Sarkari Shaale Felt Like A Retelling of His Own Story To Anant Nag

Anant Nag was then a boy of seven or eight years when Karnataka lost Kasaragod to Kerala. He lived near Bhatkal and recounted why overnight all the boards were no longer in Kannada and in a language that he couldn’t understand. And somewhere he relates this story with his film.

And when Rishab Shetty approached him for the film ‘Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale Kasaragodu Koduge: Ramanna Rai’, he felt like it was the retelling of his story.  The film, while exploring the culture of Kasaragod, is about the battle of students of a Kannada-medium government school to keep it open. And Anant’s character is essaying an important role.

Talking about the film, Anant said, “Many years ago, I did a film, Makkaliralavva Mane Thumba (1984), with a lot of kids, and Rishab gave me this opportunity again. I enjoyed working with them a lot. Most of them are very talented and Rishab had conducted workshops for over six months with them, so, by the time I went for the shoot, they were all ready, excited and agog, which was contagious. The film is full of mischief and laughter, and is entertaining, above all else, which made shooting it fun”.  Anant plays Padmanabha P, who he says can be a lawyer, criminologist and social worker — a jack of all trades. What he is the master of, he proves in the film. 

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