Arundathi Nag

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1956-07-06 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Delhi, India

Also Known As Arundhati Nag, Arundhati Rao, Arundathi Rao

Arundathi Nag

Biography

Arundhati Nag (née Rao) (Kannada: ಅರುಂಧತಿ ನಾಗ್ - ರಾವ್) is a prominent South Indian polyglot film actress and theatre personality. She has been involved with multilingual Theatre in India, for over 25 years, first in Mumbai where she got involved with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), and did various productions in Gujarati, Marathi, and Hindi theatre, besides getting involved in television, director Jyoti Vyas's Gujarati TV series, Haji Aavti Kaal Che. Later and after her marriage to Kannada actor-director Shankar Nag(1954–1990), her association with theatre continued in Bangalore, culminating in realizing the dream project of her late husband, theRanga Shankara theatre, at J P Nagar, a suburb in Bangalore. She was awarded the 2008 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Theatre Acting by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre. She was also awarded the 57th National Film Awards as best supporting actress for her role in Paa

Known For

Actor

2022
Medium Spicy

as Laxmi Tipnis

2018
Drama

as Rosamma John Chacko

2016
2012
Da Thadiya

as Knight Rider

2009
Paa

as "Bum"(Vidya's mother)

2005
Jogi

as Bhagyakka

1998
Dil Se..

as Kanval Dev Burman

1997
Minsara Kanavu

as Mother Superior

1988
Kanaka Purandara

as Wife of Srinivasa Nayaka

1985
Accident

as Rich Widow Maya Rani

1985
1983
Nodi Swamy Navirodu Heege

as Jaya Jagirdar

1979
22 June 1897

as Daughter-In-Law #1

Writer

1981
Geetha

as Screenplay