Early
Life
Shankar
Nag
was
born
to
Anandi
and
Sadananda
on
9
November
1954,
in
Uttara
Kannada
District,
where
he
completed
his
primary
education.
His
elder
brother
is
ace
Kannada
actor
Ananth
Nag.
Married
Life
After
his
formal
education,
Shankar
Nag
moved
to
Mumbai.
Incidentally,
he
met
his
future
partner
Arundathi
Nag
in
a
drama
rehearsal.
The
couple
got
married
after
six
years
and
moved
to
Bangalore.
They
shared
screen
space
in
the
movies
like
Nodi
Swamy
Naavirode
Heege,
Parasmeshi
Premaprasanga
and
others.
Auto
Raja
Movie
Auto
Raja,
which
was
released
in
the
year
1982,
gave
him
another
title
as
'Auto
Raja' Shankar
Nag.
The
movie
deals
with
the
story
of
an
auto
driver,
who
falls
in
love
with
a
rich
girl.
Actress
Gayathri
played
the
female
lead
in
the
movie.
Malgudi
Days
Shankar
Nag
did
not
limit
his
efforts
to
cinema.
He
was
equally
immersed
in
theatre
and
television.
In
1987,
he
also
directed
a
Hindi
tele-serial
Malgudi
Days,
which
was
based
on
the
collection
of
short
stories
by
RK
Narayan.
Well
known
actors
like
Vishnuvardhan,
Ananth
Nag,
Arundathi
Nag
and
Master
Manjunath
appeared
in
the
serial.
Nag
Brothers
Shankar
Nag
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Minchina
Oota,
which
had
Ananth
Nag
in
the
lead
cast.
The
movie
also
featured
Loknath
and
Roopa
Ganguly
in
the
important
roles.
Ananth
Nag
and
Shankar
Nag
were
also
seen
together
in
several
movies
like
Taayi,
Nodi
Swamy
Naavirode
Heege,
Parameshi
Prema
Prasanga,
Janma
Janmada
Anubandha
and
Nagini.
Shankar
Nag
And
Dr
Rajkumar
In
1988,
Shankar
Nag
directed
Ondu
Muthina
Kathe,
which
had
Dr
Rajkumar
and
Archana
in
the
lead
roles.
They
also
shared
screen
space
in
Apoorva
Sangama,
which
was
released
in
1984.
Shankar
Nag
And
Vishnuvardhan
Shankar
had
also
shared
screen
space
with
Dr
Vishnuvardhan
in
the
movies
like
Benki
Birugaali
and
Karmika
Kallanalla.
Vishnu
was
also
seen
in
Malgudi
Days,
which
was
directed
by
Shankar
Nag.
Action
And
Suspense
Thriller
Movies
Shakar
Nag
was
seen
in
action
thriller
movies
like
Sangliyana,
Sangliyana
II
and
CBI
Shankar,
and
suspense
thriller
movies
like
Tarka,
Nigooda
Rahasya
and
Idhu
Saadhya.
Death
Shankar
Nag
died
in
a
car
accident
near
Davangere
district,
when
he
was
on
his
way
to
Hubbali,
on
September
30,
1990.
It's
a
belief
among
Kannadiga's
that
Shankar
Nag
would
have
changed
the
face
of
Kannada
Film
Industry
if
he
was
alive
today.