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His debut film as actor fetched him a national award at the Delhi International Film Festival. He was offered a role of a mercenary by Girish Karnad in the epic movie, Ondanondu Kaladalli, which was loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, Seven Samurai. His elder brother Anant Nag had already established himself as an actor and urged Shankar to act in films. Shankar Nag then shifted base to Karnataka. Incidentally, he met his future wife, Arundhathi during a drama rehearsal. In Mumbai, he was attracted to Marathi theater and immersed himself in theatrical activities. After completing formal education, Shankar moved to Mumbai. Apart from his mother-tongue Konkani, Shankar was also fluent in Marathi and of course Kannada. His elder brother is the popular Kannada actor Anant Nag. Shankar Nagarkatte was born on 9 November 1954 in Mallapur village near Honnavar, Karnataka to a Konkani-speaking Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. He co-wrote "22 June 1897", an Indian National award winning Marathi film. Besides these, he was actively involved in Kannada theater activities. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days, based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Know your City is conducted in collaboration with the students of Sri Kumaran Children's Home. The main aim of the project is to create an awareness among Bengalureans about the history of the city's roads and streets.Shankar Nagarkatte popularly known as Shankar Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema.
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He will always be remembered for his roles in the movies, Auto Raja, Minchina Ota and of course Onanodu Kaladalli, amongst others.įor Bengalureans, Shankar Nag road will be a reminder of a man who brought the Kannada film industry to the forefront of Indian Cinema.Ĭontributed by: Meena Iyer, 9-D, Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE Shankar produced, acted and directed numerous movies in his short, but illustrious career. She turned many of Shankar’s ambitious ideas into reality. Despite the accident, she showed immense courage,and will power, and went back to the film industry to act. The accident nearly killed his wife, Arundhati too. The whole Kannada film industry, along with Shankar’s fans mourned his death. While shooting for Jokumaraswamy, Shankar met with a fatal accident.
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His movie Autoraja became so popular among Bengaluru's auto drivers, that to this day, many auto drivers have a sticker of him on the back of their autos.
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Encouraged by the number of viewers Malgudi Days garnered, Shankar went on to produce his next T.V serial ‘Swami’, also based on one of R.K Narayan’s books. The T.V serial was appreciated widely and is still regarded as one of the best serials produced in the country. Doordarshan, then the only major T.V channel in India approached Shankar to direct the T.V, based on R.K Nayarayan’s novel of the same name.
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His acting career spanning just 12 years saw him act in almost 80 Kannada movies.Īlong with his brother Anant, Shankar began to direct movies as well.Īpart from his movies, Shankar is remembered for the legendary series Malgudi Days. It was just his debut movie yet it earned Shankar an award at the National film festival. His brother Anant Nag, urged Shankar to act in a Kannada movie ‘Onanodu Kaladalli’ directed by Girish Karnad. After his schooling, he moved to Mumbai where he acted in Marathi dramas. He loved watching movies and enjoyed theatre. Shankar was interested in theatre and acting even when he was young. His parents were Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte, and his brother is Kannada film actor Anant Nag. Shankar was born on 9 November 1954 in Uttara Kannada, Mysore State.
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Shankar’s last name, despite the road being called Shankar Nag road, is Nagarkatte. While doing my research, I realized that not many people even knew that there was a road called Shankar Nag Road in Bengaluru! Many people, though, knew the theatre,”Ranga Shankara” which was built to fulfill Shankar’s dream of allowing people to experience theatre. He passed away in a car accident on 30 th September 1990 aged just 35. The road is named after Shankar Nagarkatte. The road is slightly inconspicuous and one most probably will take the road parallel to Shankar Nag road to get to the interior of Bommanahalli. Shankar Nag road is about two kms away from the Electronic City flyover.