Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Died
- .
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Collected Plays Volume 3 OIP
- Collected Plays: Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Bali
- Naga-Mandala
- Collected Plays Volume 1
- Crossing to Talikota
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Film & TV
Acting · Maharashtra, India
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…
Known for
- The Master: Shyam Benegal — Himself2022
- Revisiting Samskara2018
- Tiger Zinda Hai — Shenoy2017
- 24 — Sathya's grandfather2016
- Chalk N Duster2016
- Rudra Tandava
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1938 births2019 deaths20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights20th-century Indian male actors20th-century Indian male writers20th-century Indian translatorsAlumni of Lincoln College, OxfordBest Director National Film Award winnersBest Original Screenplay National Film Award winnersDirectors who won the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film AwardFilmfare Awards South winners