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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.
May 15, 2024 · Girish Karnad (born May 19, 1938, Matheran, Bombay Presidency [now in Maharashtra], India—died June 10, 2019, Bengaluru, Karnataka) was an Indian playwright, author, actor, and film director whose movies and plays, written largely in Kannada, explore the present by way of the past.
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Sep 27, 2021 · Girish Raghunath Karnad is a playwright, poet, actor, director, critic, translator and cultural administrator all rolled into one. He has been rightly called the “renaissance man” (Kalidas & Merchant.”Renaissance Man”); whose celebrity is based on decades of prolific and consistent output on native soil.
Jun 10, 2019 · Girish Karnad was one of India's best known playwrights. 'Girish Karnad has passed away at the age of 81', read a message on my phone from an old acquaintance on Monday morning. His death...
Oct 11, 2021 · Girish Karnad is a modern Indian playwright who draws the contours of contemporary reality upon the mythological canvas. Drawing the plots of his plays from Indian history, myths and legends, he presents them in such a way that they assume contemporary significance.
Jun 13, 2019 · As a playwright, Girish Karnad has left an indelible impact on the history of contemporary Indian dramaturgy. He was rooted in the cultural tradition of his soil with a deep understanding of ...
Jul 2, 2021 · Girish Karnad — a life at play. Aesthete, intellectual, restless storyteller. Looking back at Girish Karnad in the light of his newly released memoirs. July 02, 2021 02:06 pm | Updated...
