About Girish Karnad

Girish Raghunath Karnad 19 May 1938 Matheran, Bombay Presidency, British India

Playwright director actor

10 June 2019 (aged 81) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1961 2019

Raghu Karnad, Shalmali Radha

Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy

Karnataka University Magdalen College, Oxford

Tughlaq Taledanda

1974 - Jadu Ka Shankh -
1975 - Nishaant - Schoolmaster 1976 - Manthan - Dr. Rao 1977 - Swami - Ghanshyam 1977 - Jeevan Mukt - Amarjeet 1979 - Sampark - Heera 1979 - Ratnadeep - Madan 1980 - Beqasoor - Dr. Anand Bhatnagar 1980 - Aasha - Deepak 1980 - Man

1970 - Samskara - Praneshacharya - Kannada 1971 - Vamsha Vriksha - Raju (lecturer) - Kannada 1978 - Sandharbha - Psychiatrist - Kannada 1982 - Umbartha - Advocate Subhash Mahajan - Marathi 1982 - Aparoopa - Mr. Khanna - Assamese 1983 - Ananda Bhairavi - N

Om Namo - (A mini series for Dooradarshan, directed by K M Chaitanya) Kusuma Bale - (A mini series for Dooradarshan, directed by K M Chaitanya)

Vamsha Vriksha - (1971, Kannada) D.R. Bendre - (1972, documentary) Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane - (1977, Kannada) Godhuli - (1977, Hindi) Ondanondu Kaladalli - (1978, Kannada) Kanooru Heggadithi - (1999, Kannada) Kaadu - (1973, Kannada) Durga in Mahendar Utsa

Malgudi Days - (1987) as Swamy's father in Swamy and Friends - (Episodes 1 to 8) as the Watchman in The Watchman - (episode 17) Indradhanush - (1989) as Appu and Bala's father Khandaan - (TV series) Apna Apna Aasman Swarajnama as the main host and directo

Maa Nishaadha - (One Act Play) Yayati - (1961) Tughlaq - (1964) - (translated in Hindustani by B. V. Karanth. Major Indian directors who have staged it: Ebrahim Alkazi, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Dinesh Thakur & Shyamanand Jalan - (in Bengali). Hayavad

Rajyotsava Award
1970 Sangeet Natak Akademi award and Varthur navya Award
1972 Padma Shri
1974 Padma Bhushan
1992 Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award
1992 Sahitya Academy award
1994 Jnanapith Award
1998 Kalidas Samman
1998 Honorary doctorate by