Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

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...

Known For

Ek Tha Tiger

as Shenoy

24

as Sathya's grandfather

Cast Credits

24

as Sathya's grandfather

Rana Vikrama

as K. V. Anand Rao

Samrat & Co.

as Mahendra Pratap Singh

Mugamoodi

as Anand's Grand father

Ek Tha Tiger

as Shenoy

Kempe Gowda

as Mahadev (Kavya's father)

Komaram Puli

as Prime Minister

Aashayein

as G. Parthasarthi

Peepli Live

as Avinash Nimade

8 x 10 Tasveer

as Anil Sharma

Dhanam

as Ananth's father

Aa Dinagalu

as Girish Naik

Tananam Tananam

as Shastry

Dor

as Randhir Singh

Iqbal

as Guruji

Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.

as Satya Prasad

Chellamae

as Rajasekhar

Hey Ram

as Uppilli Iyengar

Pukar

as Mr. Rajvansh

Prathyartha

as Home Minister of India

Crew Credits

Aa Dinagalu

Screenplay

Cheluvi

Director

Utsav

Director

Kalyug

Screenplay

The Role

Screenplay

Kakana Kote

Screenplay

Kaadu

Director

Samskara

Dialogue