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Girish Karnad

Acting

Born May 19, 1938 · Maharashtra, India

Died June 10, 2019

Also known as ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್

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Biography

Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

Awards & recognition

  • Jnanpith Award · 1998
  • Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada · 1994
  • Padma Bhushan · 1992
  • Fulbright Scholarship · 1987
  • Padma Shri in arts · 1974
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  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award · 1972
  • Rhodes Scholarship · 1960

Filmography15 titles

Malgudi Days

1986

Meri Jung

1985as Deepak Verma

Peepli Live

2010as Avinash Nimade

24

2016as Sathya's grandfather

Hey Ram

2000as Uppilli Iyengar

Iqbal

2005as Guruji

Ondanondu Kaladalli

1979Dialogue, Director, Screenplay, Story, Writer

Pukar

2000as Mr. Rajvansh

Kaadhalan

1994as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy

Tiger Zinda Hai

2017as Shenoy

Ek Tha Tiger

2012as Shenoy

Samrat & Co.

2014as Mahendra Pratap Singh

8 x 10 Tasveer

2009as Anil Sharma

Gurudakshina

2015

Agni Varsha

2002Writer