Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 titles which include over 200 Kannada films and Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. He has featured in theatre plays, parallel cinema and television shows. Nag made his feature film debut through Sankalpa (1973) directed by Prof. P.V Nanjaraj Urs. Sankalpa went on to win seven state awards in Karnataka. His foray into parallel cinema was through Shyam Benegal’s Ankur (1974).
ACTOR ANANT NAG’S BIO
| REAL NAME | ANANT NAGARAKATTE |
| NICK NAME | ANANT |
| PROFESSION | ACTOR |
| OCCUPATION | ACTING |
| AGE | 73 |
His commercially successful Kannada movies have been Naa Ninna Bidalaare (1979), Chandanada Gombe (1979), Benkiya Bale (1983), Hendthige Helbedi (1989), Ganeshana Maduve (1990), Gowri Ganesha (1991), Mungaru Maley (2006) and Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2016). He acted in Malgudi Days, a Doordarshan aired television series based on the stories of R. K. Narayan. He is a recipient of six Filmfare Awards South and five Karnataka State Film Awards. He is the elder brother of acclaimed director and actor Shankar Nag.
ACTOR ANANT NAG’S PERSONAL LIFE
| PLACE | SRIRALI |
| DOB | 4 SEPTEMBER 1948 |
| NATIONALITY | INDIAN |
| RELIGION | N/A |
| MARITAL STATUS | MARRIED |
| HOBBIES | N/A |
| EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION | N/A |
| SCHOOL | CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN UDUPI |
| COLLEGE | N/A |
| NET WORTH | N/A |
Anant Nag was born in a Konkani-speaking family on 4 September 1948 to Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte in Shirali, Bhatkal taluk, Karnataka where he spent most of his childhood. He has an elder sister, Shyamala and his younger brother was Shankar Nag. Nag did his early schooling in a catholic school in Ajjarkad, Udupi, Ananda Ashrama in Dakshina Kannada and Chitrapur Math in Uttara Kannada districts of the erstwhile Mysore state (now Karnataka). In class 9th standard, he was sent to Mumbai for further study.
ACTOR ANANT NAG’S PHYSICAL STATUS
| HEIGHT | 1.8 M |
| WEIGHT | 77 KG |
| EYE COLOUR | N/A |
| SKIN COLOUR | N/A |
| HAIR COLOUR | N/A |
He attempted to join the armed services but was rejected by the Army for being underweight and by the Air Force for poor eyesight. He was drawn towards the theatre movement of Mumbai and he was selected to act in Konkani, Kannada and Marathi-language plays which he did until he turned 22. Anant Nag began his career with Kannada and Konkani plays in Mumbai. He went on to work in plays of Satyadev Dubey, Girish Karnad and Amol Palekar. For a period of about five years, he acted in Konkani, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi plays.
ACTOR ANANT NAG’S FAMILY & FRIENDS
| FATHER | SADANAD NAGARKATTE |
| MOTHER | ANANDI NAGARKATTE |
| SISTER | SHYAMALA |
| BROTHER | SHANKAR NAG |
| WIFE | GAYATRI |
| CHILDREN | ADITI NAG |
