Girish Karnad
Known For
Acting
Born
1938-05-19 in Maharashtra, India
Died
2019-06-10
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Peepli Live
as Avinash Nimade
Aatank
as Inspector Khan
Yaare Koogadali
Dor
as Randhir Singh
Komaram Puli
as Prime Minister
Tiger Zinda Hai
as Shenoy
Ek Tha Tiger
as Shenoy
Tananam Tananam
as Shastry
Malgudi Days
Hey Ram
as Uppilli Iyengar
China Gate
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
24
as Sathya's grandfather
Minsara Kanavu
as Amalraj
Iqbal
as Guruji
Shama
Mugamoodi
as Anand's Grand father
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
as Satya Prasad
Meri Jung
as Deepak Verma
Kadhal Mannan
as Rudran
Pukar
as Mr. Rajvansh