ಮಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋತು ಹೋದೆ ಎಂದಿದ್ದರು ಶಂಕರ್ ನಾಗ್? ಯಾಕೆ? |url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/entertainment/dr-rajkumar-acted-ondu-muttina-kathe-movie-untold-stories-rvj-pvn-1072303.html |website=News18 Kannada |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=kn |date=23 April 2023}} Nag shot to national fame with the television series Malgudi Days (1986–1988) that he directed, based on R. K. Narayan's collection of short stories of the same name.{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Nina C. |title=How Shankar Nag's Malgudi Days came to life |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/how-shankar-nags-malgudi-days-came-to-life-835811.html |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=10 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=The Magic of Malgudi: How Shankar Nag Brought RK Narayan's Masterpiece to Life on Television |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-magic-of-malgudi-how-shankar-nag-brought-rk-narayans-masterpiece-to-life-on-television-5166139.html |website=News18 |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=13 May 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Roychoudhury |first1=Amborish |title=Once Upon a Cinema: The 'Karate King' who also directed Malgudi Days |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-the-karate-king-who-also-directed-malgudi-days-10783801.html |website=Firstpost |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=12 June 2022}}
As an actor, Nag made his first appearance in a commercial film with Seetharamu (1979). His role as Raja, the auto rikshaw driver in Auto Raja (1980), became widely popular, and continues to hold cult status in Karnataka.{{cite web |last1=Kulkarni |first1=Tanu |title=A befitting tribute to 'Auto Raja' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-befitting-tribute-to-auto-raja/article6201791.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en-IN |date=11 July 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Khajane |first1=Muralidhara |title=The iconic Auto Raja |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/the-iconic-auto-raja/article7701224.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en-IN |date=29 September 2015}} The 1980s saw Nag appearing most notably in action thrillers and rogue cop films with plenty of martial arts posturing, earning him the moniker "Karate King". In Sangliyana (1988) and S. P. Sangliyana Part 2 (1990), he played the eponymous lead, based on the real-life cop H. T. Sangliana. C.B.I. Shankar (1989) is another film in the same genre.{{cite web |last1=Prasad |first1=S. Shyam |title='SP Sangliyana Part 2': Memories of a super cop |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/sp-sangliyana-part-2-memories-of-a-super-cop-1163700.html |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=19 November 2022}} Films such as Muniyana Madari (1981), Karmika Kallanalla (1982), Nodi Swamy Navirodu Hige (1983) and Lorry Driver (1987) saw him portray working-class men.{{cite web |title=Shankar Nag Lives On |url=https://readoo.in/2017/12/shankar-nag-lives-on |website=Readoo India |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=1 December 2017}} In the ensemble Hindi film Utsav (1984), he played a thief who falls in love with a courtesan.{{cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=Film, theatre, television – Shankar Nag conquered them all |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1440/film-theatre-television-shankar-nag-conquered-them-alll |website=Scroll.in |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=9 November 2015}} Nag last filmed for Sundarakanda (1991) which released after his death by car crash in 1990.{{cite web |title=A filmy tribute to late Sandalwood star Shankar Nag on his birth anniversary |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/a-filmy-tribute-to-late-sandalwood-star-shankar-nag-on-his-birth-anniversary-q0p5kt |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |access-date=17 August 2023 |language=en}}
Film
=Acting roles=
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|+List of acting credits |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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rowspan="2" | 1978
! scope=row| Sarvasakshi | Sujatha's husband | Marathi film | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=Remembering Shankar Nag: An encyclopedia of talent and a visionary |url=https://newskarnataka.com/south-cinema/sandalwood/remembering-shankar-nag-an-encyclopedia-of-talent-and-a-visionary/30092019 |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=30 September 2019}} |
scope=row| Ondanondu Kaladalli
| Gandugali | Silver Peacock for the Best Actor Award (Male) | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |author1-link=Vincent Canby |title=Movie: From India, 'Once Upon a Time' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=13 August 2023 |language=en |date=17 May 1982}} |
rowspan="4" | 1979
! scope=row| Seetharamu | Ramu | |
scope=row| Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu
| Ravi | | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9 |page=157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
scope=row| Madhu Chandra
| Madhu | | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=S. Shiva |title='The over-exposure kills you' |newspaper=Mid-Day |date=1983}} |
scope=row| I Love You
| Ramesh | |
rowspan="8" | 1980
! scope=row| Minchina Ota | Katte | Playback singer for "Belli Moda Hatthuttha" |
scope=row| Auto Raja
| Raja | |
scope=row| Moogana Sedu
| Nagaraju/Ashok Raj{{efn|name=double|Nag played dual roles in the film.}} | |
scope=row| Haddina Kannu
| Vikram | |
scope=row| Ondu Hennu Aaru Kannu
| Vijay | |
scope=row| Aarada Gaaya
| Mohan | |
scope=row| Rusthum Jodi
| Shekhar | |
scope=row| Janma Janmada Anubandha
| Shiva Achari | |
rowspan="8" | 1981
! scope=row| Thayiya Madilalli | Ravi | Special appearance |
scope=row| Kula Puthra
| Mahesh | |
scope=row| Hanabalavo Janabalavo
| | |
scope=row| Geetha
| Sanjay | |
scope=row| Devara Aata
| Anand | |
scope=row| Bhaari Bharjari Bete
| Tyaga | |
scope=row| Muniyana Madari
| Muniya | |
scope=row| Jeevakke Jeeva
| Jaggu "Raja" | |
rowspan="5" | 1982
! scope=row| Archana | Raja | Special appearance |
scope=row| Benki Chendu
| | |
scope=row| Karmika Kallanalla
| Sudhakar | |
scope=row| Nyaya Ellide
| Vijay | |
scope=row| Dharma Daari Tappithu
| Krishna | Cameo |
rowspan="7" | 1983
! scope=row| Gedda Maga | Arun/Alex /John{{efn|name=triple|Nag played triple roles in the film.}} | Triple role |
scope=row| Nyaya Gedditu
| Anand | |
scope=row| Chandi Chamundi
| Shankar | |
scope=row| Keralida Hennu
| Suresh Kumar | |
scope=row| Aakrosha
| Vijay | |
scope=row| Nodi Swamy Navirodu Hige
| Mysore Matha | |
scope="row" | Swargadalli Maduve
| | Cameo |
rowspan="15" | 1984
! scope=row| Nagabekamma Nagabeku | Ramu | |
scope=row| Raktha Thilaka
| Gopi | Playback singer for "Enaguvudu" |
scope=row| Gandu Bherunda
| Nayar | | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Ganesh |first1=K. R. |title=This diamond is forever |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/this-diamond-is-forever/article3216897.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=17 August 2023 |language=en-IN |date=19 January 2006}} |
scope=row| Thaliya Bhagya
| Raja | |
scope=row| Benki Birugali
| Shankar | |
scope=row| Kalinga Sarpa
| Kalinga | |
scope=row| Indina Bharatha
| Arjun | |
scope=row| Bedaru Bombe
| | |
scope=row| Shapatha
| Ranga | |
scope=row| Pavithra Prema
| Chandrashekhar | |
scope=row| Accident
| Ravi | |
scope=row| Asha Kirana
| Kiran | |
scope="row" | Apoorva Sangama
| Harish/Suresh{{efn|name=double}} | |
scope=row| Makkaliralavva Mane Thumba
| Shankar | Cameo |
scope=row| Utsav
| Sajjal | HIndi film |
rowspan="6" | 1985
! scope=row| Thayi Kanasu | Murthy | |
scope=row| Parameshi Prema Prasanga
| Parameshi | |
scope=row| Manava Danava
| H. Mahesh/Tiger{{efn|name=double}} | Double role |
scope=row| Kiladi Aliya
| Kumar | |
scope=row| Vajra Mushti
| Ajay | |
scope=row| Kari Naga
| | |
rowspan="5" | 1986
! scope="row" | Na Ninna Preetisuve | | Special appearance |
scope="row" | Thayiye Nanna Devaru
| Shekhar | |
scope=row| Agni Parikshe
| Raja | |
scope=row| Rasthe Raja
| Raja | |
scope=row| Samsarada Guttu
| Ramsagar | |
rowspan="6" | 1987
! scope=row| Thayi | Ravi | |
scope=row| Ee Bandha Anubandha
| Vijay | |
scope=row| Huli Hebbuli
| Inspector Ajay | |
scope=row| Digvijaya
| DCP Chandrashekhar | |
scope=row| Lorry Driver
| Shankar | |
scope=row| Anthima Ghatta
| Anil | |
rowspan="4" | 1988
! scope=row| Shakthi | Ramu | |
scope=row| Sangliyana
| Ram/Inspector Sangliyana{{efn|name=two names|Nag played one character with two names.}} | Playback singer for "Raja Nanna Raja" |
scope=row| Dharmathma
| | |
scope=row| Mithileya Seetheyaru
| Inspector Sharif | Cameo |
rowspan="8" | 1989
! scope=row| Tarka | Akshay/Harish{{efn|name=two names}} | |
scope=row| Mahayuddha
| | |
scope=row| Anthintha Gandu Nanalla
| Ajay | |
scope=row| C.B.I. Shankar
| Sathya/Shankar{{efn|name=two names}} | |
scope=row| Idu Saadhya
| Theatre director | |
scope=row| Rajasimha
| Raja | |
scope=row| Jayabheri
| Mohan | |
scope=row| Narasimha
| Sridhar/Narasimha{{efn|name=two names}} | |
rowspan="10" | 1990
! scope=row| S. P. Sangliyana Part 2 | S. P. Sangliyana | |
scope=row| Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru
| Inspector Chandrashekhar | |
scope=row| Maheshwara
| Maheshwara/ Paramesh{{efn|name=double}} | |
scope=row| Thrinethra
| SP Sangliyana | Cameo |
scope=row| Aavesha
| Shivappa | |
scope=row| Hosa Jeevana
| Seetharam | |
scope=row| Halliya Surasuraru
| Shankar | |
scope=row| Bhale Chathura
| Shekhar | |
scope=row| Aata Bombata
| Raja | |
scope=row| Nigooda Rahasya
| Mohan | Posthumous release |
rowspan="4" | 1991
! scope=row| Nakkala Rajakumari | Sorcerer | Posthumous release |
scope=row| Punda Prachanda
| Purushotham | Posthumous release |
scope=row| Nagini
| Shankar | Posthumous release |
scope=row| Sundarakanda
| Inspector Shetty | Posthumous release |
rowspan="1" | 1992
! scope=row| Prana Snehitha | Ram | Posthumous release |
Television
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Language ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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1986–1988
! scope=row| Malgudi Days | Venkatesh | Hindi | Also director | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=In Pics: How The Cast Of 'Malgudi Days' Looked In Their First Appearances Vs Later |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/entertainment/cast-of-malgudi-days-then-vs-later |website=ScoopWhoop |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en |date=12 November 2021}} |
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External links
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