Girish Karnad
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1938-05-19
Deathday 2019-06-10 (81 years old)
Place of Birth Maharashtra, India
Also Known As ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್
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
Actor
as Shenoy
as Sathya's grandfather
as K. V. Anand Rao
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
as Anand's Grand father
as Shenoy
as Mahadev (Kavya's father)
as Prime Minister
as G. Parthasarthi
as Avinash Nimade
as Alok
as Anil Sharma
as Ananth's father
as Girish Naik
as Shastry
as Randhir Singh
as Guruji
as Shankar's Father
as Rajasekhar
as Uppilli Iyengar
as Mr. Rajvansh
as Home Minister of India
as Chandre Gowda
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
as Black Dog security service MD
as Sriram
as Amalraj
as Vishwanath
as Inspector Khan
as Mahendra
as Hangal Kumaraswamiji
as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
as Village Headman
as Dr. Siva Prasad
as Doctor Ganesh
as Psychiatrist
as Govindabhatta
as Anand (Movie Director)
as Zamindar
as Appu Menon
as Satish Kumar
as Deepak Verma
as Dinesh
as Jayant Oswal
as Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma
as Subhash Mahajan
as Mr. Kanna
as Harish
as Kashinath
as Mala's Friend
as Madan (Railway official)
as Ghanshyam
as Dr. Rao
as Schoolmaster
as Praneshacharya
Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director