Ananth Nag (Tamil actor)

Not to be confused with Anant Nag.

Ananth Nag
Born	(1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 (age 38) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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).

Career

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]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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
	Aathmika	Karthi
2024	Athomugam	Paul
	Siragan	Mr. X
	Light House
	Vettaiyan	ASP Ram

References

1. "Premam actor's next in Kollywood". behindwoods.com. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
2. Soman, Deepa. "A 'simple' yet 'powerful' wedding". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
3. Priya Sreekumar [@AnanthNag] (14 July 2015). "Ananth turns actor by accident" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "Vetrivel a Tale of Two Brothers".
5. IANS (18 May 2013). "'Neram' - gem of Tamil cinema (Tamil Movie Review)". Business Standard. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
6. "Anant Nag is July Kaatril's hero". August 2018.
7. "Ananth Nag to debut as hero with July Kaatre".

External links

• Ananth Nag at IMDb