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
Acting
1979
asMadan (Railway official)
1991
as
2005
asGuruji
1998
as
1992
asVillage Headman
1980
asKashinath
2014
asMahendra Pratap Singh
2010
asG. Parthasarthi
2006
asRandhir Singh
1986
as
1987
asZamindar
2009
asAnil Sharma
2009
asAlok
1990
asGovindabhatta
1980
asHarish
2004
asRajasekhar
1974
as
1998
asForest Officer Sunder Rajan
1982
asSubhash Mahajan
1975
asSchoolmaster
1976
asDr. Manohar Rao
2011
asMahadev (Kavya's father)
1999
asHome Minister of India
1989
as
1985
asSatish Kumar
1984
asDinesh
2012
asAnand's Grand father
2014
as
1998
asRudran
1996
asInspector Khan
1996
asMahendra
1996
asVishwanath
2007
as
1991
asDoctor Ganesh
2006
asShastry
1970
asPraneshacharya
1997
asSriram
1996
as
2007
asGirish Naik
2016
asSathya's grandfather
2004
asShankar's Father
2016
as1999
asChandre Gowda
1990
as
1977
asGhanshyam
1995
asHangal Kumaraswamiji
1994
asKakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
2000
asUppilli Iyengar
1988
asAnand (Movie Director)
1992
asDr. Siva Prasad
1985
as
2017
asShenoy
2000
asMr. Rajvansh
1985
asDeepak Verma
2010
asPrime Minister
2012
asShenoy
2015
as
1987
asAppu Menon
1991
as
1987
as
1997
asAmalraj
1980
asMala's Friend
1982
asMr. Kanna
2008
asAnanth's father
1983
as
1983
asBhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma
2015
asK. V. Anand Rao
2015
as2018
as
1981
as
2012
as
2010
asAvinash Nimade
1990
asPsychiatrist
1984
asJayant Oswal
asHimself
Production
Crew
Directing
1971
as1988
as
1984
as1999
as
1973
as
1979
as
1977
as1992
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