Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, 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, 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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🎬 Movies
Tiger Zinda Hai
actor
2017
24
actor
2016
Sweety Nanna Jodi
actor
2013
Ek Tha Tiger
actor
2012
Aashayein
actor
2010
8 x 10 Tasveer
actor
2009
Dor
actor
2006
Iqbal
actor
2005
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
actor
2004
Chellamae
actor
2004
Hey Ram
actor
2000
Pukar
actor
2000
China Gate
actor
1998
Kadhal Mannan
actor
1998
Minsara Kanavu
actor
1997
Sivasakthi
actor
1996
Kaadhalan
actor
1994
Gunaa
actor
1991
Akarshan
actor
1988
Zamana
actor
1985
Meri Jung
actor
1985
Utsav
director
1984
Utsav
writer
1984
Umbartha
actor
1982
Kalyug
writer
1981
The Sage from the Sea
writer
1978
Bhumika
writer
1977
Swami
actor
1977
Manthan
actor
1976
Nishant
actor
1975