# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shankar-nag
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:25:28.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shankar-nag"
name: "Shankar Nag"
slug: "shankar-nag"
description: "Shankar Nagarakatte, popularly known as Shankar Nag was an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work in Kannada-language films and television. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, Nag is often referred to as Karate King and Auto Raja. He directed the teleserial Malgudi Days, based on novelist R. K. Narayan's short stories and acted in some episodes as well. He won two National Film Awards, four Karnataka State Film Awards and two Filmfare Award South."
tagline: "Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Shankar-Nag-pic.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-11-09"
deathDate: "1990-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4796040279911248
  historical:           7.975413333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619053/"
    handle:    "nm0619053"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump