Girish Karnad
Acting
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 88
Movies (87)
- The Master: Shyam Benegal2022Himself
- Revisiting Samskara2018
Tiger Zinda Hai2017Shenoy
242016Sathya's grandfather
Chalk N Duster2016
Rana Vikrama2015K. V. Anand Rao
Gurudakshina2015
Rudra Tandava2015
Samrat & Co.2014Mahendra Pratap Singh
Chandra2014
Sweety Nanna Jodi2013
Yaare Koogadali2012
Mugamoodi2012Anand's Grand father
Ek Tha Tiger2012Shenoy
Kempe Gowda2011Mahadev (Kavya's father)
Komaram Puli2010Prime Minister
Aashayein2010G. Parthasarthi
Peepli Live2010Avinash Nimade- Life Goes On2009Alok
8 x 10 Tasveer2009Anil Sharma- Dhanam2008Ananth's father
Lava Kusha2007
Aa Dinagalu2007Girish Naik
Tananam Tananam2006Shastry
Dor2006Randhir Singh
Iqbal2005Guruji
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.2004Satya Prasad
Chellamae2004Rajasekhar
Vande Matharam2001
Hey Ram2000Uppilli Iyengar
