Girish Karnad

ActorWriterDirector May 19 (died age 81) Maharashtra, India 1970–2022 (52 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

24

Sathya's grandfather

Film

Ek Tha Tiger

Shenoy

Film

Tiger Zinda Hai

Shenoy

Film

Peepli Live

Avinash Nimade

Film

Iqbal

Guruji

Film

Hey Ram

Uppilli Iyengar

Film

Dor

Randhir Singh

Film

Malgudi Days

7.8 1987

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (79)

The Master: Shyam Benegal

as Himself

Revisiting Samskara

Tiger Zinda Hai

as Shenoy

as Sathya's grandfather

Chalk N Duster

Gurudakshina

Rana Vikrama

as K. V. Anand Rao

Rudra Tandava

Samrat & Co.

as Mahendra Pratap Singh

Chandra

Ek Tha Tiger

as Shenoy

Yaare Koogadali

Mugamoodi

as Anand's Grand father

4.5

Kempe Gowda

2011

as Mahadev (Kavya's father)

Peepli Live

as Avinash Nimade

Komaram Puli

as Prime Minister

Aashayein

as G. Parthasarthi

8 x 10 Tasveer

as Anil Sharma

Life Goes On

as Alok

Dhanam

as Ananth's father

Aa Dinagalu

as Girish Naik

Lava Kusha

Tananam Tananam

as Shastry

Dor

as Randhir Singh

Iqbal

as Guruji

Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.

as Satya Prasad

Chellamae

as Rajasekhar

Vande Matharam

Hey Ram

as Uppilli Iyengar

Pukar

as Mr. Rajvansh

Kaanooru Heggadithi

as Chandre Gowda

Prathyartha

1999

as Home Minister of India

Kadhal Mannan

as Rudran

China Gate

as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan

6.5

Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger

Ratchagan

as Sriram

Minsara Kanavu

as Amalraj

The Prince

as Vishwanath

Dharma Chakram

as Mahendra

Sivasakthi

Aatank

as Inspector Khan

Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai

1995

as Hangal Kumaraswamiji

Kaadhalan

1994

as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy

Cheluvi

as Village Headman

Pranadaata

as Dr. Siva Prasad

Chaitanya

Gunaa

as Doctor Ganesh

Mysooru Mallige

Nehru: The Jewel of India

1990

Santha Shishunala Sharif

1990

as Govindabhatta

Prathama Ushakirana

1990

as Psychiatrist

Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe

1989

9.5

Akarshan

1988

as Anand (Movie Director)

Sankeertana

Sutradhar

as Zamindar

Neela Kurinji Poothappol....

1987

as Appu Menon

Naan Adimai Illai

1986

5.8

Zamana

1985

as Satish Kumar

Meri Jung

as Deepak Verma

Sur Sangam

Nee Thanda Kanike

Tarang

as Dinesh

Divorce

as Jayant Oswal

Ananda Bhairavi

1983

as Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma

Anveshane

Umbartha

as Subhash Mahajan

Aparoopa

as Mr. Kanna

Paanch Qaidi

1981

Shama

1981

Apne Paraye

1980

as Harish

Aasha

1980

as Mala's Friend

4.5

Man Pasand

1980

as Kashinath

The Jewelled Lamp

1979

as Madan (Railway official)

Swami

as Ghanshyam

The Churning

as Dr. Manohar Rao

Nishant

as Schoolmaster

Jadu Ka Shankh

Vamsha Vriksha

Samskara

as Praneshacharya

Television (1)

Malgudi Days

1987

7.8

Crew (25)

Movies (25)

Aa Dinagalu

Screenplay

Agni Varsha

Writer

Kaanooru Heggadithi

Director

Kaanooru Heggadithi

1999

Screenplay

Nagamandala

Writer

Cheluvi

Director

Cheluvi

Writer

Kanaka Purandara

Director

Utsav

Director

Utsav

Screenplay

Kalyug

Screenplay

Ondanondu Kaladalli

Dialogue

Ondanondu Kaladalli

1979

Director

Ondanondu Kaladalli

1979

Screenplay

Ondanondu Kaladalli

1979

Story

Ondanondu Kaladalli

1979

Writer

The Sage from the Sea

Screenplay

The Role

Screenplay

Kakana Kote

Screenplay

Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane

1977

Director

Kaadu

Director

Kaadu

Writer

Vamsha Vriksha

Director

Samskara

Dialogue

Samskara

Screenplay