Nagaraj Kote is an Indian actor in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based ...

, and a

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

artist in

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, India. He worked in several TV serials/shows at the beginning of his career.

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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 th ...

. Kote's theater play ''Nele'', whose message was on importance of trees, entered

Limca Book of Records The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorised into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, adve ...

. Kote has an acting career spanning 30 years in cinema.

Selected filmography

* ''Baanaadi (2014) (Director, writer, screenplay)'' * ''

Jagath Kiladi ''Jagath Kiladi'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada language action comedy film starring Jaggesh, Charulatha and Pavithra Lokesh in the lead roles. The film produced by Sudha Srinivasan for S&S Cinemas was directed by Chikkanna. The film was based ...

(1998)'' * ''

Jayammana Maga ''Jayammana Maga'' () is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language horror thriller film directed and written by Vikas (actor), Vikas, marking his debut venture. Duniya Vijay, besides acting, makes his debut as a producer with this film along with his frie ...

(2013)'' * '' Haalu Thuppa (2017)''

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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 actors Male actors in Kannada television 1965 births {{India-stage-actor-stub