Girish Karnad
AKA: ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್
Birthday: 1938-05-19
Died: 2019-06-10
Birthplace: Maharashtra, India
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.
Filmography
Character: Madan (Railway official)
Character: Village Headman
Character: Mahendra Pratap Singh
Character: G. Parthasarthi
Character: Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
Character: Subhash Mahajan
Character: Dr. Manohar Rao
Character: Mahadev (Kavya's father)
Character: Home Minister of India
Character: Anand's Grand father
Character: Inspector Khan
Character: Praneshacharya
Character: Sathya's grandfather
Character: Shankar's Father
Character: Hangal Kumaraswamiji
Character: Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
Character: Uppilli Iyengar
Character: Anand (Movie Director)
Character: Dr. Siva Prasad
Character: Prime Minister
Character: Ananth's father
Character: Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma
Character: K. V. Anand Rao
Character: Avinash Nimade