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  1. Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) [1] was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, [2] 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, just as Badal ...

  2. May 15, 2024 · Girish Karnad (born May 19, 1938, Matheran, Bombay Presidency [now in Maharashtra], India—died June 10, 2019, Bengaluru, Karnataka) was an Indian playwright, author, actor, and film director whose movies and plays, written largely in Kannada, explore the present by way of the past.

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  3. Sep 27, 2021 · Girish Raghunath Karnad is a playwright, poet, actor, director, critic, translator and cultural administrator all rolled into one. He has been rightly called the “renaissance man” (Kalidas & Merchant.”Renaissance Man”); whose celebrity is based on decades of prolific and consistent output on native soil.

  4. Jun 10, 2019 · 'Girish Karnad has passed away at the age of 81', read a message on my phone from an old acquaintance on Monday morning. His death had been announced to the world like a palace guard who would...

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  5. Jnanpith award winning playwright, actor and filmmaker Girish Karnad, aged 81, died in Bengaluru on Monday after suffering from a long illness, his family confirmed. Karnad was known for his...

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  7. Jun 10, 2019 · Bangalore. 'Girish Karnad has passed away at the age of 81', read a message on my phone from an old acquaintance on Monday morning. His death had been announced to the world like a palace guard...

  8. Jun 19, 2019 · One of India’s leading playwrights who was also a popular actor and film director. Ash Kotak. Wed 19 Jun 2019 12.13 EDT. Girish Karnad, who has died aged 81, was India’s foremost playwright, as...

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