Girish Karnad
ActingPersonal Info
gender
Male
birthday
May 19, 1938
died
June 10, 2019
place of birth
Maharashtra, India
also known as
ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್
total credits
50 movies
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.
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