Girish Karnad

Girish Raghunath Karnad
Born	19 May 1938 (age 73) Matheran, Maharashtra
Occupation	Playwright, Film Director, Film actor, Poet
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Genres	Fiction
Literary movement	Navya
Notable work(s)	Tughalak 1964 Taledanda

Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language. His rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s, marked the coming of age of Modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did it in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He is a recipient of the 1998Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He has translated his major plays into English, and has received critical acclaim across India. His plays have been translated into several Indian languages and directed by eminent directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan and Amal Allana. He is also active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, both in Hindi and Kannada cinema, earning numerous awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Filmography

Movies

• Komaram Puli (2010) Telugu Film
• Life Goes On^{[disambiguation needed ]} (2009) (post-production) as Sanjay
• Aashayein (2009) (completed) as Parthasarthi
• 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009) as Anil Sharma
• Aa dinagalu Kannada (2007) as Girish nayak
• Dor (2006) as Randhir Singh
• Iqbal (2005) as Guruji
• Shankar Dada MBBS (Telugu) (2004) as Satya Prasad
• Hey Ram (Tamil) (2000) as Uppilli Iyengar
• Pukar (2000) as Mr. Rajvansh
• Aakrosh: Cyclone of Anger (1998) as Rajwansh Shashtri
• China Gate (1998) as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
• Minsaara Kanavu (Tamil) (1997) as Amal Raj
• Ratchagan (Tamil) (1997) as Sriram
• The Prince (1996) as Vishwanath. Malayalam film
• Aatank (1996) as Inspector Khan
• Aaghata (Kannada) (1994) as Psychiatrist
• Kadhalan (Tamil) (1994) as Kakarla
• Praana Daata (1993)
• Cheluvi (1992) as Village Headman
• Guna (1991)
• Antarnaad (1991)
• Brahma (1991)
• Chaithanya (1991)
• Nehru: The Jewel of India (1990)
• Santha Shishunala Sharif (Kannada) (1990) as Govindabhatta
• Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe (1989)
• Akarshan (1988)
• Sutradhar (1987) as Zamindar
• Naan Adimai Illai (1986) as Rajinikanth's Father-in-law
• Nilakurinhi Poothappol (Malyalam) (1986) as Appu Menon
• Sur Sangam (1985) as Pandit Shivshankar Shastri
• Meri Jung (1985) as Deepak Verma
• Zamana (1985) as Satish Kumar
• Nee Thanda Kanike (Kannada) (1985)
• Divorce (1984) as Jayant Oswal
• Tarang (1984) as Dinesh
• Ek Baar Chale Aao (1983) as Din Dayal
• Ananda Bhairavi' (1983) as Narayana Sarma
• Teri Kasam (1982) as Rakesh
• Aparoopa (Assamese) (1982)
• Umbartha (Marathi) (1982) as Advocate Subhash Mahajan
• Shama (1981) as Nawab Yusuf Khan
• Apne Paraye (1980) as Harish
• Man Pasand (1980) as Kashinath
• Aasha (1980) as Deepak
• Anveshane (Kannada) (1980)
• Beqasoor (1980) as Dr. Anand Bhatnagar
• Ratnadeep (1979)
• Sampark (1979) as Heera
• Jeevan Mukt (1977) as Amarjeet
• Swami (1977) as Ghanshyam
• Manthan (1976) as Dr.Rao
• Nishaant (1975) as Schoolmaster
• Jadu Ka Shankh (1974)
• Vamsha Vriksha (1971)
• Samskara (1970) as Praneshacharya