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.
Filmography
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The Master: Shyam Benegal
2022
as Himself
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Revisiting Samskara
2018
Tiger Zinda Hai
2017
as Shenoy
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2016
as Sathya's grandfather
Chalk N Duster
2016
Rana Vikrama
2015
as K. V. Anand Rao
Gurudakshina
2015
Rudra Tandava
2015
Benegal's New Cinema
2014
Samrat & Co.
2014
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
Chandra
2014
Sweety Nanna Jodi
2013
Yaare Koogadali
2012
Mugamoodi
2012
as Anand's Grand father
Ek Tha Tiger
2012
as Shenoy
Kempe Gowda
2011
as Mahadev (Kavya's father)
Komaram Puli
2010
as Prime Minister
Aashayein
2010
as G. Parthasarthi
Peepli Live
2010
as Avinash Nimade
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Life Goes On
2009
as Alok
8x10 Tasveer
2009
as Anil Sharma
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Dhanam
2008
as Ananth's father
Lava Kusha
2007
Aa Dinagalu
2007
as Girish Naik