Girish Karnad
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-05-19 (81 years old)
Deathday
2019-06-10
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.
Acting
1979
as Madan (Railway official)
1991
2005
as Guruji
1992
as Village Headman
1980
as Kashinath
2014
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
2010
as G. Parthasarthi
2006
as Randhir Singh
1987
as Zamindar
2009
as Anil Sharma
2009
as Alok
1990
as Govindabhatta
1980
as Harish
2004
as Rajasekhar
1974
1998
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
1982
as Subhash Mahajan
1975
as Schoolmaster
1976
as Dr. Manohar Rao
2011
as Mahadev (Kavya's father)
1999
as Home Minister of India
1985
as Satish Kumar
1984
as Dinesh
2012
as Anand's Grand father
2014
1998
as Rudran
1996
as Inspector Khan
1996
as Mahendra
1996
as Vishwanath
2007
1991
as Doctor Ganesh
2006
as Shastry
1970
as Praneshacharya
1997
as Sriram
1996
2007
as Girish Naik
2016
as Sathya's grandfather
2004
as Shankar's Father
2016
1999
as Chandre Gowda
1977
as Ghanshyam
1995
as Hangal Kumaraswamiji
1994
as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
2000
as Uppilli Iyengar
1988
as Anand (Movie Director)
1992
as Dr. Siva Prasad
1985
2017
as Shenoy
2000
as Mr. Rajvansh
1985
as Deepak Verma
2010
as Prime Minister
2012
as Shenoy
2015
1987
as Appu Menon
1991
1987
1997
as Amalraj
1980
as Mala's Friend
1982
as Mr. Kanna
2008
as Ananth's father
1983
1983
as Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma
2015
as K. V. Anand Rao
2015
1981
2012
2010
as Avinash Nimade
1990
as Psychiatrist
1984
as Jayant Oswal
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as Himself
Production
1977
as Screenplay
2002
as Writer
1981
as Writer
2007
as Screenplay
1977
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1988
as Director
1984
as Director
1978
as Screenplay
1999
as Director
1973
as Writer
1973
as Director
1970
as Screenplay
1984
as Screenplay
1979
as Director
1977
as Director
1997
as Writer
1992
as Director
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