Anant Nag to play B G Sankeshwar in Vijay Sankeshwar biopic

Ace actor Anant Nag will be seen in a pivotal role in the movie

Vijayanand

which is based on the life of bussinessman

Vijay Sankeshwar

. The character teaser of Anant Nag was unveiled on his birthday on Saturday.

The teaser gives a peek into Anant Nag's character B G Sankeshwar, father of

Vijayshankar

, who has a tremendous influence on Vijay Sankeshwar to dream big in life. Anant Nag, who will be speaking in the North Karnataka dilacet in the movie, has already left his fans in awe with his performance in the teaser. The actor, who is known for portraying a variety of roles throughout his career, will be seen in a never-seen-before look in the movie.

The movie, directed by Rishika Sharma, also sees Nihal in the role of Vijay Sankeshwar.

Gopi Sundar

is scoring the music.

Keertan Poojary

and Hemanth are the cinematographers while

Vasant Kulkarni

is the art director. Apart from Kannada, the film, is being made in

Telugu

, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi and will be shot extensively in North Karnataka. The team plans to begin shooting from this month.