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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1989 - 29 July.6 August

Sections & Films

SWAMY

Category: Edition 1989

Synopsis
Swamy at school quarrels with English teachers who are not respectful of his Hindu belief and is expelled for his intention to participate in the struggle for independence. He must then go to a distant school and this prevents him from playing cricket, his passion.

Original Title Swamy
Italian Title Swamy
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 118'
Production Year 1987
Nationality India
Directed by Shankar Nag

 regista shankar nagSHANKAR NAG

Shankar Nagarkatte was born on 9 November 1954 in Mallapura, Honnavara. His parents were Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte. Born into a Konkani-speaking family, his family settled in Shirali, a village near Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada of Karnataka State. He had an elder sister, Shyamala, and an elder brother, actor Ananth Nag. After completing formal education, Shankar moved to Mumbai. In Mumbai, he was attracted to Marathi theatre and immersed himself in theatrical activities. Incidentally, he met his future wife, Arundhathi during a drama rehearsal. He was his mother's favourite son.
Nag then shifted base to Karnataka. His elder brother Anant had already established himself as an actor and urged Shankar to act in films. He was offered a role of a mercenary by Girish Karnad in the epic film Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978). He played Gandugali, a mercenary who earns a position in a rival army after he rescues a few wounded soldiers. He wishes to get even with his rival brother, whom he considers his enemy. He directed films like Minchina Ota (a rare example of a heist movie in Kannada), Janma Janmada Anubandha and Geetha (both of which had music by South Indian maestro Ilayaraja).