Birthday: 1938-05-19
Deathday: 2019-06-10
Birthplace: Maharashtra, India
Gender: Male
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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1999-01-01 | Kaanooru Heggadithi | |
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1992-06-11 | Cheluvi |
1988-04-01 | Kanaka Purandara | |
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1984-08-22 | Utsav |
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1979-10-01 | Ondanondu Kaladalli |
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1977-01-01 | Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane |
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1973-01-04 | Kaadu |
1971-04-01 | Vamsha Vriksha |