Nagashekar

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Nagashekar Rachaiah
Born (1979-11-11) 11 November 1979 (age 45)
Malavalli, Mandya, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s) Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Years active2002-Present
Awards SIIMA Award for Best Director for Sanju Weds Geetha (2011)

Nagashekar is an Indian writer, film director, actor and producer primarily working in Kannada cinema. [1] Starting his career as an actor in Ninagagi (2002), he went on to feature in supporting roles in about 50 films until he turned into direction for the film, Aramane in 2008. [2] Later, he directed successful films such as Sanju Weds Geetha (2011), Myna (2013) and Maasthi Gudi (2017). He debuted into the Telugu cinema with the film Gurthunda Seethakalam (2022). [3] He co-produced, directed and acted in Tamil film November Mazhaiyil Naanum Avalum (2023). [4]

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For Sanju Weds Geetha (2011), Nagashekar won the Best director award at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA Awards). [5]

Career

Nagashekar started his career as a comedy actor in the film Ninagagi in 2002. The film, directed by S. Mahendar, starred Vijay Raghavendra and Radhika Kumaraswamy making their debut in lead roles. This was followed by B. Suresha's film Tapori in the same year. In the following years, he took up many acting assignments as comedian. Noteworthy films include Joke Falls (2004), Veera Kannadiga (2004), Jogi (2005), Mast Maja Maadi (2008), Addhuri (2012), Maanikya (2014), Gajakesari (2014) and Cigarette (2015).

His first film as a director was Aramane in 2008 which starred Ganesh and Roma Asrani. His next two films Sanju Weds Geetha (2011) and Myna (2013) were hugely successful and established him as a leading film director in Kannada cinema. All the three films completed a successful run of 100 days at the theaters. He also won several awards for his director and dialogues in these films. His fourth directorial was Maasthi Gudi in 2017 in which he teamed up with Duniya Vijay. The film was talked about for the accidental death of two actors while filming stunt scenes at Thippagondanahalli reservoir. [6] However, upon release, the film was commercially successful.

In 2019, Nagashekar was chosen by the producer Sandesh Nagaraj to be the director for Abhishek Ambareesh's debut film Amar . [7] Upon release, the film received negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and performed average at the box-office. Following this failure project, he took a sabbatical for two years and came up with SriKrishna@gmail.com in 2021 amidst the Covid pandemic time. The film went unnoticed and there were no takers. This forced him to venture in Telugu cinema in 2023 by directing a remake subject titled Gurthunda Seethakalam , a remake of Kannada film Love Mocktail . The film was an average grosser at the box-office.

Nagashekar returned to Kannada cinema with the film titled Sanju Weds Geetha 2, which according to his statement, is not a sequel of his 2011 film.

Personal life

Nagashekar is born in a village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district in Karnataka. He hails from a poor background who lost his mother at an early age and his father getting remarried. He completed his graduation by seeking help from his maternal aunt.

Filmography

All films are in Kannada unless otherwise noted.

As writer, director, producer

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2008 Aramane YesStoryNo
2010 Sugreeva YesNoNoOne among 10 directors
2011 Sanju Weds Geetha YesYesNo
2013 Myna YesYesNo
2017 Maasthi Gudi NoScreenplayNo
2019 Amar YesYesNo
2021 SriKrishna@gmail.com YesYesNo
2022 Gurthunda Seethakalam YesYesYes Telugu film
2023November Mazhaiyil Naanum AvalumYesYesYes Tamil film
2025Sanju Weds Geetha 2YesYesNo

As actor

Awards

FilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
Sanju Weds Geetha 1st South Indian International Movie Awards Best Director Won [8] [9]
Suvarna Film Awards Best DirectorWon
Myna 2013 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Dialogue Won [10]
61st Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Director Nagashekar turns actor for better pay package?". The Times of India. 14 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Things have changed". Bangalore Mirror. 22 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "'Love Mocktail' remake titled 'Gurthunda Seethakalam'". The New Indian Express. 25 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Popular Kannada filmmaker to make his Tamil debut". The Times of India. 9 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "SIIMA Awards 2012 Winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "'Maasthi Gudi' film shooting tragedy: Kannada actor Duniya Vijay arrested from TN for helping accused". The Times of India. 8 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Abhishek's debut to be helmed by Nagashekar?". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "SIIMA Awards 2012: Winners List". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "SIIMA Awards 2012 Winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Karantaka State Film Awards announced". The Times of India . 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South) Nomination list". 8 July 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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