Veteran Fight Master Nanjundi Nagaraj Passes Away!

Veteran fight master of Kannada film industry Nanjundi Nagaraj passes away. The director took his last breath at his residence in Arekere, in Bengaluru. According to the reports, Nanjundi Nagaraj(56) has died due to sudden heart attack at 1.30 am in the midnight.

Nanjundi started his career as a fighter but became popular as he played the dupe artist for renowned actors like Dr. Rajkumar, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan and also for many more heros.

The dupe artist cum fight master also garnered huge appreciations from Dr. Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan for his stunts and fighting skills performed in their movies. Raghavendra Rajkumar's 'Nanjundi Kalyana' bought huge success for Nagaraj. Thus, from this movie he got the name 'Nanjundi'. Nanjundi Nagaraj has acted in nearly 350 movies as a stunt master/dupe artist.

Adding more, Nanjundi Nagaraj has also acted in Shivarajkumar's films as dupe artist and has been received good rewards. Nanjundi Nagaraj is just not popular in Kannada film industry, but he has directed Tamil and Telugu movies. Interestingly, Nanjundi Nagaraj has also worked in Bollywood and Hollywood movies as stunt choreographer.

Nanjundi Nagaraj has worked with Bollywood actors like Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor and many more.

Let his soul rest in peace. His death will be yet another loss for Kannada film industry. Our condolences to Nanjundi Nagaraj's family.