Veteran actor Anant Nag to join BJP today

Veteran actor Anant Nag will join the Bharatiya Janata Party today. He has been very vocal when it comes to the policies of the present Modi government.

He is among the few who raised voice for the Kashmiri Pandit community from the south.

Apart from cinema, Anant also had a stint in politics, which he had to discontinue after he got busy with films.

Anant Nag was an MLC, MLA and a minister in J. H. Patel government. He served as Bangalore Urban Development minister.

In 2004, he unsuccessfully contested the Chamarajpet constituency, Bangalore assembly election from Janata Dal (Secular).

He was pitched against then Chief Minister of Karnataka, S. M. Krishna from Indian National Congress and fellow actor Mukhyamantri Chandru from Bharatiya Janata Party.

Anant Nag has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and English films.

Nag made his feature film debut through Sankalpa (1973) directed by Prof. P.V Nanjaraj Urs. Sankalpa went on to win seven state awards in Karnataka. His foray into parallel cinema was through Shyam Benegal's Ankur (1974).

He has also acted in hindi films like "Nishant" (1975), "Bhumika" (1977), "Manthan" (1976), "Kondra (1977)" and "Kaliyug" (1981).