Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 19, 1938
Place of Birth
Maharashtra, India
Also Known As
- ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್
Girish Karnad
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 - Movies
Ek Tha Tiger
as Shenoy
Tiger Zinda Hai
as Shenoy
Manthan
as Dr. Manohar Rao
24
as Sathya's grandfather
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
as Satya Prasad
Kaadhalan
as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
Peepli Live
as Avinash Nimade
Nishant
as Schoolmaster
China Gate
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
Kadhal Mannan
as Rudran
