Known For
Acting
Born
May 19, 1938
Died
Jun 10, 2019
Place of Birth
Maharashtra, India
Credits
95 titles
Girish Karnad
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Master: Shyam Benegal
Himself
Revisiting Samskara
Tiger Zinda Hai
Shenoy
24
Sathya's grandfather
Chalk N Duster
Rana Vikrama
K. V. Anand Rao
Gurudakshina
Rudra Tandava
Benegal's New Cinema
Samrat & Co.
Mahendra Pratap Singh
Chandra
Sweety Nanna Jodi
Yaare Koogadali
Mugamoodi
Anand's Grand father
Ek Tha Tiger
Shenoy
Kempe Gowda
Mahadev (Kavya's father)
Komaram Puli
Prime Minister
Aashayein
G. Parthasarthi
Peepli Live
Avinash Nimade
Life Goes On
Alok
8x10 Tasveer
Anil Sharma
Dhanam
Ananth's father
Lava Kusha
Aa Dinagalu
Girish Naik
Tananam Tananam
Shastry
Dor
Randhir Singh
Iqbal
Guruji
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
Satya Prasad
Chellamae
Rajasekhar
Agni Varsha
Writer
Vande Matharam
Hey Ram
Uppilli Iyengar
Pukar
Mr. Rajvansh
A.K.47
Jagannath Rao
Prathyartha
Home Minister of India
Kaanooru Heggadithi
Chandre Gowda
China Gate
Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger
Kadhal Mannan
Rudran
Ratchagan
Sriram
Minsara Kanavu
Amalraj
Nagamandala
Writer
Sivasakthi
Siva’s Father
The Prince
Vishwanath
Aatank
Inspector Khan
Dharma Chakram
Mahendra
Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
Hangal Kumaraswamiji
Kaadhalan
Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
Cheluvi
Village Headman
Pranadaata
Dr. Siva Prasad