Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

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Male
Date of Birth
May 19th, 1938
Age
87
Birth Place
India
Date of Death
June 10th, 2019
Died Aged
81
Star Sign
Taurus
Occupation
Filmmaker
Actor
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Shenoy in Ek Tha Tiger
Dr. Manohar Rao in Manthan
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