Nagaraj Kote is an Indian actor in the
Kannada film industry
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...
, and a
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
artist in
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
, India.
Award(s)
Personal life
Kote was the eldest among four children. His father was Javarappa and mother Rangamma.
He is married and has two sons.
Career
Kote started his acting career in TV serial/soap ''Sankranti'',
directed by his mentor
T. S. Nagabharana
Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled t ...
. Kote's theater play ''Nele'', whose message was on importance of trees, entered
Limca Book of Records
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.
Kote has an acting career spanning 30 years in cinema.
Selected filmography
* ''Baanaadi (2014)
(Director, writer, screenplay)''
* ''
Jagath Kiladi (1998)''
* ''
Jayammana Maga
''Jayammana Maga'' is a 2013 horror thriller Kannada film directed and written by Vikas, marking his debut venture. Duniya Vijay, besides acting, makes his debut as a producer with this film along with his friend Ramesh for the "Duniya Talkies" ...
(2013)''
* ''
Haalu Thuppa (2017)''
References
External links
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Male actors in Kannada cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors from Karnataka
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Kannada theatre
Living people
Kannada people
Male actors in Kannada television
1965 births
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