Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Girish Raghunath Kārnād was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, writer, 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 Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.
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Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 8 films (1970–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Samskara | Pattabhi Rama Reddy | ||||
| 1972 | Vamshavruksha | B. V. Karanth G. V. Iyer | ||||
| 1973 | Kaadu | Girish Karnad | B&W | |||
| 1976 | Manthan | Shyam Benegal | 134 min | |||
| 1977 | Swami | Basu Chatterjee | ||||
| 1977 | Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane | Girish Karnad B. V. Karanth | ||||
| 1978 | Ondanondu Kaladalli | Girish Karnad | Color | |||
| 1980 | Man Pasand | Basu Chatterjee |