Girish Karnad
Playwright, Film director
1938 –
Who is Girish Karnad?
Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language. His rise as a playwright in 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 is a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, 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 plays into English and has received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan and Amal Allana. He is active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada flicks, earning awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards where three are Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada and one Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.
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- Born
- May 19, 1938
Matheran - Also known as
- Girish Raghunath Karnad
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Gaud or Gawd Saraswat Brahmin
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Lincoln College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Karnatak College Dharwar
- Karnatak University
- Lived in
- Karnataka
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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