Shankar Nagarkatte was born on 9 November 1954 in Mallapur village in
Honnavar (Uttara Kannada), Karnataka His elder brother is the popular Kannada
actor Ananth Nag.
9 November 1954 in Mallapur village in Honnavar (Uttara Kannada), Karnataka His elder brother is the popular Kannada actor Ananth Nag.
After completing formal education, Shankar moved to Mumbai.
In Mumbai, he was attracted to Marathi theater and immersed himself in
theatrical activities. Incidentally, he met his future wife, Arundhathi during a drama rehearsal.
His first movie was
Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978) , which was Directed by
Girish Karnad (contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language) which was loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, Seven Samurai.He also got trained in Kerala for
Kalaripayattu (An Indian martial art and one of the oldest fighting systems in existence it is now practiced in Kerala) for this film.
He won National award at the Delhi International Film Festival.He has acted around 80 Kannada Movies.
Shankar began his directorial with
Minchina Ota (This won him seven state awards, including the best film).
Janma Janmada Anubandha,
Geetha,
Accident (which won many state and national awards),
Ondu Muttina Kathe (with Rajkumar in the lead),
Nodi Swamy Navirodu Hige,
Hosa Teerpu,
Lalach (Hindi film).
He also directed
Malgudi Day's an hindi series (based on the works of
R.K. Narayan and Carnatic musician by
L. Vaidyanathan composed the score. R. K Narayan's brother and acclaimed cartoonist
R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist ) in 1986 produced by
T. S. Narasimhan.
Shankar Nag died in a car crash at Anagodu village on the outskirts of
Davanagere town on 30 September 1990, while proceeding to Lokapur in
Bagalkot district of Karnataka with his wife
Arundhati Nag and daughter Kavya, in the shooting of his film
Jokumaraswamy.
So in Tribute to this famous kannada icon the bangalore fans has opened a restaurant by his name at
Basaveshwaranagar called
Oggarne Shankara Pure Veg Restaurant
Location : No : 975, 2 nd cross, 1 st Block, 3rd Stage, Opp R.V Apartments,
Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore - 560079
