Ananth Nag | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2013-present |
Spouse | Urshila Raj |
Ananth Nag is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil film industry. After making his acting debut in the Tamil version of Alphonse Putharen's Neram (2013), he has gone on to act in films including Amara Kaaviyam (2014) and Premam (2015).
Ananth worked as an assistant cinematographer for films and short films and met director Alphonse Putharen through his work. He subsequently went on to feature in a cameo role in Putharen's first film Neram (2013) as well as a series of short films titled Enna Solla Pogirai, Enna Solla Varenna and Jai Jakkama, where Ananth starred as a protagonist. [1] [2] [3]
Ananth then portrayed the antagonist in Amara Kaaviyam (2014), appearing as a school boy who vies for the attention of his friend's lover. Putharen cast him in Premam (2015) as Arivazhagan, the cousin of Sai Pallavi's character, while he was later seen as Sasikumar's brother in Vetrivel (2016). [4] [5] He made his lead debut with July Kaatril (2019). [6] [7] He then starred in films such as Thiruvalar Panjangam (2020), Maara (2021) and Thalaikkavasamum 4 Nanbargalum (2023). [8] [9] [10] He was seen in Sundar C's Coffee with Kadhal (2022) and Jai Amar Singh's College Road (2022). [11] He was acted in lead role in suspense thriller Aathmika (2023). [12] He has appeared in thriller films such as Athomugam (2024), Siragan (2024) and Light House (2024). He was cast with Rajinikanth in Vettaiyan (2024).
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Neram | Manickam | Tamil version only |
2014 | Amara Kaaviyam | Balaji | |
2015 | Premam | Arivazhagan | Malayalam film |
2016 | Vetrivel | Saravana | |
2019 | July Kaatril | Rajeev | |
2020 | Thiruvalar Panjangam | Karthik | |
2021 | Maara | Bala | |
Oru Kudaikul | Ayya Vaikundar | ||
2022 | Coffee with Kadhal | Aravindh | |
College Road | Arul | ||
2023 | Thalaikkavasamum 4 Nanbargalum | Anbu | |
Regina | Jo | ||
Thudikkum Karangal | Sameer | ||
800 | Cricket Player | ||
Aathmika | Karthi | ||
2024 | Athomugam | Paul | |
Siragan | Mr. X | ||
Light House | |||
Vettaiyan | ASP Ram | ||
2025 | Xtreme | Jeeva | [13] |
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